La guerra in Ecuador contro i Narcos e gli attachi degli Houthi nel Mar Rosso 🗞️ Rassegna 11/01/24

Israele

(Reuters) Despair in Gaza as fighting intensifies despite Israel promise to scale back war

• Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza intensified on Wednesday despite a pledge by Israel that it would pull out some troops and shift to a more targeted campaign, and pleading from its ally Washington to reduce civilian casualties.

Ucraina

(Liberi Oltre) Il Bilancio della Controffensiva: Parte II - Prospettive per il 2024

• L’articolo seguente (prodotto da Ludovico Zanette) è una sintesi tradotta della serie in tre parti A Post-Mortem of Ukraine’s Offensive del podcast The Russian Contingency pubblicato su War on The Rocks. In questi tre episodi gli analisti Michael Kofman, Rob Lee, e Dara Massicot condividono le loro osservazioni sulla controffensiva ucraina e sulle prospettive della Guerra Russo-Ucraina per il 2024. Le analisi e opinioni in questo articolo provengono esclusivamente dal contenuto di quella conversazione.

Europa

Polonia:

(Reuters) Former Polish minister's deputy joins hunger strike in prison

• Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said he had started a hunger strike as a "political prisoner" on Wednesday, and was joined in the protest by his ex-deputy Maciej Wasik a day after both men, convicted of abuse of power, were sent to jail.
• Their high-profile arrests, which took place inside the presidential palace in Warsaw on Tuesday while the president was at a different location in the city, have triggered raw emotion in Poland with protests carrying over to Wednesday.

Politica internazionale

America Latina

Ecuador:

(Reuters) Ecuador president says country is at war as gangs hold prison staff hostage

• Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Wednesday that his country was "at war" with drug gangs who are holding more than 130 prison guards and other staff hostage, amid a dramatic surge in violence that saw gunmen briefly take over a TV live broadcast and explosions in multiple cities.
• Noboa on Tuesday named 22 gangs as terrorist organizations, making them official military targets. The president took power in November pledging to tackle a growing security problem caused by a rise in drug-trafficking gangs transporting cocaine through Ecuador.

Medio Oriente

Mar Rosso:

(Reuters) US, UK forces repel 'largest attack' by Houthis in Red Sea

• U.S. and British naval forces shot down 21 drones and missiles fired by Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday towards the southern Red Sea, the United States said, with Britain hinting at further measures to protect international shipping lanes.
• British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said it was the largest attack in the area by the militants to date as the three-month-long war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza spills over into other parts of the Middle East.

Asia e Pacifico

Maldive:

(Reuters) Maldives upgrades ties with China amid pivot from India

• China and the Maldives upgraded their relationship on Wednesday during newly elected President Mohamed Muizzu's first state visit to Beijing, following a campaign in which he cast China's regional rival India as a threat to sovereignty.

Africa

Somalia:

(Washington post) 1 dead, several captured in attack on U.N. helicopter in Somalia, official says 

• The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab seized the crew of a U.N. helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in Somalia, said two people based in Mogadishu who work with international organizations.
• A Mogadishu-based official said four Europeans and five Africans were onboard. One crew member was reportedly killed, two were unaccounted for and may have escaped, and the rest were taken captive [...]
• The United Nations provides logistical and medical support to the 17,500-strong African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.
• Al-Shabab has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is the main hostile force in the area.