At least nine protests took place in eight cities across seven provinces. 2/6
The #IRGC and its proxies in #Iraq threatened to incite conflict and unrest in #SaudiArabia—especially among the Shia population—likely in retaliation the alleged Saudi role in stoking protests in Iran. 3/6
Prominent Sunni cleric Moulana Abdol Hamid continues to inspire public displays of dissent in the Iranian Sunni population. 4/6
A Basij member died due to an unspecified cause around Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province. 5/6
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al Sudani paid an official visit to Tehran likely to discuss Iranian drone and missile strikes into Iraqi Kurdistan and related security issues with senior Iranian officials. 6/6
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#Russian forces continued to defend against #Ukrainian counteroffensive operations around Svatove as Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations around #Svatove and #Kreminna. 2/4
Russian forces conducted ground attacks near #Siversk and #Avdiivka, and in western #Donetsk Oblast. 3/4
NEW | Recent claims of Russian gains around #Bakhmut on November 27 and 28 do not portend an imminent Russian encirclement of Bakhmut. Read the full update from CTP and @TheStudyofWar:
NEW | The Iranian regime is coordinating with Qatari officials to suppress public acts of defiance among Iranians in Doha. Here’s what else you need to know today from CTP and @TheStudyofWar’s daily #Iran update:
Anti-regime Black Reward hacker group claimed to have leaked a conversation between Basij Deputy Commander Ghassem Ghoureishi and state-affiliated media actors referencing intra-regime fissures over ongoing protests.
Social media users circulated calls for protests following the #US-Iran world cup match on November 29 although it is unclear to what extent these demonstrations will materialize.
The siege is the latest in a series of high-profile suicide attacks across Somalia in response to an ongoing government-led campaign to recapture al Shabaab positions in central Somalia. 2/4
Al Shabaab will likely continue to conduct suicide attacks targeting civilians in response to federal forces and local militias’ offensive against its positions in central Somalia. 3/4
#Russian forces are fortifying their positions along critical ground lines of communications (GLOCs) in eastern #Kherson Oblast against a possible future #Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The #Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Russian forces along the #Svatove-Kreminna line are conducting defensive operations around #Kupyansk and offensive operations west of #Kreminna.
#Iranian protest organization groups may be reinforcing their organizational capabilities as protest activity entered a relative lull over the past several days. (2/5)
IRGC Commander Hossein Salami warned Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US and the UK against supporting anti-regime protests in a speech to #Basij members in #Sistan and #Baluchistan Province. (3/5)