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• Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq AFPS 11 Jan 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Department of Defense Press Briefing by Col. Sylvia via Teleconference from Baghdad, Iraq DoD 11 Jan 2017 -- Presenter: Army Colonel Brett Sylvia, commander, Task Force Strike, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve
• Iraqis Liberate 70-80 Percent of East Mosul AFPS 11 Jan 2017 -- Iraqi fighters, supported by the U.S.-led coalition formed to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have retaken 70 to 80 percent of eastern Mosul from the terrorists, Task Force Strike Commander Army Col. Brett Sylvia said here today.
• Afghanistan: UN condemns latest terrorist attacks against civilians and diplomats UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- The United Nations has condemned yesterday's terrorist attacks near the Parliament in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and the residence of the Provincial Governor of Kandahar, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 19th ESC Assists 1-6 HARS Arrival Army News 11 Jan 2017 -- Members of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command successfully demonstrated its capability of providing movement control and transportation support utilizing both commercial ground assets and Army transportation assets throughout the Korean Peninsula during a coordinated exercise alongside an aviation unit assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division Jan. 9.
• 13th ESC: Sustaining basic life needs in Africa Army News 11 Jan 2017 -- U.S. Army Africa Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Joseph Harrington, recognized a team of Soldiers from the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) for their support in numerous exercises and activities in Africa, Monday at the USARAF Headquarters building on Caserma Ederle.
• Reserve Soldiers 'sweep' excess ammo Army News 11 Jan 2017 -- Army Reserve Soldiers are helping reduce excess ammunition at Aberdeen Proving Ground as part of Operation Clean Sweep.
• SECNAV Addresses Fleet Growth, Innovation at SNA Symposium NNS 11 Jan 2017 -- Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus likely delivered his final address as SECNAV at the 29th annual Surface Navy Association Symposium (SNA) in Arlington, Virginia, Jan. 11.
• Future USS Ralph Johnson to be Commissioned in Charleston, SC NNS 11 Jan 2017 -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today announced the city of Charleston, South Carolina, will serve as the commissioning site for future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114).
• UK steps up to take command of NATO task force UK MOD 11 Jan 2017 -- UK forces have taken command of NATO's Response Force and its flagship Very High Readiness Joint Task Force.
• US might not shoot down North Korean ballistic missile: Carter Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the United States might decide not to shoot down a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile, as long as the launch did not pose a threat.
• North Korea has enough plutonium for 10 nuclear bombs: South Korea Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- South Korea says the North has acquired as much as 50 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium, enough to manufacture 10 nuclear bombs.
• President on top of Chinese aircraft carrier's movements CNA 11 Jan 2017 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is in Nicaragua as part of a Central American tour, has been briefed by senior national security officials in Taipei to stay aware of the latest developments of a Chinese aircraft carrier that is sailing north through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday.
• Taiwan closely monitoring passage of Chinese aircraft carrier CNA 11 Jan 2017 -- The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said it is closely monitoring the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, which entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) from the southwest Wednesday morning and has since continued to sail north in the Taiwan Strait.
• Chinese aircraft carrier transiting Taiwan Strait CNA 11 Jan 2017 -- The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) from the southwest at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday and sailed north in the Taiwan Strait, said Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense.
• Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Travel to Vietnam US Dept. of State 11 Jan 2017 -- Special Briefing by Senior State Department Official
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 1/11/2017 The White House 11 Jan 2017

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for January 11, 2017

Other Conflicts

• 11 January 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 11 Jan 2017
• Syrian govt. reaches deal to fix damaged Damascus water source Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- The Syrian government has reached a deal with foreign-backed militants in Wadi Barada area near Damascus for technicians to enter a damaged spring facility that supplies water to the capital.
• As millions suffer water shortages in Syria, UN looks to keep potable supply safe UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- The United Nations expressed concern today about fighting in the Wadi Barada area of west Damascus, which in addition to displacing thousands of people, has also restricted water supplies to some 5.5 million people in and around the Syrian capital.
• Iraqi forces in control of 80% of eastern Mosul: Special forces spokesman Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) says government forces have liberated at least 80 percent of eastern Mosul from the grip of Takfiri Daesh militants as part of a major anti-terror operation to retake the whole city.
• Humanitarian crisis in Mosul could outlive Iraqi military operations, senior UN official warns UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, reported today on the conditions in Mosul, a city witnessing one of the largest urban military operations since the Second World War, warning that a proper humanitarian response, conditions that created the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) could remain.
• Islamic State Tactics Degrading as Iraqis Take More of Mosul VOA 11 Jan 2017 -- Islamic State (IS) fighters have placed bombs on trucks and even tiny, flying drones to attack Iraqi forces battling to retake Mosul. But these battlefield tactics are becoming less frequent and less effective, a top U.S. commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
• Cyprus talks 'on track' ahead of international conference - UN envoy UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- As the United Nations-facilitated talks on Cyprus went into their third day in Geneva ahead of an international conference tomorrow, the UN adviser on the issue has said the discussions are "on track" and while there is still much hard work to do, an "historic" outcome could be reached as part of ongoing reunification efforts.
• Security Council's 'encouraging voice' very important to Colombian peace process, says UN envoy UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- Highlighting that the Colombian peace process faced and continues to face a range of challenges but also offers "solid" opportunities, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country today called on the United Nations Security Council for its continued attention and strong support to the country.

News Reports

• Russia denies possessing 'compromising' information on Trump Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- Russia has dismissed allegations that it has collected "compromising" information on US President-elect Donald Trump, describing them as "utter nonsense."
• Tillerson Takes Firm Stance On 'Resurgent' Russia In Senate Hearing RFE/RL 11 Jan 2017 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state has portrayed Russia as a dangerous and destabilizing global actor that disregards U.S. interests, but said Moscow is "not unpredictable" and that Washington must improve its understanding of the Kremlin's thinking.
• Trump accepts Russian hacks, says 'everybody' can hack US Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- US President-elect Trump has conceded for the first time that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party institutions during the presidential election, saying that not only Russia, but many other countries are hacking the US.
• Russia hacked Republican emails, did not release info: FBI chief Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey has accused Russia of hacking the computer networks of the Republican Party, putting another twist on Washington's claims about Moscow's interventions in the 2016 US presidential election.
• 'Fair assumption' Putin behind 2016 hack, says Tillerson, yet leavening door open for better Russia ties Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- President-elect Donald Trump's designated secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, says it is a "fair assumption" that Russian President Vladimir Putin played a role in the 2016 presidential election hack, yet leavening the door open for better ties with Russia by refusing to brand him as a "war criminal" over Moscow's efforts in Aleppo.
• Trump Acknowledges Russian Hacking, Calls Reports Of Compromising Information 'Fake News' RFE/RL 11 Jan 2017 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has acknowledged that Russian hackers intruded on servers of U.S. institutions, and again dismissed a classified document that purportedly details compromising information gathered on him by Russia.
• Trump Calls Reports On Potentially Compromising Materials 'Fake News,' 'Phony Stuff' RFE/RL 11 Jan 2017 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has called a report purportedly detailing compromising information gathered by Russia "fake news" and "phony stuff" crafted by "sick people."
• Mexican President Again Rules Out Paying for Wall on US Border VOA 11 Jan 2017 -- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said Wednesday that he wanted good relations with the incoming Trump administration in the U.S., but he repeated that Mexico would not pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
• Release of the Report on Human Rights Abuses and Censorship in North Korea US Dept. of State 11 Jan 2017 -- Today, the State Department released our second report on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) human rights abuses and censorship
• Treasury Sanctions Additional North Korean Officials and Entities In Response To The North Korean Regime's Serious Human Rights Abuses and Censorship Activities US Treasury 11 Jan 2017 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated seven individuals and identified as blocked two entities of the North Korean regime in response to the regime's ongoing and serious human rights abuses and censorship activities.
• Trump Urged to Make North Korean Human Rights a Priority VOA 11 Jan 2017 -- The incoming U.S. government should make North Korean human rights a key part of its policy toward the communist country, a senior U.S. official says.
• ISA extension not affecting lifiting sanctions against Iran: JCPOA parties IRNA 11 Jan 2017 -- Participants of the meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) stressed that extension of the Iran Sanction Act by US 'does not affect in any way the sanctions lifting' against the country.
• JCPOA Joint Commission statement ISNA 11 Jan 2017 -- JCPOA Joint Commission meeting held on the eve of the first anniversary of the implementation of JCPOA in Vienna on Tuesday.
• MAC to draw up, implement new model for cross-strait interaction CNA 11 Jan 2017 -- Taiwan's China policy maker, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), will draw up a new model for interaction between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and will implement it this year, MAC head Chang Hsiao-yueh (張小月) announced Wednesday.
• Chinese visitors to Taiwan down 800,000 in 2016: Chinese official CNA 11 Jan 2017 -- The number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan totaled 3.61 million in 2016, a drop of nearly 800,000 from the previous year based on an initial estimate, a spokesman from China's Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday.
• Gambia's Jammeh warns against foreign interference Press TV 11 Jan 2017 -- Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has warned the international community against meddling in the internal affairs of the country ahead of a visit by African leaders aimed at persuading him to step down.
• Top UN peacekeeping official pushes for endorsement of DR Congo political accord UN News 11 Jan 2017 -- Addressing the Security Council, the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations today urged the international community to push for a swift endorsement of the so-called 31 December political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to put in place a transitional government of national unity.