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• Daesh beheads 15 members in Afghanistan after infighting Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- The Daesh terrorist group has beheaded at least 15 of its own members in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, local officials say.
• Suicide Bomber Kills 8 in Eastern Afghanistan VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- A suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 8 people Thursday and wounded 16 others.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Search Ends For Sailors in C-2A Crash NNS 23 Nov 2017 -- The U.S. Navy ceased search and rescue operations at 10 a.m. Japan Standard Time Nov. 24, for three Sailors not immediately recovered after a C-2A Greyhound crashed on the afternoon of Nov. 22.
• Task Force Marauder assists with aviation support in Western Afghanistan Army News 23 Nov 2017 -- U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Marauder provided aviation support to ground troops in Western Afghanistan Nov. 10-22, 2017, as part of an Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP).
• USS Fitzgerald departs Fleet Activities Yokosuka NNS 23 Nov 2017 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) departed Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka, Nov. 24, to meet heavy lift transport vessel Transshelf and begin her journey to Pascagoula, Mississippi for further repairs.
• Search Continues for Missing Sailors After US Navy Plane Crashes in Western Pacific VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- Search and rescue operations continued Thursday for three sailors still missing after a U.S. Navy transport plane crashed Wednesday into the western Pacific Ocean.
• Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of the Republic of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid NATO 23 Nov 2017
• Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of Moldova, Pavel Filip NATO 23 Nov 2017
• Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev NATO 23 Nov 2017
• Hopes Fading as Search for Missing Argentine Sub Enters Second Week Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- With hopes of finding the Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic a week ago beginning to fade, the families of the 44 crew members are increasingly frustrated with the Navy's lagging rescue efforts, British media reported.
• Kabul Needs Both US, Russian Military Equipment - President's Adviser Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- Previously, the Afghan acting defense minister said that Kabul no longer needed Russian helicopters, citing deliveries by NATO allies, prompting a response from Moscow.
• Armenian Protesters Propose Students Serve In Military While In School RFE/RL 23 Nov 2017 -- Armenian draft protesters proposed that students be allowed to serve in the military for several months a year while studying in universities as a way of carrying out Armenia's new military draft system.
• India Struggles to Solve its Fighter Jet Procurement Puzzle Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- India, which intends to replace all of its Russian-made MiG-21 and MiG-27 fighter jets by 2024, is stuck in a difficult situation, as Lockheed Martin has denied total transfer of technology, SAAB itself lacks complete technology and local firm HAL is incapable of delivering at the required pace.
• Indian Navy Ready to Receive Multiple Maneuverable Warhead Tracking Vessel Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- The vessel's X-band precision tracking radar can track the inbound flight trajectories of multiple maneuverable warheads apart from monitoring the trajectories of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
• Iranian military ready to stop Daesh-like moves: Chief of staff IRNA 23 Nov 2017 -- Iran will continue to overwhelm enemies with authority, wrote Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces on Thursday in a congratulatory message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
• South Korea considers rescheduling 2018 military drill with US Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- South Korea is mulling over rescheduling a joint annual military exercise with the United States slated for early next year in an attempt not to provoke North Korea during the 2018 Olympic Games, which are to be held in the South at the time.
• Saudi Arabia shelling out $7bn more for US munitions amid escalating war against Yemen Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Saudi Arabia has struck a $7 billion deal with American arms manufactures for precision-guided munitions, sources say, a sign that the kingdom and its allies are adamant in pushing ahead with a years-long war on Yemen despite international pressure.

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• US military presence in Syria resembles occupation: Russia Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Russia says the US military presence in Syria looks like an occupation as it runs afoul of international law and lacks authorization from the Damascus government.
• Nearly 3,000 Syrian civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in 38 months: Group Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- A monitoring group says nearly 3,000 civilians have lost their lives in more than three years as the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group continues its aerial assaults against residential areas across Syria.
• Syria opposition should disarm, engage in dialog: Assad aide Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- The political and media adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called on opposition groups to disarm in order for a proposed National Dialogue Congress involving warring sides to be fruitful.
• Russia Declares UN Inquiry In Syria 'Dead' As West Searches For Alternatives RFE/RL 23 Nov 2017 -- The UN's investigation into who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria "is dead," but Russia is open to efforts by Western powers to establish "a new mechanism," Moscow's UN ambassador has said.
• Never-Ending Supply: US Continues Arms, Heavy Vehicle Shipments to SDF Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- An SDF spokesman, on condition of anonymity, told Sputnik Turkey that they had received a large batch of armored vehicles and weapons from the United States on the eve of Deir ez-Zor operation.
• Russia to 'Significantly' Reduce Military Presence in Syria - General Staff Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- The statement comes in the wake of the liberation of over 90 percent of the Syrian territory from terrorists.
• Syrian Gov't Troops Completing Daesh Defeat in Euphrates Valley - Russian MoD Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- After the liberation of the last major Daesh stronghold in Syria by government forces, the town of Abu Kamal, a swath of territory along the west bank of the Euphrates River remains the only area where Daesh units are currently still operating.
• Russia, Turkey, Iran Statement Lays Ground for Political Settlement in Syria Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- The trilateral Russian-Iranian-Turkish statement urged the Syrian government and opposition groups, which are committed to sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria, to constructively participate in the National Dialogue Congress.
• Iraqi forces flush out Daesh terrorists from desert hideouts in major offensive Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Iraqi army soldiers, supported by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have liberated dozens of villages across the country as they are engaged in a large-scale military operation to dislodge Daesh Takfiri terrorists from their hideouts in the desert.
• Iraq launches operation to clear western desert of remaining Daesh terrorists Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Iraqi forces have launched a mop-up operation to clear the western desert near Syria of remaining Daesh terrorists, days after they fully liberated all the urban areas from the grip of the Takfiri outfit.
• Iraqi Forces Launch Cleanup Raid Against Terrorists on Border With Syria Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- Over the past few months Daesh militants have been expelled from most of the territories in Iraq and Syria under their control since 2014.
• Bangladesh, Myanmar reach deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees in 2 months Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Bangladesh says it has reached a deal with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees within two months, as global pressure mounts on Myanmar for driving more than half a million members of the persecuted minority out of their homes.
• Myanmar, Bangladesh Sign Repatriation Agreement on Rohingya Refugees - Official Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- The situation in Myanmar remains tense, with the US declaring the actions of the military in the northern Rakhine state "ethnic cleansing" against the Rohingya.
• Myanmar, Bangladesh Sign Agreement on Rohingya Return VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement for the return home of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, according to officials from both countries.
• NATO Chief, Azerbaijani President Discuss Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict RFE/RL 23 Nov 2017 -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev discussed the conflict over Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Brussels on November 23, with Aliyev reiterating Baku's harsh criticism of neighboring Armenia in the decades-long standoff.

News Reports

• Opportunity, Security, Strength: The 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper Australia - Minister for Foreign Affairs 23 Nov 2017 -- The 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper is the first comprehensive review of Australia's international engagement for 14 years. It delivers a framework to ensure our prosperity and security by guiding our international efforts over the next decade and beyond.
• Mnangagwa Back in Zimbabwe Ahead of Friday Swearing-In VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe's incoming president returned to the country Wednesday to loud cheers after spending about two weeks in exile following his dismissal by then-President Robert Mugabe. Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in this Friday.
• Sources: Mugabe and Wife Granted Immunity VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe have been granted immunity from prosecution.
• Zimbabwe's Mugabe granted immunity from prosecution: Sources Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe has been given immunity to stay in the country as he bowed to increasing pressures and quit office after nearly four decades in power.
• Who is Zimbabwe's President-to-Be Emmerson 'Crocodile' Mnangagwa Sputnik 23 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwean Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will become the country's new president, with the swearing-in ceremony set to take place on Friday.
• Hezbollah parliamentary group: Hariri's return 'positive' Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- The parliamentary group of the Hezbollah resistance movement has welcomed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's return to Lebanon, who recently stepped back from his surprise resignation in Saudi Arabia.
• Analysts, Leaders Say Returning IS Foreign Fighters Are Concern for N. Africa VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- As the embattled Islamic State terror group has lost much of its territory and strength in Syria and Iraq, governments in North Africa fear many returning fighters from the Mideast battlegrounds could trigger instability in the region.
• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 23, 2017 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Nov 2017
• DPRK calls U.S. relisting it as "state sponsor of terrorism" serious provocation: official People's Daily 23 Nov 2017 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday slammed the United States for relisting it as a "state sponsor of terrorism," calling it a serious provocation and a violent infringement upon the country's dignity.
• IAEA has access to all locations in Iran: Amano IRNA 23 Nov 2017 -- The International Atomic Energy Organization has had access to all locations in Iran needed to be inspected, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Thursday.
• Amano: IAEA has access to all sites it needs in Iran Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed Iran's commitment to the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement with six world powers, saying it has access to all sites it needs to inspect.
• Fall of China's Former Internet Censor Highlights Frustrations Over Controls VOA 23 Nov 2017 -- The former face of China's "Great Firewall," Lu Wei, has become the first "tiger" to come under the Communist Party's corruption investigation since President Xi Jinping began his second term last month.
• Turkey has sent seven extradition demands for Gulen to US: Minister Press TV 23 Nov 2017 -- Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul says his country has submitted a total of seven requests to US officials concerning the extradition of Pennsylvania-based opposition figure Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the failed July 2016 coup.
• EU Eyes Closer Ties With Armenia Amid Tensions Over Brussels Summit Declaration RFE/RL 23 Nov 2017 -- The leaders of the European Union and the six Eastern Partnership countries will meet in Brussels on November 24 in an effort to deepen ties between the EU and the former Soviet republics.