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• Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq AFPS 12 Feb 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.
• Britain, coalition and Iraqi forces to maintain momentum in campaign against Daesh, Defence Secretary says UK MOD 12 Feb 2017 -- Operations to liberate western Mosul will begin within weeks, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has confirmed.
• Afghanistan: UN mission expresses grave concern at high civilian casualties in Helmand UN News 12 Feb 2017 -- The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today expressed its grave concern at the recent escalation of violence in Helmand province, which reportedly claimed the lives of at least 25 civilians, mostly women and children, and injured many more.
• US airstrikes have killed 22 civilians in Afghanistan's Helmand: Official Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Nearly two dozen civilians were killed in recent airstrikes by US forces in Afghanistan's Helmand province, an Afghan official says.
• Afghan Forces Launch Major Anti-IS Offensive VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- Afghan troops, backed by American air support, Sunday launched a major offensive against Islamic State, or IS, bases in the eastern Nangarhar province.
• UN: Recent US Airstrikes Could Have Killed Afghan Civilians VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- The United Nations said Sunday that last week's U.S. airstrikes in southern Afghanistan could have killed at least 18 civilians.
• Girls' School Enrollment Rises in Afghan Province Despite Challenges VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- Afghan provincial officials reported a rise in girls' enrollment rates across eastern Nangarhar Province, despite constant attacks and threats by Islamic State and other militant groups in the area.

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• 10th CAB helicopters ready to "fly to glory" in Europe Army News 12 Feb 2017 -- The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command received and staged the first set of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade's Chinook, Black Hawk, and Apache helicopters on Feb. 11, here.
• Somaliland Approves Naval, Air Base Deal with UAE VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- The parliament of the break-away republic of Somaliland has overwhelming approved a deal to allow the United Arab Emirates to establish an air and naval base in the port town of Berbera.
• Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the launch of a ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) NATO 12 Feb 2017 -- Press Release (2016) 024
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• S. Korea denounces DPRK's test-launch of ballistic missile People's Daily 12 Feb 2017 -- South Korea denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s test-launch of a ballistic missile on Sunday, the first since U.S. President Donald Trump took office last month.
• South Korea Working on Appropriate Response to North's Missile Test Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- South Korea is working together with other countries to determine what punitive actions will be an appropriate response to Pyongyang's new missile launch, the Korean acting president said Sunday.
• Japanese Government Protests North Korea's Ballistic Missile Launch Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- The Japanese government has lodged a protest with North Korea over its newest missile launch, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Sunday.
• Taiwan denounces North Korea missile test, monitors Chinese navy CNA 12 Feb 2017 -- Taiwan on Sunday denounced North Korea's missile test and said it was closely monitoring the movements of the Chinese navy in the South China Sea and West Pacific.
• DPRK fires ballistic missile into eastern waters People's Daily 12 Feb 2017 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired what is believed to be a ballistic missile into its eastern waters early Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
• North Korea fires ballistic missile: South Korea Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- North Korea has reportedly fired a ballistic missile, triggering a sharp reaction from South Korea, which detected and reported the launch.
• Trump tells Abe US '100% behind Japan' after N Korea missile test Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- President Donald Trump has reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the United States is "100 percent" behind Japan following reports of North Korea conducting a fresh missile launch.
• South Korea, U.S. Say North Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea Of Japan RFE/RL 12 Feb 2017 -- U.S. and South Korean military officials say North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile early on February 12, with the United States, Seoul and Japan saying they are weighing all options to punish the rogue nation.
• US to Adhere to Deterrence Strategy Toward North Korea – Trump's Adviser Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- US President Donald Trump's adviser Stephen Miller stated that Washington will reinforce and strengthen alliances in the Pacific region in order to deter and prevent hostility from the North Korean regime.
• South Korea, Japan Consider Latest Missile Launch by North Provocation Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Reaction of different countries on the latest North Korea's missile launch in the direction of the Sea of Japan.
• N Korea's Missile Test 'Provokes New Spiral of Tensions Near Russian Borders' Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- The recent ballistic missile test conducted by Pyongyang could require new international consultations, including in the UN Security Council (UNSC), the chairman of the Russian lower house of parliament's international affairs committee, Leonid Slutsky, told Sputnik on Sunday.
• South Korean Military Says Pyongyang Likely Tested Musudan Missile, Not Rodong Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- North Korea is likely to have launched an intermediate-range Musudan missile during the Sunday missile test, and not the Rodong medium-range missile as it was previously assessed, South Korean military said.
• US, Japanese Leaders Deliver Joint Statement After North Korean Missile Launch Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe have delivered an unscheduled joint brief statement.
• North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the Yonhap News Agency reports, citing South Korean military sources.
• Abe: North Korea Medium-Range Missile Launch 'Absolutely Intolerable' VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says North Korea's firing of an unidentified ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan is "absolutely intolerable."
• North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the Yonhap News Agency reports, citing South Korean military sources.
• Commander: Navy's most important problem maintaining Bab al-Mandab security IRNA 12 Feb 2017 -- Navy Commander Brigadier General Habibollah Sayyari underlined the most important problem of the Navy is restoring security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.
• Iran Navy aims to boost Bab el-Mandeb security: Commander Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Iranian naval forces are making efforts to improve security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb, considering security of those regions as a top priority.
• Pakistan Looking Forward to More Bilateral Military Exercises With Russia Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Pakistan is looking forward to hold more bilateral exercises with Russian colleagues in the future, Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Adm. Muhammad Zakaullah told Sputnik on Sunday while visiting the Russian anti-submarine destroyer Severomorsk.
• UK to continue Saudi arms sales despite funeral bombing in Yemen Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- A new report reveals that British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had urged the UK government to continue arms sales to Saudi Arabia even after Riyadh bombed a funeral in Yemen last October that killed over 140 people and sparked global condemnation.
• Han Kuang exercises to exclude live-fire drill this year CNA 12 Feb 2017 -- The Han Kuang (漢光) military exercise this year will be conducted through computer-simulated war games without live-fire drills, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Sunday.
• Russian Military Inspectors to Assess Designated Area in Turkey Sputnik 13 Feb 2017 -- Chief of Directorate of Treaty Monitoring of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergey Ryzhkov said that a group of Russian inspectors would visit a designated location in Turkey under the Vienna Document to verify the information on the military activity in the area.

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• Raqqah final goal of Turkey's incursion into Syria: Erdogan Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Turkey's president has claimed that the ultimate goal of the country's incursion into Syria is to "cleanse" a border region, including the cities of al-Bab and Raqqah, of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
• Turkish forces, allied militants enter Syria's northern city of al-Bab Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Turkish forces along with allied militants have entered the Daesh-held Syrian city of al-Bab, says a UK-based monitoring group.
• Erdogan Says Turkish Forces Advanced Into Center of Syrian Town of al-Bab Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkish forces together with Free Syrian Army entered the center of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab.
• Syria opposition forms new delegation, scraps Saudi-backed groups Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Syria's armed opposition groups have announced their new delegation for an upcoming round of peace talks brokered by the United Nations and set to be held in the Swiss city of Geneva, scrapping Saudi-backed terrorist groups.
• Hezbollah, Iran support Syria ceasefire as agreed in Astana: Nasrallah Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the movement and Iran support Syria ceasefire as agreed through negotiations in Kazakhstan's capital city of Astana, slamming some media reports to the contrary.
• Syria Opposition Delegation Head Says Not Received Invite to New Round Yet Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Mohammed Alloush, the head of armed Syrian opposition at the Astana settlement talks, stated that his group had not yet received an invitation to participate in the new Syria settlement meeting in the Kazakh capital.
• Mohammed Sabra to Be Syrian Opposition Delegation's Chief Negotiator in Geneva Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Syrian lawyer Mohammed Sabra was named as the chief negotiator of the Syrian opposition delegation for the forthcoming Syrian peace talks in Geneva, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said in a statement obtained by Sputnik on Sunday.
• Jaysh al-Islam, Ahrar al-Sham Militants to Skip Geneva Talks on Syria Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- The Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) on Sunday announced the final composition of the delegation to go to the February 20 settlement talks in Geneva.
• Islamic State Ouster From Key Northern Syrian Town 'Imminent' VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Sunday that Turkish troops and allied Syrian rebel militias have entered the center of the Syrian town of al-Bab, saying the ouster of Islamic State forces is just a "matter of time."
• Daesh terrorists burn to death 15 Iraqi civilians in Kirkuk Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have reportedly burned to death more than a dozen young Kurdish women in Iraq's northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk as the militants continue to perpetrate various crimes against humanity in areas under their control.
• Daesh Leader Baghdadi Injured in Airstrike in Iraq Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Leader of the Daesh terrorist organization Abu Bakr Baghdadi was possibly injured during an airstrike carried out by the Iraqi Air Force in the city of Qaim on February 9, according to Iraqi media.
• Lugansk Republic Accuses Kiev of Shelling Its Territory 11 Times Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- The Lugansk People's Republic has accused Kiev troops of shelling its territory 11 times in the last 24 hours.
• Al-Shabab Attacks Military Camps in Somalia, at Least 2 Dead VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- Al-Shabab militants overran two small military camps outside Mogadishu in a dawn attack early Sunday morning, residents and military sources say.

News Reports

• Interactions between Chinese, U.S. leaders "very positive" signs of ties People's Daily 12 Feb 2017 -- The recent interactions between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, particularly their latest phone conversation, are very positive signs of the potential to develop a new type of bilateral relations, a German expert said Friday.
• White House: All Options Considered to Blunt Ruling Thwarting Immigrant Travel Ban VOA 12 Feb 2017 -- A key aide to U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday the White House is considering "all of our options" in an effort to blunt a court ruling freezing Trump's order to ban travel from seven majority-Muslim countries and block refugees from entering the United States.
• Voting Ends In Turkmenistan With President Expected To Prolong Rule RFE/RL 12 Feb 2017 -- Polls have closed in Turkmenistan, where the authoritarian president of the hermetic, gas-rich country was expected to extend his rule for seven more years.
• Presidential election begins in Turkmenistan Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- People have begun voting in Turkmenistan's presidential election, in which President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is highly expected to secure a third term in office.
• Leak of confidential JCPOA documents by US harms IAEA: Iran MP Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- A senior Iranian lawmaker says any move by US President Donald Trump to leak confidential documents on the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries would be harmful to the UN nuclear agency and not Iran.
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier Elected President of Germany Sputnik 12 Feb 2017 -- Former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected the country's president on Sunday.
• Deadly Baghdad clashes rattle Iraqi leaders Press TV 12 Feb 2017 -- Iraqi leaders are on a damage control mode a day after clashes between followers of a cleric and police in Baghdad left at least four people dead.