Greetings to all Operation Freedom listeners and subscribers,

I am delighted to bring you today’s news briefing. Here are the highlights:

1. The United States State Department has issued a travel advisory urging American citizens to depart Iraq immediately due to heightened threats from Iran-aligned militias targeting U.S. interests across the country.

2. In Venezuela, the U.S. Embassy in Caracas resumed operations for the first time in seven years following the arrest and detainment of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who are awaiting trial for narco-terrorism charges in New York.

3. A bomb explosion occurred at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, Netherlands, reportedly a deliberate attack against the Jewish community, according to the city’s mayor.

4. President Donald Trump has encouraged Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers to continue working during the 29th day of the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as they grapple with the loss of their first full paycheck.

5. In Bolivia, suspected Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, one of South America’s and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) most wanted criminals, has been apprehended.

6. President Donald Trump announced the nomination of State Department official Sarah B. Rogers to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

Briefing Provided by: The Operation Freedom Press Corps