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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 17 Apr 2017[PDF]
• Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq AFPS 17 Apr 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 33 strikes consisting of 105 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Canada Copter Squadron Departs for Northern Iraq to Fight Daesh Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Canadian Defense Ministry announced that sixty members of the Royal Canadian Airforce have been deployed to provide tactical aviation for Canada's trainers, advisors and special-forces in the war against Daesh terrorists.
• Pakistan Builds Fence on Afghan Border VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- Pakistan's military announced Monday that its plan to fence the entire 2,611-kilometer largely porous border with Afghanistan is underway and scores of new outposts are also being built to prevent terrorist infiltration.
• US Denies Reports of Airstrikes in Somalia Last Week - Africa Command Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- US Africa Command said in a release that US military did not conduct any counterterrorism strikes in southwest Somalia on April 14 contrary to what the media has reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• DOD Announces Commencement of the Nuclear Posture Review DoD 17 Apr 2017 -- In National Security Presidential Memorandum 1, dated Jan. 27, the president directed the secretary of defense to conduct a Nuclear Posture Review to ensure the U.S. nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, effective, reliable and appropriately tailored to deter 21st-century threats and reassure our allies.
• U.S. National Security Adviser Visits Pakistan, Hints At Tougher Stance RFE/RL 17 Apr 2017 -- H.R. McMaster, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, has visited Pakistan, a day after he hinted that Washington could take a tougher stance on Islamabad.
• McMaster Concludes Pakistan Talks With Call to Confront Terrorism VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster concluded Monday a daylong trip to Pakistan where he met civilian and military leaders to stress "the need to confront terrorism in all its forms" and reviewed efforts aimed at stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan.
• Multinational forces wrap up exercise Eagle Resolve 2017 in Kuwait Army News 17 Apr 2017 -- U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council forces stormed Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port in a demonstration of interoperability Sunday in the final event of exercise Eagle Resolve 2017.
• South Korean, US forces exercise logistics capabilities Army News 17 Apr 2017 -- On a bright and windy day, a gray U.S. Army landing craft utility ship loaded with tactical vehicles and other mission equipment to support exercise Operation Pacific Reach 2017 slowly made its way to the Trident Pier causeway here while soldiers and Marines patiently waited.
• Army working to consolidate training systems, improve content delivery Army News 17 Apr 2017 -- An effort to streamline planning and conducting Army training recently received an important boost.
• Army National Guard and Reserves complete equipment transportation to Cincu, Romania Army News 17 Apr 2017 -- Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard, United States Army Reserves, and Romanian Land Forces completed the transportation of 196 Engineering vehicles and equipment, which began their journey in Bremerhaven, Germany, traversed four countries, and arrived at their destination of Cincu, Romania on April 1, 2017.
• Pacific Partnership arrives in Kuching NNS 17 Apr 2017 -- Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17) and Malaysian partners embarked aboard expeditionary fast transport USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) arrived in Kuching, Malaysia, Apr. 14.
• Littoral Combat Ship Crew 204 Returns to San Diego Following Deployment to Western Pacific NNS 17 Apr 2017 -- Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Crew 204, which had been deployed aboard USS Coronado (LCS 4) since June 2016, returned to San Diego April 16 following the ship's maiden deployment in support of operations with regional navies in the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility.
• Naval War College updates, expands missions to align with new roles NNS 17 Apr 2017 -- The missions of U.S. Naval War College (NWC) have been expanded and updated to reflect the school's current functions and to better serve the fleet, the Department of Defense, and the nation.
• Nimitz Passes Supply Management Inspection with 93.6% NNS 17 Apr 2017 -- Sailors assigned to the supply department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) successfully completed the Commander Naval Air Forces, Supply Management Inspection (SMI) with an overall score of 93.6 percent, April 13.
• USS Coronado Exchanges Command in Singapore NNS 17 Apr 2017 -- Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) Crew 204 was relieved by Crew 203 during an change of command ceremony at Changi Naval Base in Singapore, April 15.
• North Korea to Continue Missile Tests Despite Growing Tensions With US Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Pyongyang will continue carrying out missile tests, North Korea's deputy foreign minister said.
• Get Your Stealth On: Serbia Looks to Russia, Belarus to Buy S-300 AA System Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Serbia is looking to purchase two divisions of Russian S-300 anti-air systems, according to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Belgrade may make the buy from either Russia or from Belarus.
• India Opens $3 Billion Ammo Tender for Private Sector to Curb Import Dependency Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- The Indian defense ministry has floated a tender for private ammunition makers in India to supply ammunition worth $3 billion to the armed forces over the next decade. Currently, 11 government-owned ordnance factories have a monopoly over the production of ammunitions.
• Armed Forces' defense capacities deterring enemy's attacks IRNA 17 Apr 2017 -- Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Ministry in a statement on the Army Day described the country's Armed Forces defensive capacities to swiftly respond to any threat as deterring factor and failure of dreams of the enemies front.
• Iran Navy sends flotilla to Gulf of Aden Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- A flotilla of Iranian warships has left the country's southern port city of Bandar Abbas for the Gulf of Aden in a bid to maintain the Islamic Republic's power in the high seas.
• 45th flotilla returns home after two-month mission IRNA 17 Apr 2017 -- The Navy's 45th flotilla returning home after completing its 58-day mission took berth at the port city of Bandar Abbas in this southern Iranian province on Monday.
• Taiwan to donate mine sweeping equipment to anti-IS coalition CNA 17 Apr 2017 -- Taiwan is prepared to donate US$500,000- worth of demining equipment to the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Vice Minister of Defense Cheng De-mei (鄭德美) said Monday.
• Apocalypse Sooner: South Korea Speeds Up Preparation of Ballistic Arsenal Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- South Korea is completing the development of its low-tier M-SAM missile defense system, which is due to be put into service within the next few years, according to Yonhap News Agency.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38 The White House 17 Apr 2017

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for April 17, 2017

Other Conflicts

• 17 April 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 17 Apr 2017
• Taiwan has 'overall plan' to boost defense of Taiping Island CNA 17 Apr 2017 -- The government is formulating a comprehensive plan to boost the country's defensive ability on Taiping Island in the South China Sea, but will not disclose such details as manpower and weapons deployment, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Monday.
• Saudi war on Yemen may put 4.5 million Yemeni children out of school: UNICEF Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the ongoing Saudi aggression against impoverished Yemen may deprive a whole generation of children of education this year, cautioning that the consequences of the growing economic plight in Yemen would likely put these children at greater risk of being married off or recruited as child soldiers.
• Syrian army retakes control of strategic town in Hama province Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Syrian government forces and their allies in the fight against foreign-backed militants have seized back a strategic town near the city of Hama in west-central Syria, militants and residents say.
• Kurdish-Led Forces Liberate Daesh-Held Qabsh Arbey Village Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have liberated the village of Qabsh Arbey northwest of Syrian Raqqa from the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia and numerous other states, local media reported.
• Syria's Assad Mocks Delay of Assault on Raqqa VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- The start date of the offensive to oust Islamic State fighters from the city of Raqqa and end the terror group's state-building project has been announced several times in the past few months, often with great fanfare by commanders in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the United States' ground ally in northern Syria.
• Iraqi army, allies battle Daesh in Mosul as civilians flee fighting Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Iraqi army soldiers, backed by pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have made fresh gains in door-to-door fighting against Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the Old City of Mosul as they are battling to expel the extremists from the country's second largest city.
• Iraqi Officials Say Islamic State Fighters Used Chemical Weapons In Mosul RFE/RL 17 Apr 2017 -- Iraqi authorities have accused Islamic State (IS) militants of using "toxic chemical material" in the battle for Mosul, but they say it has had little effect and that the campaign to liberate Iraq's second-largest city is continuing.
• Scale of civilians fleeing Iraq's Mosul 'staggering' – senior UN relief official UN News 17 Apr 2017 -- Noting that nearly half a million people have fled Mosul since the start of military operations to retake the city from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorists, a senior United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq warned that the scale of the displacement has stretched relief efforts to their "operational limits".
• Iraq Accuses Daesh of Chemical Weapons Attack on Mosul Troops Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Some security personnel were injured in the attack, which comes amid a massive operation to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh forces.
• Pakistan's Military Says Spokesman Of Taliban Faction Surrenders RFE/RL 17 Apr 2017 -- Pakistan's military said on April 17 that a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban has surrendered along with other members of the Tehrik-e Taliban (TTP) militant group.
• Somalia: UN, global partners commend creation of National Security Council UN News 17 Apr 2017 -- The United Nations and other members of the international community today commended Somalia's Federal Government and the Federal Member States for agreeing to form a National Security Council, as well as decisions taken on priorities such as fighting corruption and drought response.

News Reports

• Turkish Referendum Vote Challenged VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- International monitors have questioned the fairness of Sunday's referendum in Turkey, saying it was contested on an uneven playing field. The referendum, which would create a powerful executive presidency from the current parliamentary system, only narrowly passed and opponents are seeking a revote.
• Turkish president says constitutional amendments accepted in referendum People's Daily 17 Apr 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Sunday night that the proposed constitutional changes were accepted in a referendum, paying the way for the country to introduce the presidential system.
• Turkey's opposition party CHP calls for referendum annulment Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Turkey's main opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), has called for the annulment of the results of a referendum on changes to the country's constitution, which would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extensive executive powers.
• Europe cautions Turkey after referendum Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Top European officials have reacted to the recent referendum in Turkey by calling on Ankara to choose its next steps carefully and seek broader consensus in implementing constitutional reforms.
• Erdogan Lashes Out At European Monitors Of Turkey's Referendum RFE/RL 17 Apr 2017 -- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out angrily at criticism from European election monitors over a referendum that will bring sweeping new powers to the presidency.
• Erdogan Tells OSCE to 'Know Their Limits' After Turkish Referendum Criticism Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Monday to mind its business after it criticized the way Ankara handled the referendum.
• Turkey's Referendum 'Does Not Live Up to Council of Europe Standards' - PACE Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- The Turkish referendum on constitutional amendments did not live up to the standards of the Council of Europe, its legal framework was inadequate for a genuinely democratic process, Cezar Florin Preda, head of the delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said Monday.
• Pence Warns North Korea Not to Test US Resolve VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- Referencing recent U.S. airstrikes in Syria and Afghanistan, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence Monday issued a strong warning to North Korea that President Donald Trump will use military force if needed to deal with the Kim Jong Un government's escalating nuclear threat.
• U.S. VP says strategic patience is over on DPRK's nuclear issue People's Daily 17 Apr 2017 -- Visiting United States Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that "an era of strategic patience is over" on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
• Briefing on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula US Dept. of State 17 Apr 2017 -- Special Briefing by Susan A. Thornton, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• No political motive behind N Korea flights suspension: China Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Beijing has dismissed any political motive behind the cancellation of flights to Pyongyang, amid speculations that the move was intended to pressure North Korea over its missile program.
• Russia warns US against 'unilateral action' on North Korea Press TV 17 Apr 2017 -- Russia has warned the United States against any "unilateral action" against North Korea, saying any response to Pyongyang's nuclear activities should not violate "international law," amid reports of potential military confrontation between North Korea and the US.
• Trump Warns North Korea's Ruler After Missile Test, Saying He Must 'Behave' RFE/RL 17 Apr 2017 -- A day after a failed North Korean missile test, U.S. President Donald Trump has warned North Korea's ruler Kim Jong Un that he has "got to behave."
• Trump Not to Tolerate Threats to Allies, Partners From North Korea - State Dept. Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Donald Trump will not let North Korea threaten US allies, the US Department of State said.
• 'North Korea Ready to React if US Opts for Military Actions' Sputnik 17 Apr 2017 -- Pyongyang is ready to respond in the event Washington decides to use force against North Korea, its UN envoy said. However, tensions will disappear if Washington abandons its hostile policy toward the country, he added.
• Ex-S.Korean president Park Geun-hye indicted on corruption charges People's Daily 17 Apr 2017 -- South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted former President Park Geun-hye, who has been impeached and arrested, on multiple corruption charges including bribery and abuse of power.
• Former South Korean President Park Indicted on Bribery Charges VOA 17 Apr 2017 -- South Korean prosecutors have formally indicted ousted President Park Geun-hye on bribery charges in a high-profile corruption scandal.