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Current Operations

• Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq AFPS 24 Nov 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 10 strikes consisting of 14 engagements Nov. 10-23, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• Pentagon likely to admit 2,000 US troops in Syria: US officials Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- The US Defense Department is likely to announce publicly that there are over 2,000 American troops in Syria, despite earlier reports that put that number at around 500.
• Taliban commander killed in Afghan airstrike in Kapisa Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- A Taliban commander has been killed in an Afghan government airstrike in the northeastern province of Kapisa.

Defense Policy / Programs

• In show of force, US to send F-22 jets to South Korea Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- The US will send six F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to South Korea in a new show of force aimed at Pyongyang, amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.
• US F-22, F-35 Aircraft Marshalled to South Korea For Massive War Games Sputnik 24 Nov 2017 -- The US military is sending the most advanced aircraft in its arsenal, F-22 Raptors and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, to South Korea to take part in a massive show of force next month that will feature at least 230 warplanes.
• US Navy ends search for 3 missing sailors in the Philippine Sea Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- The US Navy has ended the search and rescue mission to find three sailors who went missing after their aircraft crashed into the Philippine Sea a couple of days ago, presuming they are dead.
• Secretary General discusses Baltic security with Latvian President NATO 24 Nov 2017
• Albanian patrol boat concludes navy's first NATO tour NATO 24 Nov 2017 -- The Albanian Navy's ALS ORIKU patrol boat on Wednesday (22 November 2017) wrapped up a full year of operations with NATO's Standing Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), marking a major milestone in the Albanian Navy's first ever NATO deployment.
• Secretary General and President Poroshenko discuss NATO-Ukraine cooperation NATO 24 Nov 2017 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met on Friday (24 November 2017) to discuss ongoing security challenges in Ukraine, international efforts to find a settlement to the crisis, and the partnership between the Alliance and Kyiv. Mr. Stoltenberg reaffirmed NATO's strong political and practical support for Ukraine.
• Texas Company Reports Selling Lethal Weapons to Ukraine VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- A U.S. company says it has been selling lethal weapons to Ukraine since last year, ahead of an expected decision by the Trump administration on whether to provide such weapons to Ukraine.
• India's Propellant Booster to Help BrahMos Achieve Unimaginable Speed Sputnik 24 Nov 2017 -- The solid propellant booster developed by Indian scientists would take BrahMos - the world's first and only supersonic cruise missile closer to Mach 3 speed in cruise phase.
• Breaking Barriers: India Gets First Woman Naval Pilot Sputnik 24 Nov 2017 -- Shubhangi Swaroop from the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will fly the maritime reconnaissance aircraft, paving way for more women to be deployed as naval officers.
• UK's £1bn warship breaks down in Persian Gulf Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- The UK Royal Navy's HMS Diamond air-defense destroyer has left the Perisan Gulf and is on its way back home after breaking down, an incident that highlights the long-standing reliability issues plaguing the latest generation of British warships sent to the region.
• HMS Sutherland to deploy to Asia Pacific, Defence Secretary announces on-board UK MOD 24 Nov 2017 -- The UK will send a second warship to the Asia Pacific region to strengthen relations with allies in the area.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 24, 2017

Other Conflicts

• Chinese air force patrol South China Sea People's Daily 24 Nov 2017 -- The PLA air force recently conducted a combat air patrol in the South China Sea, said a military spokesperson on Thursday.
• Asia Code for Sea Peace Expected to Tilt Toward China VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- A code of conduct aimed at avoiding mishaps in the contested South China Sea is likely to sidestep concerns that are offensive to the chief claimant, Beijing, analysts forecast.
• Erdogan does not rule out contact with Assad Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out possible contact with Bashar Assad, signaling a break with his long-held opposition to the Syrian president's role in the Arab country's future.
• China says to help with reconstruction of Syria Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- China says it will help with reconstruction efforts in Syria, which has seen massive destruction as a result of over six and a half years of armed conflict.
• Russia to reduce forces in Syria by year-end: Military chief Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- Russia is set to reduce its troops in Syria by the end of the year after finishing up the remaining "few" missions there, says Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
• Syrian Kurds 'Determined to Retaliate Against Turkish Invasion of Afrin' Sputnik 24 Nov 2017 -- Amid the military buildup on the Syrian-Turkish border near Kurdish-controlled Afrin, Foza Yusuf, executive council co-chair of the self-proclaimed Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) and Nuri Mahmud of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) signaled that the Kurds will defend the city against "the Turkish invasion."
• Turkish Official: Trump Has Agreed to Stop Arming Syrian Kurdish Fighters VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart that the U.S. will no longer supply weapons to Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria, according to a Turkish official's summation of the call on Friday between the two world leaders.
• Iraqi volunteer force hints will return weapons to army after Daesh battle Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- An Iraqi volunteer military force, which heeded a government call to arms in 2014 to join the fight against Daesh, says it respects the decisions of the national army, hinting that it will act on an order to hand heavy arms back when the counter-terrorism battles end.
• Conditions in Myanmar's Rakhine not in place to enable safe returns - UN refugee agency UN News 24 Nov 2017 -- Amid reports of an agreement between the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar on return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, the United Nations refugee agency has underscored that the returns must be voluntary, and take place in safe and dignified conditions.
• 235 killed in attack on mosque in Egypt's Sinai Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- At least 235 people have been killed and over 130 others injured in a shooting attack and bombing at a mosque in the restive Sinai Peninsula, state TV says.
• Egypt: UN chief and Security Council condemn attack on Sinai mosque UN News 24 Nov 2017 -- Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Security Council have condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack on al-Rawdah Mosque during Friday prayers in the town of Bir al-Abed in North Sinai, Egypt, that left scores of people dead and wounded.
• Suspected Militants Kill 235 in Sinai Mosque Attack VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- Egyptian security officials said 235 people were killed Friday by suspected militants in an attack on a packed mosque in the volatile northern Sinai Peninsula.
• Separatist Leader In Ukraine's Luhansk Resigns Amid Power Struggle RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, Igor Plotnitsky, has stepped down amid a fierce power struggle among the Russia-backed separatists that has unfolded over the last several days.
• Ukraine's Tymoshenko Urges 'Different Negotiating Format' On Eastern Conflict RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said the Minsk process for resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine has failed to produce results and needs to be accompanied by a parallel peace process based on the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
• Ukraine Says Five Soldiers Killed, Four Wounded In East RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- Ukraine's military says that five of its soldiers have been killed and four wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the east of the country.
• Separatist Leader Says He Is Taking Power in Ukraine's Luhansk Region VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- A senior separatist official of the Ukrainian region of Luhansk says he is taking over power from regional chief Igor Plotnitsky, who said earlier in the week that a coup attempt was trying to force him out of office.
• Four peacekeepers killed in two deadly attacks against UN mission in Mali UN News 24 Nov 2017 -- Four United Nations peacekeepers and a member of the Malian armed forces were killed and 21 others were wounded on Friday in what Secretary-General António Guterres called "outrageous" attacks against the UN mission in the country.

News Reports

• Zimbabwe Celebrates As New President Sworn In VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe on Friday saw its first new head of state in 37 years with the swearing in of former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Robert Mugabe, the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known, was forced to resign earlier this week after 37 years in power.
• Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe's president Press TV 24 Nov 2017 -- Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former vice president of Zimbabwe, has been officially sworn in as the country's new president, days after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe resigned under pressure.
• High expectations as Mnangagwa takes helm of post-Mugabe Zimbabwe People's Daily 24 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe's incoming President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a mammoth task ahead of him.
• Zimbabwe opposition urges incoming president to destroy Mugabe's pillars of oppression People's Daily 24 Nov 2017 -- Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Thursday urged the new Zimbabwean government to dismantle all pillars of repression and oppression that had been put in place by former President Robert Mugabe.
• Turkey-US Relations an Issue in Sanctions Evasion Trial VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- An Iranian sanctions-busting case in New York threatens to further strain Turkey-U.S. relations.
• Czech Court Rules Russian Hacking Suspect Can Be Extradited to U.S. RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- A Czech court has ruled that a suspected Russian hacker at the center of a tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow can be extradited to the United States.
• Sechin's Evidence In Former Russian Minister's Bribe Case Reportedly Leaked RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- Igor Sechin, CEO of the Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft, has told investigators that then-Economy Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev asked him for a $2 million bribe during a BRICS summit in Goa, India, in October 2016, the BBC has reported.
• U.S. Introduction of Strategic Assets Flayed KCNA 24 Nov 2017 -- Jong Nam Hyok, researcher at the Institute for American Studies of the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK, in a commentary Friday disclosed the danger of the U.S. move to send its strategic assets towards the Korean peninsula.
• KCNA Commentary Urges U.S. to Stop Nuclear Threat to DPRK KCNA 24 Nov 2017 -- The U.S. has gone mischievous nowadays to stop the DPRK from making advance as the nuclear force of Juche Korea has almost reached the phase of completion.
• DPRK People Enraged at Another Provocation Made by U.S. KCNA 24 Nov 2017 -- The army and people of the DPRK are severely condemning the shameless act of Trump group that re-listed the DPRK as a "sponsor of terrorism".
• China, Djibouti agree to establish strategic partnership People's Daily 24 Nov 2017 -- China and Djibouti on Thursday agreed to establish strategic partnership to strengthen all-round cooperation.
• Kyrgyzstan Inaugurates New President In Peaceful Transfer Of Power RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- Kyrgyzstan's new president has been inaugurated in the capital, Bishkek, in a first peaceful transfer of power between elected presidents in the region.
• Turkmenistan's Iron Lady: A Strange Tale Of Corruption RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- You could say Gurbanbibi Atajanova was born with a set of jailer's keys in her hand.
• EU, Armenia Ink Partnership Pact As Eastern Partnership Summit Concludes RFE/RL 24 Nov 2017 -- European Union leaders and six former Soviet republics on November 24 swiftly agreed on a final joint declaration of their Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, avoiding a repeat of the squabbling that triggered delays at the last summit two years ago.
• Officials: Russia Seeking to Exploit Catalonia Secessionist Movement VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- Covert attempts by Russia to support Catalonia's independence bid using disinformation and cyberattacks to support separatists may be part of a long-term strategy to penetrate and gain control not only of Spain's wealthy northeastern region but also other parts of Europe, Spanish officials tell VOA.
• Cameroon Opposition MPs Demand Open Debate on Anglophone Crisis VOA 24 Nov 2017 -- In Cameroon, opposition lawmakers disrupted parliament for a second day in a row Friday as tensions deepen over the government's handling of the crisis in the country's anglophone regions.