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Current Operations

• Taliban Deny Haqqani Drone Strike Death Claim RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- The radical Islamic Taliban group denied media reports that one of its key leaders, Badruddin Haqqani, was killed.
• Pakistan says discussing options to stop U.S. drone strikes IRNA 26 Aug 2012 -- Pakistan has again termed the U.S. drone attacks on its territory as violation of its integrity and sovereignty and said that various options are being considered to stop them.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Wolfhounds follow sister battalion to South Korea Army News 26 Aug 2012 -- 1-27th Infantry from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, came to Korea hoping to replicate some of the training their sister battalion, the 1-21st Gimlets Infantry Battalion, experienced earlier this year during Operation Foal Eagle.
• First Senegal Navy Staff Talks Address Maritime Security Issues, Training NNS 26 Aug 2012 -- U.S Naval Forces Europe participated in the first Senegal navy staff talks August 23-24 at the Senegal navy headquarters in Dakar.
• Military Units in Southeast Prepare for Isaac's Impact AFPS 26 Aug 2012 -- Military units in the southeastern United States are preparing for Tropical Storm Isaac, which is barreling past the Florida Keys and may grow to a hurricane by the time it makes landfall on the northern Gulf coast.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Activists Say Hundreds Massacred in Syria's Daraya VOA 26 Aug 2012 -- Activists said the death toll from a five-day massacre in a town near Damascus has reached at least 320.
• Syrian Activists Report Massacre Near Damascus RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- Activists in Syria say the bodies of at least 200 people have been found in a town close to Damascus.
• Syrian TV Denies Intelligence Chief Murder RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- A pro-government Syrian TV channel, al-Dunya, denied media reports that Jamil Hassan, head of Syria’s air force intelligence, had been assassinated.
• Syria VP Dispels Defection Rumors VOA 26 Aug 2012 -- Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa has appeared in public for the first time in weeks, ending speculation that he had defected from President Bashar al-Assad's embattled government.
• Boroujerdi discusses latest developments with Syrian Vice-President IRNA 26 Aug 2012 -- Chairman of Majlis Commission on National Security and and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi discussed the latest Syrian developments with Syrian Vice-President Farouk as-Shara.
• President Assad: Foreign powers targeting entire Middle East IRNA 26 Aug 2012 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the foreigners have not only targeted Syria, but also the entire region.
• Syrian Rocket Falls in Jordan RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- A Syrian rocket fell in a Jordanian border city, the DPA news agency quoted Jordanian government spokesman Samih Maaytah as saying.
• Tripoli's Syria Street Separates Sectarian Clashes VOA 26 Aug 2012 -- A sniper's bullet cracks overhead as Abu Ibrahim crouches into his sandbagged fighting position.
• Five Killed In Iraqi Attacks RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- Iraqi officials say that gunmen with silenced weapons killed five people in two attacks in Baghdad on August 26.
• Umarov Names New Commander Of Insurgency In Daghestan RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- Self-styled Caucasus Emirate head Doku Umarov has issued a formal decree naming Rustam Asildarov as head of the Daghestan wing of the North Caucasus insurgency.
• Chechnya Accuses Ingushetia of Seizing its Land RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya is set to ask federal authorities to demarcate an administrative border between Chechnya and Ingushetia.
• To Recognize Or Not To Recognize Abkhazia? That Is Vanuatu's Question RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- Four years ago, on August 26, 2008, Russia became the first country to recognize Abkhazia and another pro-Moscow separatist territory, South Ossetia, as independent states.
• Georgia's Breakaway Republics Mark Independence Day RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- Georgia's breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia marked four years of de facto independence on August 26.

News Reports

• Lieberman: Iran Must Give Up Nukes Or Chances Of Military Action Are 'High' RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman said there is "clear" evidence that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons.
• Iran Nuclear chief: Tehran has no problems with IAEA inspections IRNA 26 Aug 2012 -- Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi said Tehran has no problems with the inspections by the International Atomic Energy Organization.
• NAM Summit Opens With Call To Resist 'Egotistic Interference' RFE/RL 26 Aug 2012 -- The summit of the Nonaligned Movement has opened in Tehran with the host nation's foreign minister calling to promote dialogue between civilizations and to be alert to those practicing the "egotistic politics of interference."
• Non-Aligned Nations Meet in Iran VOA 26 Aug 2012 -- Representatives of nearly 120 nations, including dozens of heads-of-state, have convened in Tehran for a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.
• Egypt's Anti-Islamist Counter-Revolution Falls Flat RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- Organizers had called it "a second revolution" to topple Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt, but last Friday's so-called "million people rally" failed to draw the massive support the opposition activists had hoped for.
• Former Ivorian Officials Arrested in Ivory Coast, Ghana VOA 26 Aug 2012 -- Two high-ranking officials close to the former president of Ivory Coast have been arrested.
• No Threat to Ecuador’s London Embassy - President Correa RIA Novosti 26 Aug 2012 -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said there is no more threat to his country’s embassy in London.