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• Officials Provide Details of Latest Counter-ISIS Strikes AFPS 21 May 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 23 strikes consisting of 74 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Taliban raid checkpoints, kill 20 policemen in southern Afghanistan Press TV 21 May 2017 -- Taliban militants have killed at least 20 Afghan policemen and injured more than a dozen others during attacks on checkpoints in Afghanistan's volatile south.
• Militants Attack Afghan Forces In South As Gunmen Storm Kabul Guesthouse RFE/RL 21 May 2017 -- Afghan officials say militants attacked several checkpoints in the country's south, killing at least 20 security forces, as gunmen stormed a guesthouse in the capital, Kabul, killing a foreign aid worker and a local security guard.
• German Aid Worker, Afghan Security Guard Killed in Kabul VOA 21 May 2017 -- Unknown gunmen have killed a German aid worker and her Afghan security guard in Kabul before kidnapping a Finnish woman who worked for an aid organization.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pacific Partnership 17 Visits Khanh Hoa NNS 21 May 2017 -- Pacific Partnership 2017 kicked off in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, on May 19, for the final stop of Pacific Partnership 2017, with the arrival of the U.S. expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4).
• Russian Pacific Fleet About to Get a Whole Lot Deadlier With Three New Corvettes Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- On Sunday, amid celebrations of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet Day, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Russian Navy's Far Eastern fleet would be taking delivery of three brand new Steregushchiy-class corvettes in the near future.
• Russia to Supply CSTO States With Advanced Copters, Air Defense Systems in 2017 Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), stated that Russia will continue defense products supplies to Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan in 2017.
• North Korea test-fires what appears to be ballistic missile Press TV 21 May 2017 -- North Korea has test-fired what appears to be a ballistic missile amid heightened tensions in the Korean Peninsula over Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs.
• N Korean Missile Falls 250 Miles Away From Japan's Western Shimane Prefecture Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- North Korea's recently launched ballistic missile fell short of reaching Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to Tokyo.
• North Korea Fires 'Unidentified Projectile' – South Korean Military Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- South Korean Joint Chief of Staff said that North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile on Sunday.
• UN Security Council to Meet on North Korea's Latest Missile Test VOA 21 May 2017 -- The United Nations Security Council plans to have an emergency meeting Tuesday in response to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test.
• Israel to bag over $600mn in military deal with India Press TV 21 May 2017 -- The Israeli regime has inked an arms deal worth $630 million with India to provide the Indian Navy with an advanced long-range surface-to-air missile system.
• Live-fire drill to simulate repelling Chinese blitzkrieg CNA 21 May 2017 -- The live-fire phase of the annual Han Kuang exercises is set to kick off Monday, combining all branches of the armed forces in repelling a simulated blitzkrieg from China to test the the military's combat and defense capabilities.
• Philippine President Duterte Vows Not to Buy US Arms, Mulls Turning to Russia Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- The Philippines will not buy weapons from the United States because of excessive conditions laid down by the American side, President Rodrigo Duterte said.

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Other Conflicts

• Last group of militants evacuate key district in Syria's Homs Press TV 21 May 2017 -- The last buses transporting foreign-backed militants and their families have evacuated a district in Syria's Homs, bringing the entire city back under the control of the government.
• Suicide Blast Near Ahrar al-Sham Militants' HQ in Syria Leaves 45 Dead Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- At least 45 people were killed and 30 wounded by suicide bombing in Syria's Idlib province.
• Syria's Homs is Now Completely Free as Last Militants Leave al-Waer District Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- The last group of militants has left the Syrian city of Homs.
• Last Rebels Leave Key Syrian City as Government Reasserts Control VOA 21 May 2017 -- Witnesses say hundreds of Syrian rebels and their families have evacuated the last opposition-controlled district in Homs, a key city in western Syria known four years ago as the de facto capital of opposition forces seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
• Iraqi Hashd al-Sha'abi fighters take back 7 villages west of Mosul Press TV 21 May 2017 -- Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Units have liberated seven villages on the western outskirts of Mosul as pro-government forces and army soldiers cooperate to expel Takfiri Daesh terrorists out of their last urban stronghold in the country.
• Clashes along Kashmir border kill four Press TV 21 May 2017 -- A gun battle between Indian soldiers and militants has claimed the lives of four people in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

News Reports

• President Trump's Speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit The White House 21 May 2017
• Trump tells Muslim leaders not to shelter terrorists Press TV 21 May 2017 -- President Donald Trump has said the United States seeks "a coalition of nations" to stamp out extremism in the Middle East and urged Muslim countries to ensure "terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil."
• Trump Calls For Coalition To 'Stamp Out Extremism,' Slams Iran During Landmark Speech RFE/RL 21 May 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has called for a "coalition of nations" in the Middle East to come together with the aim of "stamping out extremism" during a landmark speech on May 21, the second day of his visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Trump Calls for Muslim Unity in Fight Against Terrorism VOA 21 May 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump called Sunday for Muslim unity in the fight against terrorism, telling dozens of Arab and Muslim leaders at a regional summit in Riyadh it was "a battle between good and evil."
• Trump in Saudi Arabia, But Back Home Focus Still on Comey Firing VOA 21 May 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump focused Sunday on a major address to Muslim leaders at a summit in Riyadh, but back home the day's news shows were dominated by talk of his firing of FBI chief James Comey and investigations into the Trump campaign's links to Russia.
• Report: China Killed, Jailed Up to 20 U.S. Spies In 2010-12 RFE/RL 21 May 2017 -- The Chinese government "systematically dismantled" CIA spying efforts in China from late 2010, killing or imprisoning at least a dozen covert CIA sources in the following two years, The New York Times reported on May 21.
• Tillerson reaction to Rouhani re-election ISNA 21 May 2017 -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reacted to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani re-election by raising Washington's delusive and hostile claims against Iran.
• General Jazayeri reacts to Tillerson's remarks on Iran's election ISNA 21 May 2017 -- Deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri reacted to the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's recent remarks on Iranian presidential election.
• Tillerson calls on Rouhani to stop Iran's ballistic missile tests Press TV 21 May 2017 -- US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to end the country's ballistic missile tests in what is Washington's first reaction to his re-election.
• Brazil's Temer demands suspension of corruption probe against him Press TV 21 May 2017 -- Brazilian President Michel Temer is trying to have a corruption investigation against him suspended.
• WHO Optimistic on Controlling DRC Ebola Outbreak VOA 21 May 2017 -- The World Health Organization's regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good.
• Turkey's Erdogan set to reassume presidency of ruling party AKP Press TV 21 May 2017 -- Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is slated to reassume the chairmanship role in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) more than a month after a controversial referendum boosted his powers.
• Erdogan: Emergency State in Turkey to Stay in Force Sputnik 21 May 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the emergency state in Turkey will only be canceled when stability and security in the country are ensured.
• Turkey's Erdogan Extends Emergency Rule VOA 21 May 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally extended the state of emergency declared after a failed 2016 military coup, saying the decree will remain in place until the country finds "welfare and peace."
• Hamas sentences three to death over killing top commander Press TV 21 May 2017 -- The military court in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip has handed death sentences to three Palestinians convicted of the assassination of one of the high-ranking military commanders of Hamas resistance movement earlier this year.
• 200,000 protesters march against Venezuela's Maduro Press TV 21 May 2017 -- More than 200,000 people in Venezuela have staged anti-government protests across the Latin American country, marking the 50th day of rallies against President Nicolas Maduro.
• Leader of Indonesia's Largest Muslim Group Calls for Secular Nation VOA 21 May 2017 -- Weeks after Jakarta elected a governor whose campaign called for Islam to dominate politics and society, the leader of Indonesia's – and the world's – largest Islamic organization has appealed for strengthening secular values.