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Current Operations

• Pakistan Military Launches Air Strikes In Northwest Tribal Region RFE/RL 22 Jul 2012 -- Pakistan military jets have attacked four locations in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, killing an unknown number of suspected Taliban militants.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Carter’s India Visit to Focus on Defense Cooperation AFPS 22 Jul 2012 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter arrived here late today for a two-day visit that marks the second-to-last leg of his Asia-Pacific tour.
• Carter Meets With Officials in Thailand AFPS 22 Jul 2012 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter traveled here today for meetings with U.S. and Thai officials.
• Readout of Deputy Secretary Carter’s Visit to Thailand DoD 22 Jul 2012
• U.S. Army, BNDF mentor Burundi soldiers Army News 22 Jul 2012 -- The two-week event allowed the BNDF trainers the opportunity to work with U.S. Army Soldiers and, together, mentor BDNF soldiers on skills such as combat lifesaver, tactical combat casualty care, mechanized infantry and mortars.
• Medvedev to Discuss Iskander Missile Production Modernization RIA Novosti 22 Jul 2012 -- Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will hold a meeting in Kolomna in the Moscow Region on Monday to discuss modernizing production facilities for Iskander tactical missile launchers, the government’s press office reported on Sunday.
• Iran missile technology helped boost Iran’s image in the world: MP IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Spokesman for Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that manufacturing long-range missiles by relying on Iran’s scientific and technological capabilities helped upgrade Iran’s overall capabilities in the world.
• Madagascar Military Battles Renegade Soldiers VOA 22 Jul 2012 -- Madagascar's army says it has taken back a military camp that was captured early Sunday by renegade soldiers.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• IRGC denies martyrdom of colonel Soleymani in Damascus’ blast IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Sunday denied in a statement recent reports on alleged martyrdom of Iranian commander Qasem Soleymani in July 18 bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
• Intense Fighting Reported In Damascus, Aleppo RFE/RL 22 Jul 2012 -- Fierce fighting has been reported in Syria's two biggest cities - Damascus and Aleppo - as government forces seek to regain control of rebel-held areas.
• Arab League to Hold Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Syria RIA Novosti 22 Jul 2012 -- The Arab League Council will hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers on Syria in the Qatari capital on Sunday amid an escalating armed conflict between the government forces and rebels, the Egyptian website Youm7 reported.
• Activists: Syrian Helicopters Strike Damascus VOA 22 Jul 2012 -- Syrian activists say security forces have attacked rebels in the capital Damascus with helicopters and tanks, while rebels launched an offensive against the government in the northern city of Aleppo.
• UN voices concern over 500,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria UN News Centre 22 Jul 2012 -- The United Nations today expressed grave concern over the implications of the violence in Syria for the 500,000 Palestinian refugees across the country.
• Netanyahu: Israel Prepared to Deal with Syrian Chemical Weapons VOA 22 Jul 2012 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is prepared to act to neutralize the threat posed by Syrian weapons of mass destruction in a post-Assad era. The prime minister was interviewed by two U.S. television networks.
• West African Defense Chiefs Meet Over Mali Crisis VOA 22 Jul 2012 -- Defense chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are scheduled to meet in an extraordinary summit on the continuing security crisis in Mali Wednesday. The meeting will be held in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan.
• China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands VOA 22 Jul 2012 -- China says it has formed a municipal council for a newly established city in a disputed part of the South China Sea, and has authorized the deployment of a military base in the area.

News Reports

• Moslehi: Assassins of martyred nuclear scientist arrested IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Information Minister Heidar Moslehi said the culprits behind assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist Dariush Rezaienezhad were arrested.
• Iran missile technology helped boost Iran’s image in the world: MP IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Spokesman for Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said that manufacturing long-range missiles by relying on Iran’s scientific and technological capabilities helped upgrade Iran’s overall capabilities in the world.
• Vice-President: Fourth batch of home-made fuel delivered to Tehran medical reactor IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Vice-President and head of Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi said on Sunday said the fourth batch of home-made fuel was delivered to Tehran medical reactor.
• Salehi: Iranian nation will never yield to enemies’ pressures IRNA 22 Jul 2012 -- Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said here on Sunday that the Iranian nation will never yield to the pressures of foreign enemies.
• Russia Launches Soyuz-FG Rocket with Five Satellites RIA Novosti 22 Jul 2012 -- Russia’s Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a group of five satellites on board has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday.