Houthis Strike Red Sea Ship With Drone On Day US Terror Designation Takes Effect

"Just as the Biden administration has redesignated Yemen's Houthis (or Ansar Allah

movement) a global terrorist organization, the group has again launched an attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea, which suffered a direct hit.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a new alert describing an incident 60 nautical miles southeast of Yemen's Aden. The report indicates that "vessel has been hit on the port side by an uncrewed aerial system." ZH

Russian Strike Destroys Building in Kharkov Hosting French Mercenaries

"The Russian military has destroyed a building in Ukraine’s Kharkov that hosted French mercenaries after it launched a precision strike against it." Sputnik

Past 24 hours, 98 combat engagements

"In the past 24 hours, 98 combat engagements were recorded across the front. In total, the enemy launched four missile strikes, 29 airstrikes and 49 attacks using multiple rocket

launchers on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements. Late on January 16, Russian invaders attacked the central part of Kharkiv with missiles. Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilian injuries. A hospital, private houses and apartment buildings, and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
Airstrikes were recorded in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region; Orlivka, Avdiivka, Kostiantynivka, Novomykhailivka and Vodiane, Donetsk region; Mala Tokmachka, Preobrazhenka and Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire.

The occupiers launched another aerial attack on Ukraine overnight, using 20 Shahed-136/131 strike drones, with Ukrainian air defense forces shooting down 19 targets." Ukrin

South Africa’s Malema: We Will Arm Hamas When We Take Power

"Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), one of South Africa’s larger opposition parties, has vowed that he will send weapons to the Hamas terrorist organization if his party forms part of his country’s next governing coalition." Breitbart

Freed Israeli Hostage: Israel Women are Being Raped in Captivity

"Freed Israeli hostage Agam Goldstein-Almog told Israel’s Channel 13 on Tuesday that fellow female hostages were raped repeatedly by their Hamas captors in Gaza, and that her own captors threatened to forcibly “marry” her as well." Breitbart

Zelensky Headlines at Davos

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is headlining a frenzied first full day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where top officials from the United States, the European Union, China, the Middle East and beyond also will be prominent Tuesday." Breibart

Russia increases number of attacks in Tavria direction using armored vehicles

"In the Tavria operational area, Russia conducted 20 airstrikes, conducted 49 combat engagements, and fired 919 artillery rounds." Ukrin

Russians strike Kharkiv with two missiles

"Explosions rang out in Kharkiv on the evening of 16 January. Ihor Terekhov, the city mayor, reported a missile strike." Pavada

Russia's frontline game-changer: 'Sania', the new anti-drone system meant to outwit enemy UAVs

"Russian state media has announced the introduction of the new anti-drone system, Sania, mounted on their tanks. Supporting this statement is a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense featuring a T-80BWM tank, likely from the 9th Motorized Infantry Brigade and Army Corps, which shows a series of antennas above the turret." essanews

Ukraine’s Missing Weapons: More Than Half of U.S. Supplies Unaccounted For

"Reports emerged that the US Department of Defense Inspector General, referencing a report, could not locate $1 billion worth of weapons, which amounts to 56% of the US’s $1.7 billion worth of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine." MS

Oman declares no-fly, refuses airspace to US in Yemen proxy war

"Oman stands firm in opposition to the military operation in Yemen, declaring a no-fly zone for all coalition military aircraft.Gulf states, excluding Oman, reportedly permit the use of their airspace for US and British strikes against the Ansar Allah movement. Signaling a step in regional self-defense, Oman has officially declared a no-fly zone for all military aircraft participating in the coalition's strikes against the Houthis in Yemen." MS

Missing US SEALs were chasing Iranian weapons

"Two US Navy SEALs were reportedly searching for a shipment of Iranian weapons to

Yemen’s Houthi rebels when they went missing off the coast of Somalia late last week.
The two were raiding a small sailboat on Thursday night when one of them fell into the rough seas, NBC News reported on Monday, citing unidentified Pentagon officials. The other SEAL jumped into the water to rescue his partner, and both “disappeared into the darkness,” according to the report, which Fox News and the Associated Press confirmed.The incident occurred as the SEALs were trying to board a small boat, called a dhow, in the Gulf of Aden. Four days of search and rescue missions have failed to locate them." RT

Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles Against Foreign 'Espionage Centers' In Iraq's Erbil

"Multiple large explosions have been reported overnight (local) near the US Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, in what appears to be a major escalation from Iran.

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has already taken responsibility for the attack against what a statement dubbed foreign "espionage centers" and "anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings in parts of the region" with ballistic missiles." ZH

Houthi rebels claim missile strike on US-owned ship off Yemen

"Yemen's Houthi rebels hit a US-owned cargo vessel with a missile on Monday, the US

military said, heightening fears for the volatile region after repeated attacks on shipping triggered American and British strikes.
The ship has reported no injuries or significant damage and is continuing its journey." France24

Ukrainian aircraft launch 22 strikes on Russian positions

"Ukrainian aircraft struck 22 areas of concentration of Russian military personnel and equipment in the past 24 hours, with 86 combat engagements reported across the front.Ukrainian fighter jets and helicopters struck 22 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and the enemy's anti-aircraft missile system. Ukrainian rocket forces hit a Russian troop concentration area, three artillery pieces and two radars." Ukrin