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• US Stockpiling Military Gear to Kuwait Ahead of Anti-Islamist Offensive Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The United States is detouring loads of armored vehicles to a Kuwaiti port city near the border with Iraq as it gears up for a major ground offensive against Islamist militants, the US News & World Report cited a senior US military official as saying Thursday.
• Georgian Military to Join NATO Mission in Afghanistan in 2015: Reports Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The Georgian parliament has ratified an agreement under which one battalion and one squad from the country's military will participate in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan in 2015, the Novosti Gruziya newspaper reported Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 'Iron Nickel' Returns to San Diego for Final Time NNS 25 Dec 2014 -- USS Peleliu (LHA 5) returned to Naval Base San Diego Dec. 24 from a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.
• Russia's New Ballistic Missile Can Become Operational in 2016: SMF Commander Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Russia's new-generation strategic ballistic missile RS-26 could be put on combat duty as early as in 2016, Commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF), Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, said Thursday.
• Russia to Deploy New Silo-Based Ballistic Missiles in Orenburg, Krasnoyarsk Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Russia will deploy its new silo-based heavy ballistic Sarmat missiles in the Orenburg Region and Krasnoyarsk Territory, Strategic Missile Forces Commander Col.Gen. Sergei Karakayev said Thursday.
• Russia Launches Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrying Satellite: Defense Ministry Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Russia has launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a communications satellite from the Plesetsk space center located in the north of the country, the Defense Ministry's spokesperson told RIA Novosti Thursday.
• Russian Army to Receive Corsair Surveillance Drones in Late 2016 Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Russia's United Instrument Corporation (UIC) will start supplying the small-class Corsair surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Russian Armed Forces in late 2016, the company's CEO Alexander Yakunin told RIA Novosti.
• Ukraine efforts to join NATO threaten Europe: Russia Iran Press TV 25 Dec 2014 -- Russia has warned that Ukraine's attempts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) threaten Europe's security.
• China praises submarine crew's emergency handling People's Daily 25 Dec 2014 -- The Chinese military was urged to learn from the crew of a submarine, after they successfully handled a major underwater emergency in mission.
• Iranian Army Detects Foreign Spy Planes During Large-Scale Drills: Reports Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Iran's military have detected and issued warnings to several foreign aircraft intercepted during the first day of a large-scale military exercise, Tasnim News Agency reported on Thursday, quoting the Iranian Air Defense Force Commander, Farzad Esmaili.
• Iran Begins Massive Military Drills Near Strait of Hormuz: Reports Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The Iranian Army has begun a massive military exercise in a strategic area south of the country, IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

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Other Conflicts

• Jordan Vows To Make 'Every Effort' To Free Pilot RFE/RL 25 Dec 2014 -- Jordan has vowed to make every effort to secure the release of a pilot captured by Islamic State (IS) militants after his fighter jet crashed in Syria.
• Syrian Army Kills Nearly 5,000 IS Militants in Three Months: Source Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The Syrian Army has killed nearly 5,000 Islamic State (IS) fighters in the last three months, a Syrian military source told Sputnik on Thursday.
• Father of Captured Jordanian Pilot Pleads for Son's Return VOA 25 Dec 2014 -- The father of a Jordanian captured by Islamic State militants in Syria is pleading with the rebel group for the fighter pilot's safe return.
• Iraq, Turkey pledge joint efforts against ISIL Iran Press TV 25 Dec 2014 -- Iraq and Turkey have vowed to collaborate in the battle against the Takfiri ISIL terrorists, who continue to carry out acts of terror in those parts of Iraq and Syria under their control.
• Iraqi Pilots on Russian-Made Su-25 Launch Anti-IS Airstrikes Near Tikrit Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Islamic State militants' positions near the Iraqi city of Tikrit were targeted by Iraqi military airstrikes, conducted from Russian-built Su-25 fighter jets, the local Al Sumaria TV channel reported on Thursday.
• Attack in north Libya leaves 19 army soldiers killed Iran Press TV 25 Dec 2014 -- An attack by unknown gunmen on a power plant in the northern Libyan city of Sirte has killed 19 army soldiers.
• Islamist Insurgents Kill 19 Military Servicemen in Eastern Libya Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- A violent skirmish between Libyan soldiers and Islamist militants on Thursday, December 25, in eastern Libya claimed the lives of 19, while an oil tanker was damaged by a rocket at the port of Al-Sidra during a separate clash.
• Kiev Aims to Disrupt Minsk Reconciliation Talks: Donetsk Leader Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The Kiev government views the ceasefire only as a chance to prepare for the resumption of military action against independence supports and is ready to violate the truce, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said Thursday.
• Do not point the finger at China's internal affairs People's Daily 25 Dec 2014 -- Even at the year end, talk of China is still buzzing. According to Canadian media reports, China has secretly established an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the South China Sea. And the Kyodo News Agency’s "exclusive news" has reported that China is building up a military base on Nanji Island in the East China Sea.
• India to Deploy 5,000 Troops in Assam Amid Growing Violence in Region Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Indian authorities announced the deployment of an additional 5,000 paramilitary troops to Assam, where a series of attacks carried out by the insurgents of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) on Tuesday, December 23, resulted in the deaths of 70 people.
• Yemen's Houthi Rebels Release Kidnapped Chief of Country's Intelligence Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- The Shiite Houthi movement has released General Yahya Marrani, the kidnapped head of the Yemeni Intelligence, a source in the country's security services told Sputnik Thursday.
• Ansarullah movement warns of plans to federalize Yemen Iran Press TV 25 Dec 2014 -- Yemen's Ansarullah movement warns of attempts to transform the country into a federal state of six nations, adding that the government should abide by its commitments under a peace deal.
• Four Killed in Attack on African Union's Peacekeepers Base in Somalia Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Four people have been killed during the attack of al-Shabab militant group on the base of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu, AMISOM said in a press release Thursday.
• Al-Shabab Attack in Mogadishu Leaves 9 Dead, AU Mission Says VOA 25 Dec 2014 -- Nine people are dead after al-Shabab militants attacked an African Union base on the edge of Mogadishu International Airport, the AU mission said.

News Reports

• Analysis: For N. Koreans, Parody Has Grave Tone VOA 25 Dec 2014 -- Millions of people are expected to pay $5.99 to spend 1 hour and 52 minutes of Christmas Day viewing online a controversial comedy that an already angered North Korea may come to regard as subversive.
• Lavrov Says Russia Did Not 'Lose' Ukraine Sputnik 25 Dec 2014 -- Russian-Ukrainian relations are likely to return to the pre-crisis level when the civil conflict in the country is over, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
• Lebanon's Hezbollah seizes 'Mossad agent' in its ranks Iran Press TV 25 Dec 2014 -- Lebanon's resistance movement, Hezbollah, has reportedly arrested a high-ranking official within its ranks on suspicion of having links with the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.
• US Political Shift Could Affect Iran Talks VOA 25 Dec 2014 -- Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to resolve Iran's nuclear crisis are continuing into 2015 after Iran and six world powers failed to agree by a November deadline.