Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing - Jan. 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Türkiye’s foreign minister said Thursday that the next tripartite meeting scheduled for February with Sweden and Finland on their NATO bids was postponed due to the "current political environment."

At least nine Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian sources.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of mourning for Palestinians who were killed in the Jenin camp raid by Israeli forces.

A US military raid in northern Somalia has killed a key Daesh/ISIS facilitator and 10 other terrorist operatives, two senior administration officials said Thursday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that increasing defense support to Kyiv will ensure a swift end to the war with Russia.

Raising the specter of escalation of the Ukraine war, a Kremlin spokesman said Thursday that Russia sees European and NATO countries supplying weapons to Ukraine – including a host of just-announced tank supplies – as their “direct involvement” in the conflict.

The US formally designated Russia's Kremlin-affiliated Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization Thursday and sanctioned a slew of associated targets.

The NATO secretary-general stressed the importance of accelerating military support to Kyiv, saying Russia is expected to launch new offensives in Ukraine, where it launched a "special military operation" last February.

Ukraine will receive German Leopard 2 tanks as early as the end of March, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

German authorities have arrested a man who is suspected of acting as a courier for Russian intelligence, prosecutors said Thursday.

France has recalled its ambassador from Burkina Faso, local media reported Thursday.

Canada has appointed its first special representative to combat Islamophobia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

Amid tensions with Pyongyang over missile launches, Japan launched a new intelligence-gathering satellite Thursday to monitor North Korea’s military activities.

Pakistan clarified Thursday that there is no backdoor diplomacy with arch-rival India at the moment.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk met with leaders of the US House of Representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties Thursday regarding the microblogging platform.