Your Friday Briefing

NATO's European logistics chief is calling for the establishment of a "military Schengen zone" - a reference to the zone which allows essentially free movement of citizens between most EU countries - to allow troops and equipment to quickly move in the event of war with Russia. Moving large quantities of equipment and ammo currently requires special permits and advance notice and there is insufficient transport capacity to enable rapid movement of forces, some countries have different railway gauges, some roads and bridges in Poland and Romania cannot support the weight of European tanks, and the Deutsche Bahn can only move one and a half armored brigades at any one time.

There have been riots by far-right anti-immigrant protestors in Dublin after a knife attack left five people, including three young children, injured. Riot police were deployed. edit: Good summary of the situation here by @Moss@hexbear.net.

Italy and Germany want to construct a hydrogen pipeline across the Alps from Bavaria to Tunisia, expanding the existing South Central Corridor to create a European hydrogen network.

Escalating strikes in Sweden by a group of unions - including car mechanics, car dealers, dockworkers, and postal workers - has been called "insane" by Elon Musk, after Tesla denied their request for collective bargaining.

The Russian Ambassador-at-Large, Miroshnik, has said that Russia cannot co-exist with the Ukrainian regime.

Beijing has, for the seventh time in a row, ranked first in the global science city rankings, which tracks the authorship of articles in high-quality research journals. Beijing is followed by New York, Shanghai, Boston, and San Francisco. Chinese cities comprise 10 of the top 20, while American cities comprise 6.

Northern China is experiencing a large outbreak of respiratory illnesses in children, including influenza, pneumonia, RSV, and coronavirus.

The foreign ministers of China, Japan, and US-occupied Korea are meeting on Sunday for the first time in 4 years.

The leader of Niger, General Abdourahamane Tiani, has met with the leader of Mali, Assimi Goita, in his first international visit since the coup earlier this year - thanking him for the support. He will next visit Burkina Faso.

A town, Mweso, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has apparently been seized by the M23 rebel group after several days of fighting with the government. This town is 100 kilometers from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma.

According to an internal document, Milei's VP, Victoria Villarruel, and economist and likely chancellor Diana Mondino, have made discreet contacts with Brazil to affirm that their relations are of central importance, despite Milei calling Lula a radical communist with which he wanted no official state business done with.

Donald Trump is to meet with Milei in Buenos Aires. The meeting was facilitated by one of Bolsonaro's large adult sons. On social media, Trump said: "Congratulations to Javier Milei for a great election as the President of Argentina. The whole world was watching you! I'm very proud of you. You will turn your country around and make Argentina great again!"

Ecuador's new president, Daniel Noboa, has been sworn in after winning the election last month. He is the youngest ever leader of Ecuador.

Check it: Joe Burden

Milei Massacre

Letter published from Ansarallah--Yemen's National Salvation Army to the mujahideen in Gaza:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

A Call of Loyalty

From the fighters in the Yemeni Army to their brethren, the fighters in Gaza and every inch of Palestine, the first line of defense for the Ummah (Muslim nation):

Peace be upon you, O brave fighters, steadfast in the battlefields, with all your courage and determination.

Peace be upon your firm footsteps, like the steadfastness of mountains, And upon your unwavering hearts, despite hardships and tribulations, And upon your striking hands against the enemies in every field of combat.

O sincere fighters:

Your great valor has shattered the myth of the invincible army and with it, the dreams of the agents and collaborators who sought to subjugate the peoples of our nation to its criminal Zionist enemies.

Through your fight for the sake of Allah, you have provided the most magnificent examples of bravery and sacrifice to the youth of our Ummah, igniting the spark of revolution in their hearts.

O truthful fighters:

Through your steadfastness, determination, and Jihad, you have taught all the oppressed people of our Ummah how to sacrifice in the fields of honor, dignity, and confronting the enemies, while anticipating the promise of Allah, as He says:

"Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Quran. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment." (Quran, 9:111)

You have shown the people how supplication should be made in the battlefields and the arenas of steadfastness, just like those whom Allah described:

"And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, 'Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people.'" (Quran, 2:250)

O believers, O heroes:

"Do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers." (Quran, 3:139)

Do not be concerned with the cries and barks of the hypocrites. If you had not engaged in duty for the sake of Allah and fought the enemy with all your strength and certainty, they would have committed more massacres and crimes against you than they do today. All those pure lives and great sacrifices would have gone in vain without a position of honor and dignity for this Ummah.

Remember the words of Allah:

"If a wound should touch you - there has already touched the [opposing] people a wound similar to it. And these days [of varying conditions] We alternate among the people so that Allah may make evident those who believe and [may] take to Himself from among you martyrs - and Allah does not like the wrongdoers." (Quran, 3:140)

"O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful." (Quran, 3:200)

"And do not weaken in pursuit of the enemy. If you should be suffering - so are they suffering as you are suffering, but you expect from Allah that which they expect not. And Allah is ever Knowing and Wise." (Quran, 4:104)

Peace be upon you from us and from the people of our nation, and may the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you.

Yemen - 11 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 AH Corresponding to November 25, 2023

6m ago (00:10 GMT)

‘No safe place’ as Israel bombs south, central, northern Gaza: AJ correspondent

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, says there have been renewed Israeli air attacks in the south, central and northern areas of the Palestinian enclave, including attacks on Khan Younis and Rafah City in the southern region of the strip.

“Also, in Gaza City… more residential buildings are being destroyed and more infrastructure is being damaged. There are constant attacks on public facilities including schools, hospitals and medical centres in an attempt by the Israeli military to force people, who are still stranded in Gaza and the northern parts, to leave for the central and southern part of the Gaza Strip,” Mahmoud said.

But Israel is also intensely bombing the central and southern parts of Gaza, including residential buildings and refugee camps, resulting in many civilian deaths, Mahmoud said.

“Unfortunately, these two areas are not safe,” he said.

“There doesn’t seem to be a safe place for the evacuees.”

- Al Jazeera

The Lenin-self-reprogramming seems to be working.

Interesting development in the Sahel: https://nitter.cz/marcus_herve/status/1728565125919936637