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• Counter-ISIS Strikes Target Terrorists in Syria, Iraq AFPS 13 May 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 22 strikes consisting of 80 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Pak-Afghan-US trilateral meeting discuss fighting Daesh IRNA 13 May 2017 -- A high level meeting between senior military officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Resolute Support Mission stressed upon the need to fight Daesh through complementary efforts in respective areas of operations, Pakistan's military media wing said.
• Afghan forces kill 12 Daesh terrorists in Nangarhar Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Afghan security forces have killed at least a dozen militants affiliated with the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group operating in the country's troubled east.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 3-29 FA battery trains beside Romanian artillerymen Army News 13 May 2017 -- Since arriving here in late March, M109A6 Paladin artillery operators from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, have combined forces - and firepower - with their Romanian counterparts from 285th Field Artillery Battalion.
• Frigates arrive to beef up Taiwan's anti-submarine capability CNA 13 May 2017 -- Two Perry-class guided missile frigates purchased by Taiwan from the United States arrived in Kaohsiung on Saturday, an acquisition that Taiwan's Navy hopes will increase its anti-submarine capability.
• North Korean Missile Test Condemned by Tokyo, Seoul VOA 13 May 2017 -- North Korea launched a missile Sunday in an unusual high-altitude ballistic path that indicated it might be a new type of medium-range rocket capable of flying up to 4,500 kilometers (about 2,800 miles).
• Ivory Coast mutinous soldiers injure three former rebels Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Mutinous soldiers in the second largest city of Ivory Coast, Bouake, have shot and injured three demobilized former rebels amid a nationwide revolt in the army over bonus payments.
• Ivorian Soldiers Block Access to Bouake as Protests Continue VOA 13 May 2017 -- Three people have been reported wounded in Bouake, Ivory Coast, where mutinous soldiers have sealed off all four access points to the city to protest an unresolved pay dispute.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Beijing deploys AWACS aircraft near South China Sea: Report Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Satellite imagery purportedly shows that the Chinese military has deployed its advanced airborne early warning and control airplanes to a military airbase near the disputed South China Sea.
• Army forces regain control of al-Jarrah airbase in northern Syria Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Syrian government forces have managed to retake a military air base in the country's northern province of Aleppo from Daesh Takfiri terrorists as they continue to score territorial gains against the extremists across the country.
• Kurdish-Led SDF Closing In On IS-Held Raqqa, Groups Report RFE/RL 13 May 2017 -- An international monitor group and Kurdish media are reporting that Syrian Kurdish-led forces are closing in on the city of Raqqa, the self-declared capital of the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Syria.
• US-Backed Syrian Kurdish Fighters Advance on IS Stronghold VOA 13 May 2017 -- Monitors say Kurdish-led Syrian forces, backed by a U.S.-led air coalition, are battling Islamic State extremists on the northern outskirts of Raqqa, the IS de facto capital seized by the militant group three years ago.
• Iraqi government forces fully recapture key west Mosul district Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Iraqi government forces have reportedly managed to wrest complete control over a strategic neighborhood in the western part of Mosul as they are engaged in joint operations with volunteer fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units to purge Daesh terrorists from the country's second largest city.
• Artillery Fire Kills 4 in Ukraine's Restive East VOA 13 May 2017 -- Ukraine officials blamed pro-Russian separatists in the country's restive east for the killings of four civilians Saturday by artillery fire in a government-controlled area near the Russian border.
• Hezbollah hands over border posts to Lebanese army Press TV 13 May 2017 -- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has handed over a number of military posts to the army after the group managed to retake them from terrorists operating along the border with Syria.

News Reports

• Stolen NSA spy weapon used in global 'ransomware' attacks Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Cyber criminals have exploited spy tools stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA) to launch a massive "ransomware" attack in nearly 100 countries around the world, security researchers say.
• Worldwide Cyberattack Spreads Further in Second Day VOA 13 May 2017 -- A cyberattack against tens of thousands of data networks in scores of countries, all infected by malware that locks computer files unless a ransom is paid, spread further in its second day Saturday, with no progress reported in efforts to determine who launched the plot.
• N Korea ready for dialog with US under right conditions: Senior diplomat Press TV 13 May 2017 -- Amid simmering tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a senior North Korean diplomat in charge of handling US relations says Pyongyang would hold talks with Washington under the right conditions.
• South Korean Leader Urges 'Constructive Role' From Putin On Tensions With North RFE/RL 13 May 2017 -- South Korea's newly elected President Moon Jae-in has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to play a "constructive role" in resolving tensions with North Korea's over its threats to use nuclear weapons.
• Candidates lock horns in last debate before Iran election IRNA 13 May 2017 -- The six candidates contesting Iran's 12th presidential election squared off in a final live televised debate on Friday.
• JCPOA showed diplomacy is effective: Moscow ISNA 13 May 2017 -- An official from Russian foreign ministry said while JCPOA showed diplomacy was effective, stressing that it was impossible to resolve the issue of the North Korean nuclear program in the same way the Iranian nuclear issue was settled.
• U.S. Settles Magnitsky-Linked Money Laundering Case On Eve Of Trial RFE/RL 13 May 2017 -- A Russian-owned group of companies will pay the U.S. government $6 million to settle a wide-reaching money-laundering case that had quietly rippled through U.S.-Russian relations for years.
• Congo Faces New Ebola Outbreak VOA 13 May 2017 -- The World Health Organization says the Democratic Republic of the Congo is again facing an outbreak of the contagious and deadly Ebola virus.