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• Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq AFPS 19 Aug 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 29 strikes consisting of 38 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Taliban militants kill 5 Afghan police in Helmand overnight raid Press TV 19 Aug 2017 -- At least five Afghan policemen have been killed after the Taliban militant group launched an attack against their checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, local police say.
• Trump Says Decisions Made on War in Afghanistan VOA News - August 19, 2017 10:35 AM - Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration has made decisions on how to deal with the 16-year war in Afghanistan.
• US, South Korea Gear Up for War Games, Threatening Pyongyang19 August 2017 Telesur - The exercises will "further drive the situation on the Korean Peninsula into a catastrophe," North Korea says. The United States is set to launch its annual joint military exercises with South Korea Monday, a move that threatens North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, as it denounced the exercises as a "rehearsal for war."
• Yemen's Saudi-led coalition is responsible for the 'worst cholera outbreak in the world' The cholera outbreak in Yemen is overwhelmingly affecting rebel-controlled areas due to Saudi-led airstrikes and blockades, according to a letter by researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), published in The Lancet Global Health.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Researchers Announce Wreckage from USS Indianapolis Located NNS 19 Aug 2017 -- A team of civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has announced they have found the wreck of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945.
• US B-1B Strategic Bomber Test Fires First Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Sputnik 19 Aug 2017 -- A US B-1B Lancer successfully tested a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) in Southern California on Wednesday, the US Navy said in a Friday release. The LRASM a stealthy cruise missile that will replace the service's present anti-ship mainstay, the Harpoon missile.
• China sends its first helicopter unit to UN peacekeeping missions People's Daily 19 Aug 2017 -- Chinese armed forces have completed sending their first helicopter unit to the United Nations' peacekeeping missions.
• China, Ethiopia vow to promote military ties People's Daily 19 Aug 2017 -- Senior Chinese and Ethiopian military officials spoke highly of military ties between the two countries when they met in Beijing Friday.
• Iran Army Ground Force boost combat preparedness IRNA 19 Aug 2017 -- After creating rapid response units, Iranian Army's Ground Force increased its combat and defensive preparedness, Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force said.
• 'Ideal Place': Russia to Deploy Next Gen Missile Warning Radar in Crimea Sputnik/ Alexander Yuryev 14:04 19.08.2017 - Russia plans to set up the Voronezh-SM state-of-the-art missile warning radar in Crimea. In an interview with Sputnik, the radar’s chief designer Sergei Boyev spoke about the strengths of the new system and the benefits of locating it on the strategic Black Sea peninsula.
• Russia plans to scale back military spending - but not rearmament Sputnik News August 18, 2017 NIKOLAI LITOVKIN Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that in 2018 the country will decrease its military budget but said the pace of rearmament will remain the same. The economic crisis and sanctions have taken their toll on Russia. Like in recent years, the country’s budget has been slashed and military spending has been cut.
• Helicopters Ka-32 for the first time will start to deliver to Thailand and Turkey KUMERTAU, August 18th. / TASS /. Eight Ka-32A11BC helicopters will be delivered to Thailand and Turkey for the first time. This was reported in the holding company "Helicopters of Russia" (part of Rostekh).

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Other Conflicts

• 'Civilians are Not a Target,' says UN chief on World Humanitarian Day UN News 19 Aug 2017 -- On World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations and its partners are calling on all global leaders to do everything in their power to protect people caught up in conflict, and to stand with the health and aid workers who risk their lives to help them.
• Ministry has stern warning for US, Japan People's Daily 19 Aug 2017 -- The United States and Japan should act with caution regarding the South China Sea issue, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman urged on Friday, emphasizing China's resolve to defend its territory.
• Saudi-led war on Yemen totally failed to achieve objectives: Ansarullah leader Press TV 19 Aug 2017 -- The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, says the Saudi-led aggressors have failed to achieve any of their political objectives in the war on Yemen due to the unity and steadfastness of the nation.
• Lebanese army launches anti-terror operation near Syrian border Press TV 19 Aug 2017 -- The Lebanese military has launched an offensive against Daesh terrorists in eastern Lebanese territory along the border with Syria.
• Bangladesh border guards block Myanmar Rohingya refugees Press TV 19 Aug 2017 -- Bangladeshi coast guards have refused to allow in scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, where the government continues with a deadly push against members of the minority.

News Reports

• Nigerian president to return from medical vacation Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will arrive in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, on Saturday, after receiving medical attention in London, a statement from the presidency said.
• Former Assistant Chief of Staff of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet Charged in Massive Navy Corruption Scandal; Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California - August 18, 2017 - Twenty-eight individuals, including 21 current and former Navy officials and five civilian defendants, plus GDMA, the corporation, have been charged so far as part of the massive fraud and bribery investigation. Nineteen of these defendants have pleaded guilty. Nine defendants await trial.
• Kenya Opposition Files Petition on Presidential Election Outcome VOA 2017-08-19 - Kenya’s opposition coalition has filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the re-election of incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta.
• Russia Bans Jehovah's Witnesses' Translation Of Bible August 19, 2017 4:31 AM - Tom Balmforth, RFE/RL - A Russian court has banned the Jehovah's Witnesses' translation of the Bible following a drawn-out legal battle, another blow to followers of the pacifist Christian sect who have been branded extremists and driven to practicing their faith underground, as in Soviet times.
• Statues of discord: The toppling of monuments stretches far beyond anti-Confederate struggle Russia Today : 19 Aug, 2017 - America’s struggle with symbols of its slavery past was highlighted amid clashes over a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Dealing with controversial pieces of historical art has a long, sometimes bloody, and occasionally amusing history.
• Russian Communist Party Slams Seattle Lenin Statue Plan Russian Communist Party Slams Seattle Lenin Statue Plan 18 August 2017 Telesur - Lawmaker says its removal would be a manifestation of the anti-Soviet, anti-Communist and anti-Russian sentiments prevalent in the United States. In response to a call by Seattle authorities to take down a statue of the late revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, the Russian Communist Party has condemned the proposal.

• Info of Ukraine Selling Rocket Engines to N Korea 'Sounds Reasonable' Sputnik News 19.08.2017 - The United States has intelligence that the engines that power North Korean ballistic missiles allegedly came from Ukraine. In an interview with Sputnik, Polish journalist Janusz Niedzwiedzki said that US media reports to this effect “sound quite reasonable.”
• N Korea Redirects Coal Exports From China to Evade Sanctions - Classified Report Sputnik News 19.08.2017 - North Korea has established coal exports to countries in Southeast Asia in avoidance of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions aimed at curbing Pyongyang's nuclear and missile program, a classified UN report obtained by Kyodo News Agency showed
• New Il-96-400 Passenger Jet to Help Russian Planes Win Back Domestic Market Sputnik/ 19.08.2017 - According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's Il-96-400 passenger airliner will allow Russian planes to win back the country's domestic air transportation market.

• Venezuela takes over legislative powers from opposition-led congress Press TV 19 Aug 2017 -- Venezuela's newly-established National Constituent Assembly (NCA) has taken over legislative powers from the opposition-led congress amid rising tensions between President Nicolas Maduro and his US-backed political foes.