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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 25 Apr 2017[PDF]
• Officials Release Details of Latest Strikes Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq AFPS 25 Apr 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 35 strikes consisting of 78 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Attack on Afghan Army Base Reportedly Killed Over 250 Soldiers VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- Afghanistan's largest television station has reported last Friday's deadliest-ever assault by the Taliban on a major military base in northern Balkh province left more than 250 soldiers dead and accused authorities of "hiding the truth."

Defense Policy / Programs

• Partnerships to Counter Transnational Crime AFPS 25 Apr 2017 -- The U.S. military is looking for ways to enhance cooperation with its Mexican and Central American partners to address the security challenges that threaten the stability in the region, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command said here today.
• US Navy Conducts Simultaneous Bilateral Exercises with JMSDF and ROK NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- U.S. Navy ships are conducting simultaneous bilateral maritime exercises with the Republic of Korea Navy and with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force today and tomorrow (April 25-26, local time).
• US, Egypt Commence Exercise Eagle Salute 2017 NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- The U.S. Navy with the Egyptian Naval Forces commenced exercise Eagle Salute 2017 in the Red Sea, April 23.
• USS Michigan Visits Busan, Strengthens Partnership with ROK Navy NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Busan, April 25, for a routine visit during a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific.
• Brazilian Navy Visits TSC, Learning Sites NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- Members of the Brazilian Navy visited Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes and toured learning sites (LS), Apr. 24.
• US, UK, France Complete Exercise Alligator Dagger 17 NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- Forces from the U.S., U.K. and France completed Exercise Alligator Dagger 17, a two-week multilateral amphibious exercise in international waters off the coast of Djibouti and in the vicinity of Djibouti and Arta Beach, April 20.
• Patrol Squadron 16 Arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany NNS 25 Apr 2017 -- Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 arrived at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on April 23, 2017, in support of U.S. 6th Fleet operations.
• US F-35 fighter jets deploy to Estonia in signal to Russia Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- The US Air Force is deploying F-35 jets to Estonia, putting the service's newest fighter jets even closer to Russia's doorstep.
• F-35As deploy to Estonia for the first time AFNS 25 Apr 2017 -- Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft and about 20 supporting Airmen arrived at Ämari Air Base April 25, 2017, from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.
• Russian Bombers Flew Near Alaska, Canada, Prompting NORAD Response RFE/RL 25 Apr 2017 -- Russian warplanes last week flew near Alaska and Canada several times, prompting North American air-defense forces to scramble jets for the first time in more than two years, the Pentagon said on April 24.
• NATO jets start air patrols over Romania NATO 25 Apr 2017 -- Four Typhoon fighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force arrived in Romania on Monday (April 24 2017) as part of NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission. The air patrols will form an important part of the Alliance's role to maintain security in the Black Sea region and demonstrate NATO's unity and resolve in response to a more challenging security environment.
• Fears over aircraft carriers uncalled for People's Daily 25 Apr 2017 -- Ever since its first aircraft carrier, the CNS Liaoning, was commissioned in 2012 China has been trying to build such vessels using domestic technology. Yet recent media reports saying China may soon launch its first domestically built aircraft carrier have drawn wide national and international attention.
• North Korea conducting live-fire drill amid tensions with US: South Korean media Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- North Korea is reportedly engaged in a large-scale live-fire artillery exercise, in what is apparently intended to signal to a hostile United States that Pyongyang is combat-ready.
• North Korea Marks Military Anniversary with 'Massive Fire Drill' VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- North Korea marked the 85th anniversary of the founding of its military Tuesday with a "massive fire drill" in the eastern port city of Wonsan, according to South Korea's defense ministry.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for April 25, 2017

Other Conflicts

• Nearly $1.1 billion pledged for beleaguered Yemen at UN-led humanitarian conference UN News 25 Apr 2017 -- With nearly two-thirds of war-torn Yemen – about 19 million people – in need of emergency support, the international community today raised $1.1 billion at a pledging event in Geneva to aid what the United Nations chief calls "the world's largest hunger crisis."
• Pledging Conference Raises More Than $1 Billion for Yemen VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- The United Nations has raised more than half of the $2.1 billion it needs to provide life-saving assistance for millions of people on the brink of famine in war-torn Yemen at a high-level pledging conference for the Yemen crisis Tuesday.
• U.S. 'Concerned' About Turkish Strikes On Kurdish Allies In Iraq, Syria RFE/RL 25 Apr 2017 -- The U.S. State Department has expressed "deep concerns" about Turkish air strikes against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and northern Iraq, saying the strikes were not approved by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) extremists.
• Turkish Warplanes Hit Kurdish Targets on Iraqi-Syrian Frontier VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- Turkish warplanes on Tuesday targeted fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and a key Kurdish affiliate on the Iraqi-Syrian frontier, where Kurdish units play an important role in a loosely knit coalition battling Islamic State extremists.
• Ankara to continue military operations in Iraq, Syria: Turkish president Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vehemently defended Ankara's recent deadly airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, vowing that Turkey would continue its military operations in both Arab countries "until the last terrorist is eliminated."
• Baghdad censures Turkey air raid in northern Iraq Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- The Iraqi government has condemned a deadly air raid by Turkish warplanes in northern Iraq, which killed at least six peshmerga Kurdish fighters.
• Kurds denounce deadly Turkish air raid in northern Iraq Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region has denounced as "unacceptable" Turkey's airstrike in northern Iraq, which killed at least six Kurdish fighters.
• 6 Iraqi Peshmerga forces killed as Turkey resumes anti-PKK bombing campaign Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- At least six Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reportedly been killed as Turkey resumes air raids on Kurdish positions in northern Iraq and in northeastern Syria.
• Turkish President Says Syria's Assad Must Go RFE/RL 25 Apr 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says there will be no end to the fighting in Syria until President Bashar al-Assad gives up power.
• Iraqi forces liberate largest neighborhood in western Mosul Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- Iraqi security forces have pushed deeper into western Mosul, liberating the largest neighborhood in the area in a major blow to the Takfiri Daesh terror group.
• Myanmar to resume peace talks with rebels in May Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- The government of Myanmar says it will go to peace talks with ethnic groups next month in a fresh attempt to end decades of war in the country.
• NATO-Ukraine Commission addresses Ukraine's reform agenda NATO 25 Apr 2017 -- Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, to NATO Headquarters on Tuesday (25 April 2017) for discussions on Ukraine's reform agenda.
• Ukraine Cuts Electricity Supply To Separatist-Held Part Of Luhansk Region RFE/RL 25 Apr 2017 -- Ukraine's state power company says it has cut electricity supplies to the parts of the Luhansk region that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists, citing debts.
• UN Renews Call for Negotiated Solution to Kasai Conflict in DRC VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- A U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo has repeated calls for a dialogue to end the deadly, months-long conflict in the Kasai region of the central DRC.
• Haley Admonishes Warring Parties in South Sudan VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has admonished the warring parties in South Sudan, saying they have done nothing to end the suffering of their people and are only exacerbating it.
• South Sudan's political process 'not dead' but needs 'resuscitation' - UN envoy UN News 25 Apr 2017 -- The political process in South Sudan is not dead but requires significant resuscitation, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the crisis-torn country told the Security Council today.

News Reports

• Lawmakers: Former Trump Security Adviser May Have Broken US Law VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- President Donald Trump's former national security adviser appears to have violated federal law by not properly disclosing payments he received from foreign governments for public engagements, the heads of the House Oversight Committee told reporters Tuesday.
• 'El Chapo Act' introduced to fund Trump's border wall Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- A new bill is being introduced in an attempt to fund the border wall US President Donald Trump had promised to build on the Mexican border.
• Trump may delay Mexico wall to avoid shutdown Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- US President Donald Trump has signaled willingness to postpone his planned wall on the border with Mexico to prevent a government shutdown.
• Officials: Mogadishu Flights Safe from Laptop Attacks VOA 25 Apr 2017 -- The United States and Britain banned passengers last month on several Middle Eastern airlines from carrying laptop and tablet computers onto the plane. Officials cited airline safety concerns as the reason, and pointed specifically to a February 2016 attack on a flight of the Somali airline Daallo, in which a passenger set off a bomb concealed in a laptop, killing himself.
• Talks underway for purchase of 950 tons of yellow cake IRNA 25 Apr 2017 -- Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi says talks are underway for purchase of 950 tons of yellow cake from Kazakhstan.
• Iran-P5+1 Joint Commission meeting held in Vienna Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- The seventh meeting of the Iran-P5+1 Joint Commission, which monitors the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, has been convened in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
• Next Iranian president must lead fight against corruption: Raeisi Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- An Iranian presidential candidate has criticized the existence of corruption in the country, stressing that the next president as the head of the administration must be at the forefront of the campaign against the scourge.
• Turkey put on Europe rights watch list over post-coup crackdown Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- A leading European human rights body has put Turkey on a watchlist over the Ankara government's heavy-handed crackdown on opposition figures and political dissidents following the abortive July 15 military coup last year, rights violations and concerns about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increased executive powers.
• Greek court rejects Turkey's second extradition request for soldiers Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- A court in Greece has rejected a file lodged by Turkey for the extradition of eight soldiers who fled during a coup attempt last year.
• Turkish top court rejects opposition's appeal against referendum results Press TV 25 Apr 2017 -- Turkey's highest administrative court has declined to hear an appeal by the main opposition party against the acceptance of unstamped ballots in the recent referendum on expanding President Tayyip Erdogan's powers.
• Afghanistan makes progress in fighting corruption, enormous challenges remain - new UN report UN News 25 Apr 2017 -- While enormous challenges remain, Afghanistan authorities have made headway in their fight against corruption, according to a United Nations report released today, which also finds that the country is making progress in other areas, such as restoring institutional control over the delivery of public services.