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Current Operations

• Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq AFPS 07 Jan 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Pentagon deploys 300 Marines to Afghanistan's Helmand Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- The Pentagon will deploy a new task force of approximately 300 US Marines to Afghanistan's restive Helmand Province, marking the return to a region where hundreds of troops were killed in fierce combat.
• US: Commitment to Afghanistan Will Only Deepen After January 20 VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- A senior American diplomat has assured Afghan leaders that Washington's commitment to the war-torn country's peace, prosperity and security will only deepen under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Huge US military force in Germany to boost NATO presence in E Europe Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- The US military has begun the deployment of hundreds of combat vehicles such as tanks as well as artillery guns along with 3,500 troops to Germany in an alleged bid to boost NATO's deterrence force against Russia in Eastern Europe.
• Perfect Combat Vehicle': Russia Unveils State-of-the-Art Attack Helicopter Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- Bristling with an array of cutting-edge technological solutions, the improved version of Russia's Mi-28NM attack helicopter is nothing short of the ultimate combat aircraft, Russian Helicopters Holding's general director Alexander Mikheyev wrote.
• Iran's offer to aid Lebanese military stands: Iranian MP Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- A senior Iranian lawmaker says Iran's offer to provide aid to the Lebanese military stands.
• New Naval Power? China Expected to Have 3 Aircraft Carrier Groups in Near Future Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- The Chinese military's combat capability has significantly grown in the past decade. At present, China's second aircraft carrier is under construction.
• Commander: New tactics to be exercised in Navy drill 'Velayat 95' IRNA 07 Jan 2017 -- Navy Commander Rear-Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on Saturday new tactics will be exercised in Navy drill 'Velayat 95' due to be held in February.
• Peace Declared in Ivory Coast After Soldiers' 2-Day Revolt VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says he has reached an agreement with rebellious soldiers to end a brief mutiny Saturday, but the deal appeared to be on the verge of crumbling less than two hours later.
• Brief Soldiers' Revolt in Ivory Coast Ends After President Intervenes VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Saturday that he had reached an agreement with rebellious soldiers to end a mutiny and had asked soldiers to return to their barracks.
• Heavy gunfire heard in Ivory Coast's key city as soldiers' revolt persists Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Heavy gunfire has been heard near the main military base in Ivory Coast's second largest city of Bouake as disgruntled soldiers remain in control of the city after waging a mutiny over wages.

Defense Industry

• India Decides to Privatize Leading Defense Company Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- The invitation to the private sector to invest in an Indian state owned defense firm may be the beginning of privatization of a substantial chunk of the local military-industrial complex.

Other Conflicts

• What's in a Name? China Tries to Give Sea Features Around Japan Chinese Monikers Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- China has ramped up its seafloor-naming activities this year and applied to give Chinese names to a number of features near Japan's exclusive economic zone, including features that already have Japanese names.
• Bomb attack leaves six Saudi mercenaries dead in southern Yemen Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- At least six militiamen loyal to Yemen's former Saudi-backed president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, have been killed when a bomb explosion targeted a checkpoint in the country's southern province of Abyan.
• Turkish Forces Destroy 12 Daesh Targets in Northern Syria - General Staff Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- The Turkish Armed Forces have eliminated 21 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 12 targets over the past 24 hours as part of the Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria, the Turkish General Staff said Tuesday.
• Scores of Daesh terrorists killed as Syrian army advances in Homs Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Scores of Daesh Takfiri terrorists have been killed when Syrian army soldiers launched a string of operations against the extremists' positions in the country's beleaguered Homs Province.
• Internaional airport resumes work in Syria's Aleppo Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- A first airplane has taken off from the international airport in the Syrian city of Aleppo in four years, during which the airport was closed due to the militancy in the Arab country.
• Syrian Democratic Front Worried About Russia's Withdrawal From Syria Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- The Syrian Democratic Front, which unites internal opposition forces, treats the reduction of the Russian armed deployment in Syria with caution, as it fears military groups may use it as an opportunity to gain strength and take up arms again, its spokeswoman, Mais Krydee, told Sputnik.
• Dozens Killed in Syrian Bombing Near Turkish Border VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- A huge explosion ripped through the center of a rebel-held border town in northern Syria on Saturday, killing more than 40 people, many of them civilians displaced by months of conflict that devastated large parts of the nearby city of Aleppo.
• Iraqi Special Forces liberate 4 more districts in eastern Mosul Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Iraqi forces retake four neighborhoods east of Mosul, as part of the major operation to liberate the flashpoint northern city form Daesh terrorists.
• Iranian official welcomes Turkey's decision to withdraw troops from northern Iraq Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- A senior Iranian official has welcomed Turkey's decision to pull out its forces from Iraq and respect the Arab country's territorial integrity as a positive move.
• Turkey agrees to withdraw forces from northern Iraq: PM Abadi Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says his administration has reached an agreement with Turkey over Baghdad's demand for the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from a camp in the north of Iraq.
• Iraqi PM Says Turkey Agrees to Withdraw Troops From Northern Iraq Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said Saturday that Ankara had agreed to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, after talks with his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim.
• 26k displaced families in Nigeria's Borno state received food: MSF Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Doctors Without Borders says it has given food to some 26,000 families who have been displaced by the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group in northeast Nigeria, stepping outside its usual medical role in an attempt to prevent more children's deaths.
• Philippine security forces shoot dead 2 suspected terrorists Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Philippine security forces say they have gunned down a foreign national and his female companion suspected of being linked to a militant group loyal to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
• MoD of Unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Rep Records 50 Truce Violations Overnight Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- A total of 50 ceasefire violations were documented in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh overnight, the Defense Ministry of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic said Saturday.
• UN condemns deadly ambush that leaves one 'blue helmet' dead in Central African Republic UN News 07 Jan 2017 -- The Security Council has strongly condemned the ambush by unknown attackers late last week against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Bokayai, in the northwest part of the country, in which one Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed.
• Israel Cuts $6 Million to UN Over Settlement Vote VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- Israel says it is withholding about $6 million from its annual United Nations dues, following a U.N. Security Council resolution last month calling for an end to Israel's "settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory."

News Reports

• Putin ordered meddling in US vote, helped Trump win: US intel Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- US intelligence agencies claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered his government to help Republican Donald Trump win the presidential election.
• Trump Says US Intel Has 'Absolutely No Evidence' Hacking Affected Election Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- US President-elect Donald Trump stated on Saturday that the US intelligence services "stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence" that alleged Russia's hacking affected the results of the presidential election as voting machines had not been hacked.
• US Intelligence Charges Russia, Putin Aspired to Help Trump Win VOA 07 Jan 2017 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin set out to undermine the 2016 U.S. election and discredit former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an unprecedented "influence campaign," eventually deciding to help the chances of President-elect Donald Trump, according to a declassified report by the U.S. intelligence community.
• U.S. intelligence releases report on alleged Russia's interference in presidential election People's Daily 07 Jan 2017 -- The U.S. intelligence released a report on Friday, making public its assessment of alleged Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election last year.
• Trump Vows To 'Aggressively Combat' Cyberattacks After Taking Office RFE/RL 07 Jan 2017 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, taking the offensive on questions of Russian hacking that have dogged him since winning the White House in November, has vowed to take aggressive action to stop cyberattacks.
• U.S. Democrats Dispute Trump's Conclusion That Russia Didn't Affect Election Result RFE/RL 07 Jan 2017 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and most fellow Republicans in Congress have concluded that while Russia may have hacked the November election, it had no influence on the outcome.
• Trump 'undermining credibility' of intel community: Ex-CIA chief Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Former CIA director Leon Panetta has voiced concerns about President-elect Donald Trump's distrust of the US intelligence community regarding Russia's alleged role in election-related hacking, calling it "just unheard of and unprecedented."
• U.S. Upgrades Security For Election Process After Russian Cyberattacks RFE/RL 07 Jan 2017 -- In the wake of Russia's cyberattacks aimed at influencing the November presidential election, the United States said is it designating election infrastructure such as voting machines as "critical" for national security.
• US designates election infrastructure as 'critical' Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- The US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has designated US election systems as "critical infrastructure," a move that provides more federal help for state and local governments to keep their election systems safe from cyber attacks.
• Russia to respect US 'far more' under Trump, says president-elect Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- US President-elect Donald Trump says under his administration Russia would respect Washington "far more" than the presidency of Barack Obama.
• Trump Vows Better Ties With Moscow, Despite Hacking Report Conclusions RFE/RL 07 Jan 2017 -- President-elect Donald Trump again vowed to improve relations with Moscow, one day after the release of a U.S. intelligence report that found that Russia's president personally ordered a cybercampaign to benefit Trump's election bid.
• What Trump needs to know about Iran IRNA 07 Jan 2017 -- Hossein Mousavian former head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in an article reminded the newly-elected US president what he should know about Iran.
• Xi: Strict discipline required People's Daily 07 Jan 2017 -- President Xi Jinping required on Friday strict discipline in personnel reshuffles to prevent election fraud ahead of a key meeting of the Communist Party of China later this year.
• China prepares for trade spats with US under Trump People's Daily 07 Jan 2017 -- China is reportedly mulling strategies to deal with any potential trade disputes that may arise with the US after free trade-bashing President-elect Donald Trump takes over the White House on January 20.
• President Tsai embarks on her Central American visit, U.S. stopovers CNA 07 Jan 2017 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) began her second overseas visit since taking office in May 2016, a trip that will take her to four of Taiwan's Central American allies, as well as two U.S. cities, where she will have stopovers.
• Tsai's U.S. stopovers just for 'comfort:' U.S. state department CNA 07 Jan 2017 -- Allowing Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to make stopovers in the United States is part of a "longstanding practice" to provide comfort to the traveler, and there is nothing unusual about her upcoming transits in the U.S. during her visit to Central America, a U.S. Department of State spokesman said Friday.
• Taiwan's leader embarks on controversial Central America tour Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has begun her nine-day trip to four Central American countries with planned stopovers in the US, a development closely watched by Beijing amid warming Taipei-Washington ties.
• What is Behind Taiwanese President's Visit to Latin America Amid Speculations Sputnik 07 Jan 2017 -- Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen left for the United States Saturday on her way to Central America, a trip that will be scrutinized by China. Sputnik spoke with Chinese political experts in an interview about this trip and how it may be related to US-Chinese bilateral relations.
• Two suspected Daesh terrorists killed in Saudi capital Press TV 07 Jan 2017 -- Two suspected Daesh Takfiri terrorists have been shot and killed in Saudi Arabia's capital city, says the Interior Ministry.
• Turkey Dismisses More Than 6,000 Workers In Post-Coup Purge RFE/RL 07 Jan 2017 -- Turkey has dismissed more than 6,000 more police, civil servants, and academics under emergency rule, continuing a purge in the wake of a failed coup last July.