NATO
- Biden announces his first overseas trip will be to NATO HQ. [Link]
- NATO is pushing India to join an anti-Russia/China alliance. [Link]
Afghanistan
- The Pentagon has not informed defense contractors on their future role in Afghanistan. [Link
- The US is deploying additional B-52 bombers and troops to Afghanistan. [Link]
- William Burns traveled to Afghanistan and reassured the government the US will remain active in counterterror missions. [Link]
Middle East
- Israel removed some barriers it had put up to block Palestinians from access holy sites during Ramadan. [Link]
- An Iranian fuel tanker was attacked off the coast of Syria, killing three Iranians. [Link]
- A fire at a covid hospital in Iraq killed at least 80. [Link]
- Fighting broke out in Somalia’s capital city after the president’s term was extended. [Link]
