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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 22 Nov 2017[PDF]
• US, Afghan Airstrikes Destroy 9 Taliban Drug Labs in Afghanistan VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- U.S. and Afghan airstrikes have destroyed nine Taliban drug factories and labs, killing 44 suspected traffickers in a border area of southern Helmand province.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Navy Plane with 11 Aboard Crashes into Pacific; 8 Found VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- Eight people were rescued and three are missing after a U.S. Navy transport plane crashed Wednesday into the western Pacific Ocean.
• Eight Personnel Recovered from C2-A Aircraft Crash in Philippine Sea USMC News 22 Nov 2017 -- Search and rescue operations recovered eight personnel following a C2-A Greyhound aircraft crash southeast of Okinawa at approximately 3:23 p.m. today.
• US Navy aircraft with 11 aboard crashes in Philippine Sea Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Rescuers have rescued eight people and returned them to safety south of Japan after a US Navy aircraft with 11 people on board crashed into the Philippine Sea, the US military said.
• Pilot killed in T-38 crash identified AFNS 22 Nov 2017 -- The members involved in the T-38 Talon crash from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Nov. 20, 2017 have been identified.
• Program office begins fielding upgraded LAV Anti-Tank Weapon System to Marines USMC News 22 Nov 2017 -- In September, Marine Corps Systems Command's LAV-AT Modernization program team achieved initial operational capability by completing its first fielding of four upgraded Anti-Tank Weapon Systems to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Marines at Camp Pendleton, California.
• USS Porter Arrives in Cyprus NNS 22 Nov 2017 -- - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov. 22, 2017, for a scheduled port visit. The visit serves to enhance U.S.-Cyprus relations as the two nations work together for a stable, secure and prosperous European region.
  
• USS Chief Departs Sasebo for 3JA MCM Exercise with Japanese NNS 22 Nov 2017 -- The avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) departed Sasebo Nov. 21 to join Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) MCM ships and aircraft in MCM exercise 3JA.
• President continues to push for defense autonomy amid controversy CNA 22 Nov 2017 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) commented on a controversial warship contract scandal Wednesday, saying that she hoped the military would learn from its mistakes and continue to invest in locally made naval ships in order to promote defense autonomy.
• Navy officers punished over controversial warship contract CNA 22 Nov 2017 -- The Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday handed out punishments to 23 military officers, including three acting admirals and former Navy Commander Chen Yeong-kang (陳永康) in connection with a contract awarded to a financially troubled local shipbuilder embroiled in an alleged loan fraud scandal.
• Chinese military aircraft spotted again near Taiwan: MND CNA 22 Nov 2017 -- Several Chinese military aircraft were seen flying near Taiwan on Wednesday, passing through the Bashi Channel south of the island, as part of a far-sea training mission in the Western Pacific, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed.
• 'Get Used to It': China Flies Warplanes, Spy Jets Past Taiwan, Japan Sputnik 22 Nov 2017 -- A sortie of People's Liberation Army Air Force H-6K bombers and an additional Tu-154MD intelligence aircraft cruised close to the Miyako Strait over the weekend, spurring Japan to scramble fighter planes.
• India successfully test-fires BrahMos cruise missile from aircraft Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- India says it has successfully fired a BrahMos cruise missile from a fighter jet for the first time, marking a major milestone in the joint development of the strategic weapon with Russia.
• India Successfully Test-Fires Supersonic Brahmos Missile From Su30MKI Sputnik 22 Nov 2017 -- The first ever air-launched Brahmos missile has hit a target at a distance of 280 kilometers in the Bay of Bengal. The missile was dropped from the Su-30 jet's fuselage, and the two-stage missile's engine fired up and propelled it straightway towards the intended target.
• Iran's response to threats timely, strong: Defense minister IRNA 22 Nov 2017 -- Iran today is capable of giving well-timed and strong response to the threats inside and outside the country, Iranian defense minister announced here on Wednesday.
• Turkey, Russia ink deal for two S-400 air missile defense systems Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli says Turkey and Russia have signed an agreement for the purchase of two S-400 missile defense systems, stressing that the first delivery of the anti-aircraft weapon system to the Turkish military is expected in 2019.

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• 22 November 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 22 Nov 2017
• Saudi-led Coalition to Begin Allowing Aid Into Yemen VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen said Wednesday that it would reopen the country's main international airport and a vital Red Sea port to humanitarian traffic.
• Iranian foreign ministry's statement on defeat of ISIS in Iraq, Syria ISNA 22 Nov 2017 -- Iranian foreign ministry has issued a statement on the complete defeat of ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria.
• Syria welcomes results of Sochi summit between Iran, Russia, Turkey Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Syria has welcomed the closing statement of a trilateral summit of Iran, Russia, and Turkey which called for a political settlement of the conflict in the war-torn country.
• Sochi Talks Roundup: Russia, Iran, Turkey Reach Important Breakthroughs on Syria Sputnik 22 Nov 2017 -- Speaking to the press after his meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in Sochi on Wednesday, President Putin said the peace talks in Astana and the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria have made possible a fundamentally "new stage" in the Syrian settlement, and helped secure a "breakthrough" opportunity to crush the terrorists.
• Adopt a 'common line,' UN negotiator appeals to Syrian opposition UN News 22 Nov 2017 -- Syrian opposition groups meeting in Saudi Arabia should do all they can to unify ahead of a fresh round of United Nations-facilitated talks in Geneva, UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday.
• UN agency gravely concerned by lack of medical services in Syria's eastern Ghouta UN News 22 Nov 2017 -- Despite escalating violence and increasing humanitarian needs, life-saving medicines, medical equipment, and surgical supplies are being prevented from entering eastern Ghouta in Syria and the plan to transfer critically ill patients to hospitals elsewhere has not been approved, the United Nations health agency has warned.
• Syrian Opposition Seeks More Unity Ahead of Peace Talks VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- With a new round of U.N.-led peace talks set to begin next week, Syrian opposition figures are meeting Wednesday in Saudi Arabia in an attempt to form a more unified front, while several outside nations with heavy influence on the conflict are holding their own consultations in Russia.
• ISIL 'down but not out' in Iraq; UN envoy urges efforts to defeat group's extremist ideology UN News 22 Nov 2017 -- The military victory against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) is only one component of a complex battle that addresses the root causes of extremist ideology, the United Nations envoy for Iraq said Wednesday.
• US says attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is 'ethnic cleansing' Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- The United States has described the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as "ethnic cleansing", accusing the country's forces of perpetrating "horrendous atrocities" against Rohingyas.
• Efforts To Address Burma's Rakhine State Crisis US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2017 -- Press Statement by Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State
• Senior State Department Officials On the Situation in Burma US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2017 -- Special Briefing by Senior State Department Officials
• Tillerson Calls Violence Against Rohingya in Myanmar 'Ethnic Cleansing' VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state targeting Muslim Rohingya qualifies as ethnic cleansing.
• Kremlin 'Following' Situation In Ukraine's Russia-Backed Separatist-Controlled Luhansk RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is closely following the situation in the parts of Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk that are controlled by Russia-backed separatists following reports that local separatist leader Igor Plotnitsky has fled to Russia.
• What In The World Is Going On In The Russia-Backed Separatist Luhansk 'Republic'? RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- Residents of separatist-controlled Luhansk awoke on November 21 to an all-too-familiar and distressing scene: masked, heavily armed men on armored vehicles patrolling the streets of the war-wracked eastern Ukrainian city.
• Tribunal Finds Ex-Bosnian Serb Commander Mladic Guilty of Genocide, War Crimes VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- The United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal ruled Wednesday former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic is guilty of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from the conflict in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s.
• Bosnians Welcome Mladic Conviction, but Justice Unlikely to Reconcile Divided Region VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- Ratko Mladic, the former general in charge of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkans war in the early 1990s has been convicted of ten charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at an international tribunal in The Hague. He was jailed for life.
• Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the verdict against Ratko Mladic NATO 22 Nov 2017 -- I welcome the ruling of the UN Criminal Tribunal against Ratko Mladic. This shows that the rule of law is working and those responsible for war crimes are held to account.
• 'Butcher of Bosnia' gets life in war crimes case Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- The UN tribunal on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia has convicted ex-Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic to life in prison for ordering the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.
• Bosnian Serb Commander Mladic Convicted Of Genocide, Sentenced To Life In Prison RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- A UN tribunal has sentenced former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after convicting him of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide, during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.
• Mladic's Guilty Verdict Brings Court Closer To End, But Fails To Ease Victims' Pain RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- The guilty verdict of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," brought the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) a step closer to its closure, but for many of his victims, it did little to ease the pain.
• UN hails conviction of Mladic, the 'epitome of evil,' a momentous victory for justice UN News 22 Nov 2017 -- Welcoming today's conviction of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on multiple counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by an international tribunal, the United Nations top human rights official said that the verdict is "a warning" to perpetrators of such crimes that they will be brought to justice.
• UN Court: Mladic 'Significantly Contributed' to Srebrenica Massacre Sputnik 22 Nov 2017 -- Ratko Mladic, the former leader of Bosnian Serbs and a military commander was sentenced to life in prison after the UN war crimes tribunal found him guilty of the involvement in the Srebrenica massacre and committing crimes against humanity.
• One Soldier Dies As Counterterrorism Operation Ends In Tbilisi RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- Georgia's State Security Service (SUS) says one soldier in its special forces unit has died in a hospital after being wounded during an operation against gunmen in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Tbilisi.

News Reports

• Zimbabwe's Incoming President Returns From Exile VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe's incoming president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, returned to the country Wednesday after spending about two weeks in exile. His ascendance follows the resignation Tuesday of longtime President Robert Mugabe.
• Hariri: Aoun urged me to postpone my resignation, I accepted IRNA 22 Nov 2017 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said President Michel Aoun asked him to delay his resignation and he accepted.
• Lebanon PM tells supporters he is standing with them Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he will stand with his supporters after suspending his shock resignation, which he announced in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
• Lebanese PM Hariri's resignation on hold after talks with Aoun Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has temporarily put his resignation on hold following a request by President Michel Aoun for him to reconsider the decision.
• Hariri's Return to Lebanon Sparks Celebration - and Speculation VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- At a military parade in the center of a city locked down by security and surrounded by the pomp and circumstance that typically come with commemorating Lebanon's Independence Day, Saad Hariri took his seat among the country's other leading politicians.
• Uzbek Suspect In New York Truck Attack Faces New Charges, Possible Death Penalty RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- A U.S. grand jury has leveled 22 new charges against an Uzbek immigrant accused of running down eight people in a truck attack in New York City last month, including murder and support for the extremist group Islamic State (IS).
• Russia's Federation Council Passes 'Foreign Agents' Media Bill RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- Russia's Federation Council has approved legislation that would empower the government to designate media outlets receiving funding from abroad as "foreign agents" and impose sanctions against them.
• Rosneft's Sechin Ignores Third Summons To Appear At Former Minister's Trial RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- Igor Sechin, a powerful ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and CEO of the Rosneft state-owned oil giant, has failed to show up for the third time at a Moscow court to testify in the corruption trial of a former economy minister.
• FM Spokesman Blasts U.S. for Re-listing DPRK as "Sponsor of Terrorism" KCNA 22 Nov 2017 -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on Wednesday as regards the fact that the U.S. re-listed the DPRK as a "state sponsor of terrorism":
• Trump's blacklisting of N Korea justifies need for nukes: Pyongyang Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- North Korea has denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to re-designate it as a so-called state sponsor of terror, saying the move amounts to a "serious provocation" that justifies Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons.
• US Sanctions, Terror Designation Increase Pressure on North Korea VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump's re-listing of North Korea this week as a state-sponsor of terrorism - a largely symbolic move – and the announcement of tightened sanctions on Tuesday were generally welcomed by analysts as stepped-up pressure on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
• Bringing U.S. to its knees miracle of Islamic Revolution: Ayatollah Khamenei ISNA 22 Nov 2017 -- Ahead of National Week of Mobilized Forces (Basij), a group of Basiji Commanders and members, from around the country, met with the Leader of the Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday.
• U.S.: Charges Iran Sanctions Case 'Politically Motivated' Are 'Ridiculous' RFE/RL 22 Nov 2017 -- The top U.S. prosecutor in a high-profile Iran sanctions case has denied charges from top Turkish officials that the case is "fabricated" and "politically motivated," calling those allegations "ridiculous."
• Pakistan Court Orders Release of Cleric Wanted by US for Terrorism VOA 22 Nov 2017 -- A court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to release from house arrest an Islamist cleric whom the United States accuses of plotting the 2008 attacks on India's financial capital of Mumbai.
• Turkey issues arrest warrant for 216 over suspicion of links with failed coup Press TV 22 Nov 2017 -- Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for 216 individuals, including former Finance Ministry staff, on suspicion of having links to the 2016 failed coup in the country.