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• Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq AFPS 07 Nov 2015 -- U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Carter: Response to Russia, China Involves Innovation AFPS 07 Nov 2015 -- National defense in today's time of transition and turbulence calls for technical as well as strategic and operational innovation, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said here today.
• Remarks on "Strategic and Operational Innovation at a Time of Transition and Turbulence" at Reagan Defense Forum DoD 07 Nov 2015 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
• SECNAV Meets with President of Azerbaijan NNS 07 Nov 2015 -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus met with Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, and Minister of Defense Col. Gen. Zakhir Hasanov during a partnership-building visit to the nation's capital Nov. 7.
• US to Start Training Six Ukrainian Battalions in November Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- The next stage of the drills where the US military will train six battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is going to start on November 23, 2015, according to Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman Andriy Lysenko.
• US-Ukrainian Military Drills End in Lviv Region - Ukraine's National Guard Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- The US-Ukrainian Fearless Guardian-2015 joint military exercises have ended in Ukraine's western Lviv region, Ukraine's National Guard's press service said in a statement Saturday.
• India test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- The Indian army has successfully test-fired a new version of its domestically-developed supersonic long-range cruise missile.
• Indian Army Successfully Tests BrahMos Missile on Ground Targets Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- BrahMos missile was launched from a mobile launcher in the Pokhran polygon in Indian state of Rajasthan, according to BrahMos Aerospace Limited.
• Somebody's Watching: China Installs Advanced Radar, Drones on the Border Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- As it confronts problems with drug trafficking, the Chinese government has deployed drones and radar systems in its borderlands.
• Why Armenia's Military Alliance With Russia Is Not At Risk RFE/RL 07 Nov 2015 -- For many decades, the dominant discourse of Armenian political and intellectual leaders was summed up by an emblematic quote from Khachatur Abovian, a 19th-century Armenian writer. 'Blessed be the hour when the blessed Russian foot stepped upon our holy Armenian land,' Abovian wrote in his most famous novel, set during the Russian-Persian war in the South Caucasus.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Another Saudi warship destroyed off Yemen coast Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement and the allied army units have sunk another Saudi military vessel in the country's southwestern waters in a response to the relentless Saudi bombardment of the impoverished nation.
• Carter: Russia 'Way Off Track' in Syria VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says Russia is 'way off track' in its involvement in Syria.
• Taking on ISIL: Assad is Russia's Wingman in the Skies Over Syria Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- Russian and Syrian warplanes are successfully coordinating their efforts to destroy Islamic State targets in Syria, according to RIA Novosti.
• More Than 20 Killed in Suspected Russian Airstrikes on Syrian Town VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- A monitoring group says at least 23 Syrian civilians were killed Saturday in suspected Russian airstrikes on a rebel-held town outside Damascus.
• Carter: Russia 'Way Off Track' in Syria VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says Russia is 'way off track' in its involvement in Syria.
• Iraqi army inflicts losses on Daesh militants in Anbar, Nineveh, Salahuddin Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- The Iraqi army has conducted successful operations against Daesh terrorist group in some parts of the Arab country, inflicting heavy losses on the Takfiri militants.
• Pakistani air raids leave at least 15 terrorists dead Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Pakistan says its fighter jets have pounded militant positions along the northwestern border with Afghanistan, killing over a dozen militants.
• Ukraine Military Completes Light Weapons Withdrawal From Frontlines RFE/RL 07 Nov 2015 -- Ukraine's military says it has finished a withdrawal of light weapons from frontlines with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, where clashes erupted in recent days despite a cease-fire.
• Lugansk Republic Completes Weaponry Withdrawal From Line of Contact Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- The Lugansk People's Republic fully completed the removal of weapons and military equipment from the 15-km [9-mile] security zone ahead of schedule in eastern Ukraine, according to the deputy chief of staff of the LPR people's militia.
• Libya: amid political crisis, Security Council urges parties to endorse, sign deal for unity government UN News 07 Nov 2015 -- Concerned over Libya's ongoing political, security and institutional crises and the rising threat of terrorism, the United Nations Security Council today urged all Libyan stakeholders to endorse and sign the recent UN-facilitated political deal and to move swiftly towards forming a Government of National Accord.

News Reports

• Leaders across Taiwan Strait meet for first time in 66 years People's Daily 07 Nov 2015 -- Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, leaders across Taiwan Strait met for first time in 66 years in Singapore Nov. 7.
• Xi-Ma meeting hailed as 'historic page' in cross-Strait relations People's Daily 07 Nov 2015 -- 'Today will be remembered in history,' Xi Jinping said in a meeting between leaders of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, adding that the meeting has opened up 'a historic page' in cross-Strait relations.
• China Hails Taiwanese Decision to Join Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he welcomes an active participation of Taiwanese compatriots in construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and hails Taiwan's joining of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in accordance with the established procedure.
• Taiwan Urges China to Resolve Cross-strait Issues Peacefully VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said the importance of security and dignity to the Taiwanese people was one of the key messages he shared with China's President Xi Jinping Saturday, when leaders of the two sides met for the first time in more than six decades.
• Taiwanese Protest Meetings Between Ma, China's Xi VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- As Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou shook hands with his counterpart from China Saturday in Singapore, about 400 people marched in downtown Taipei Saturday to protest the first-ever meeting between the long-time political enemies.
• Voting Underway in Myanmar's Historic Election VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- Millions of voters have begun streaming to the polls across Myanmar in the first relatively free election in a quarter of a century.
• Russian Plane's Black Boxes Point To Midair Bomb Attack RFE/RL 07 Nov 2015 -- International news media are reporting that black boxes from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt last weekend indicate the plane came to a sudden, violent end in a midair explosion.
• Russians Leave Egypt Resort With Hand Luggage Only RFE/RL 07 Nov 2015 -- Russians leaving Egypt are only being allowed to carry hand luggage onboard, and their other luggage is to be delivered later.
• Egypt: Mystery Noise Was Last Sound from Doomed Jet VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- Despite increasing indications that a bomb destroyed a Russian passenger airliner last week high over the Sinai Peninsula, the head of Egypt's investigation team says no definite conclusions have been reached.
• Grounding of Russian Flights to Egypt Supports Bomb Theory VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- Tens of thousands of Russians are trying to return home after Moscow suspended all flights to Egypt, a top tourist destination for millions, on increasing evidence that a bomb caused the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 over the Sinai on October 31. All 224 people on board were killed when the passenger jet disappeared from radar minutes after reaching cruising altitude.
• Sierra Leone Declared Ebola-Free VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- The World Health Organization has announced that Sierra Leone is officially free of the Ebola virus, now that 42 days have passed without any new infections.
• Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone - UN health agency UN News 07 Nov 2015 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared that Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone, as 42 days – two Ebola virus incubation cycles – have now passed since the last person confirmed to have the disease had a second negative blood test, and pledged continued support to the country towards the recovery of essential health systems.
• Sierra Leone has successfully beaten Ebola, WHO says Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Sierra Leone has successfully overcome the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which ravaged the African country for a year and a half, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
• President Rouhani asks EP Speaker: Sanctions termination should be complete, timely and precise IRNA 07 Nov 2015 -- President Hassan Rouhani said in his Saturday evening meeting with EP Speaker Martin Schulz that Western side's abiding by its commitment and termination of sanctions should be complete, on time, and precise according to the Vienna agreement reached in July.
• Salehi: Iran's nuclear activities enter new era after JCPOA IRNA 07 Nov 2015 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said that after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered a new era of nuclear activities with a bright landscape.
• Rouhani urges on-time, complete Iran bans removal Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has reaffirmed Tehran's full commitment to the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group in July, calling for on-time and complete lifting of sanctions against Iran.
• Iraq's cleric Sadr says talks with Prime Minister Abadi 'constructive' Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Iraq's senior cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says he had a "constructive and successful" meeting with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
• Captagon: 'Breaking Bad' in Saudi Arabia VOA 06 Nov 2015 -- When authorities at Beirut's international airport confiscated two tons of the amphetamine Captagon on board a private jet belonging to a Saudi prince last week, it focused attention on an issue rarely discussed: drug abuse in Saudi Arabia.
• German secret service BND systematically spied on allies: Report Press TV 07 Nov 2015 -- Germany's secret service has "systematically spied" on the country's allies and other international organizations, a report says.
• Germany's Spy Program Revealed as Much Bigger Than Anyone Thought Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- Recently emerged reports reveal that Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, had systematically spied on friends and allies around the world to a much greater extent than previously reported on, and on its own accord, not simply at the request of the NSA, according to Der Spiegel magazine.
• Open Source: Britain's MI5 to Be Given Major New Powers to Spy Online Sputnik 07 Nov 2015 -- The UK government has proposed a new bill which gives the police and intelligence agencies special powers to get access to individuals' communications data.
• China resolute in boosting friendly cooperation with ASEAN People's Daily 07 Nov 2015 -- China supports the growth of ASEAN and is resolute in boosting friendly cooperation with the Southeast Asian bloc, President Xi Jinping said Saturday in a speech at the National University of Singapore.
• Macedonian Leaders Reach Deal To End Crisis, Hold Elections RFE/RL 07 Nov 2015 -- Macedonian leaders reached an agreement on an interim government November 6, paving the way for early elections and the end of a lengthy political crisis.
• Burundi's FM Rejects Comparisons to Rwanda VOA 07 Nov 2015 -- Burundi's foreign minister says it's erroneous for people to conclude that the political and security challenges the East African country faces could lead to genocide similar to what Rwanda experienced in 1994.