Eagle Intelligence Reports

On January 1, a self-described democratic socialist took office in the largest city in the United States. Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral contest has since accelerated a broader debate over the growing influence of democratic socialism within U.S. politics.

The Belgian Air Force formally assumed the Icelandic Air Defense responsibilities at Keflavik Air Base, outside the capital of Reykjavík, bolstering NATO’s enhanced Vigilance Activity “Arctic Sentry.” The Belgian detachment includes deployed personnel and F-16 Fighting Falcons. “Belgian F-16s have touched down in Iceland once again to help safeguard NATO’s airspace.

China said U.S. “sanctions and pressure” would not resolve the Middle East conflict, after Washington urged governments including Beijing to join efforts to isolate the Iranian economy.

United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium have joined international condemnation of a major settlement project by Israel in the occupied West Bank. The E1 plan, which involves building around 3,400 homes in the area, would further separate east Jerusalem, occupied and annexed by Israel and mainly inhabited by Palestinians, from the West Bank.

Russian authorities arrested eight people for planning an attack on an enterprise in the Moscow region and separately detained a foreign national for inspecting government buildings and strategic infrastructure, according to state news agencies. Eight people were accused of having used 35 drones equipped with explosives smuggled from the European Union (EU) to target a strategic defense enterprise, Russian media said, citing Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

China’s foreign and defense ministers held talks with their Indonesian counterparts to strengthen their military and political cooperation after a joint navy drill Taiwan labelled as a “provocation.” The Friday talks in Jakarta were a “forward-looking strategic platform,” guiding the two countries’ relations across the “political, economic, maritime, people-to-people, and security” pillars, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono said. “We are seeing unilateralism and hegemonism.

North Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military announced on Thursday. The escalation came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un in the next few months to strengthen existing relations with North Korea. Trump said it was important to “get along” with Kim, adding that North Korea has 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons. But South Korea said there are about 80 to 120 of them.

The United States and Russia run two of the world’s most seasoned intelligence establishments. Yet both powers are now stuck in wars their leaders expected to be short, and both are losing ground to states that did not fight. The explanation lies not in the quality of the intelligence, nor necessarily in the kind of political system. It comes down to what happens when an assessment reaches a leader who has already chosen his war.

The number of U.S. military who have been injured or killed since the Iran war started has passed 770, according to the Pentagon’s casualty database (DCAS). The new data brings total figures to 757 injured soldiers and 18 killed service members since February 28. The figures account for casualties from “Overseas Operations” and from “Operation Epic Fury”—as strikes on Iran were codenamed by the U.S. government. It is unclear if the casualties from “Overseas Operations” are from Iran.

Israel’s defense minister accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of dragging Turkey “into dangerous adventures in Syria.” “Israel will not allow any entity to threaten its security. It would be better for Erdogan to continue his detached-from-reality, fanciful rhetoric against Israel in the Turkish Parliament, rather than to attempt to test Israel’s determination to defend itself,” Israel Katz wrote on X. .@RTErdogan, Türkiye’yi Suriye’de tehlikeli maceralara sürüklüyor.