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Israeli Defense Minister: Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" in Syria. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said on the 10th that Israel is setting up a demilitarized "defense zone" on the Syrian side of the existing Israeli-Syrian military buffer zone to prevent "hostile forces" from approaching Israel. According to Israeli media reports, Katz said during his visit to the naval base in Haifa, a city in northern Israel, that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israeli army to set up this "defense zone", which would be "free from weapons and armed threats" and "free from the permanent presence of the Israeli army". Katz did not provide the geographical boundaries of this area or the details of what Israel would do. He said that the Israeli army is currently completing its deployment in military buffer zones and strategic areas to "protect the Golan Heights and Israeli citizens".Jon Finer, US Deputy National Security Adviser: The United States has significant interests in Syria and will convey these interests to relevant parties.The United States successfully conducted a ballistic missile interception test in Guam for the first time. The US Missile Defense Agency issued a statement on the 10th that the United States successfully conducted a ballistic missile interception test in Guam in the western Pacific for the first time. The statement said that in the test conducted that day, the United States launched a "Standard -3 Block 2A" missile using the Aegis anti-missile system equipped with a new AN/TPY-6 radar and vertical launcher, and intercepted an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile near the coast of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency called this an "important step" to enhance Guam's defense, and its data will help to build a future defense system for Guam. (Xinhua News Agency)

Macron hopes to avoid holding new French parliamentary elections before the end of his presidency in 2027. A French official familiar with the matter revealed that President Macron hopes to avoid holding parliamentary elections before the end of his presidency. Last week, Banier's government was dismayed to step down because it failed to pass a vote of no confidence in parliament. Macron plans to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, the official said. Holding parliamentary elections again is widely regarded as an option for Macron to break the political deadlock. French political parties have been expecting to hold another vote next summer.US President Biden: Raising tariffs would be a major mistake.US President Biden: Raising tariffs would be a major mistake.

The U.S. military statement said that senior U.S. generals in Middle East affairs visited U.S. troops in Syria.The Houthi armed forces in Yemen claimed to have attacked two American destroyers and three frigates in the Gulf of Aden. On December 10, local time, the Houthi armed forces in Yemen issued a statement announcing military operations against a series of targets, including attacking "two American destroyers and three frigates" in the Gulf of Aden and attacking regional targets such as Jaffa in Israel.The U.S. Treasury allocated $20 billion in Ukrainian loan funds to the World Bank.