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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 27 Nov 2017[PDF]
• Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq AFPS 27 Nov 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 11 strikes consisting of 36 engagements Nov. 24 and 25, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
• EXCLUSIVE: Karzai Says 'Afghanistan Can't Build Relations Based on US Interests' Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- In an exclusive interview with Sputnik, former IRA President Hamid Karzai commented on the current situation in Afghanistan, criticized the new strategy of the US and spoke about the difference between the Taliban and Daesh, as well as ways to resolve the military conflict in the country and the role of Russia in the Afghan settlement process.
• US Targets IS in Somalia Airstrike VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- One terrorist was killed in a targeted airstrike in Somalia conducted by U.S. forces in coordination with Somalia's government, the U.S. military said Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• USS John S McCain Departs Subic Bay En Route to Yokosuka NNS 27 Nov 2017 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) departed Subic Bay, Philippines aboard heavy lift transport vessel MV Treasure en route to Fleet Activities Yokosuka Nov. 28.
• Attack in Egypt Highlights Need for U.S. Involvement in Region, Official Says AFPS 27 Nov 2017 -- The Nov. 24 attack on an Egyptian mosque in northern Sinai that killed at least 305 men, women and children is an example of why the United States must remain involved in the Middle East, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob Manning said today.
• USS Fitzgerald returns to Fleet Activities Yokosuka aboard MV Transshelf NNS 27 Nov 2017 -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returned to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka today aboard heavy lift transport vessel Transshelf.
• Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Arrives in Hawaii NNS 27 Nov 2017 -- The Nimitz Strike Group (CSG 11) arrived in Pearl Harbor Nov. 25 following a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
• Russia, U.S., Britain Aid Search For Missing Argentine Submarine RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Russian, U.S., and British teams are aiding the 14-nation search for a missing Argentine Navy submarine, 11 days after the vessel lost contact following an explosion.
• No Signs of External Influence Behind Argentine Submarine Explosion - Navy Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- The Argentinian Navy has concentrated its efforts to find the missing San Juan submarine in the area where an explosion was recorded.
• 'Situation of Extreme Survival': ARA San Juan Crew Could Still Be Alive - Navy Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- The crew of the missing Argentina's San Juan submarine might still manage to survive even though the search for the vessel has been continuing for many days, Argentinian Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Sunday.
• Same Old Game: Norway Demonizes Russia in 'Hybrid War' Rant Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- Norwegian Armed Forces officials have created a stir by suggesting that Russia's nuclear weapons arsenal could draw Norway into a hybrid war, despite assurances to the contrary from Norway's diplomat corps, police in the border region and Russia itself.
• India's Soviet-Origin Mi-17 Helicopters to Undergo Lethal Upgrade Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- Indian Air Force is shortly inducting more than 200 new helicopters. However, the decision to take the Mi-17 for a major upgrade suggests that the Soviet-era craft remains one of its most reliable helicopters for special operations including precision attacks.
• Indian Aerospace Behemoth Reveals Why Indo-Russia FGFA is Most Feasible Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- Any new fighter jet procurement deal by Indian Air Force would require the foreign vendor to set up a production line in India – a time taking process. In this backdrop, HAL's claim that it can immediately start co-producing the FGFA with Russia from existing facility holds immense significance.
• India Holds Massive Military Exercise Near Chinese Trade Chokepoint Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- Amphibious ships, warships, P-8I patrol aircraft and landing docks are the permanent assets at the Andaman Nicobar Island, reflecting India's attempt to renew its maritime policy and to ensure its dominance is not challenged by China in the Indian Ocean Region.
• Amnesty International urges Greece to scrap Saudi arms sale amid war on Yemen Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- Amnesty International has demanded that Greece scrap a controversial arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the Riyadh regime has been leading a brutal military campaign against Yemen for more than two years.
• Turkey Demands Trump Honor Purported Pledge to Cut Off Weapons to Kurdish Militia VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- Turkish officials say they are watching to see whether the United States will honor a promise, which they claim was made by U.S. President Donald Trump to his Turkish counterpart last week, to cut off the supply of arms to Kurdish militias that played a key role in defeating Islamic State militants in Syria.
• Depleted British Military Faces More Cuts for May's Cyber War Against Russia Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- The British government is expected to deny further funding to its Armed Forces, diverting the much-needed funds to cyber security measures that are likely to target Russia in a move that split Theresa May's Conservative Party.
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, 11/27/2017, #35 The White House 27 Nov 2017

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 27, 2017

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• 27 November 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 27 Nov 2017
• Russian bombers hit IS targets in eastern Syria People's Daily 27 Nov 2017 -- Six long-range TU-22M3 bombers on Sunday launched airstrikes on targets of Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in the province of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• Russia dismisses allegation about bombing village in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr province Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has strongly rejected an allegation by the anti-Damascus Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) that Russian long-range bombers, in their counter-terrorism operations, have bombed a village in Syria's eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
• UN Says Syria Hasn't Confirmed Will Attend Geneva Peace Talks RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Steffan de Mistura, says the Syrian government has not yet confirmed its participation in the next round of peace talks in Geneva this week.
• 'No preconditions' accepted from Syrian parties, UN envoy says ahead of Geneva talks UN News 27 Nov 2017 -- Ahead of fresh intra-Syrian talks on Tuesday in Geneva, the United Nations mediator said Monday that the crisis now has the potential to move towards "a genuine political process."
• UN Envoy: No Signs Damascus Will Participate in Latest Geneva Talks VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- President Bashar al-Assad's government has not confirmed its participation in peace talks with the Syrian opposition scheduled for this week in Geneva, the U.N. special envoy for Syria said Monday.
• Iraqi forces comb over 170 villages for Daesh terrorists Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- Iraqi forces have successfully combed some 175 villages located in the desert regions between the Anbar and Nineveh provinces on the lookout for lingering Daesh terrorists.
• Feature: Six months after ISIL, life is returning to Mosul despite hidden bomb threats UN News 27 Nov 2017 -- Mosul's Al Qasoor Water Treatment Plant is on the eastern bank of the Tigris River which bisects the city that was, until about six months ago, one of the last strongholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Level (ISIL).
• Ukraine 'Extremely Concerned' Council Of Europe Caving To Russian 'Blackmail' RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Ukrainian officials and politicians have reacted with alarm to reports that the Council of Europe is considering lifting sanctions imposed against Russia over its military intervention in Crimea out of fears that Moscow might otherwise leave the body.
• Kremlin Says Change Of Separatist Leadership In Luhansk Won't Affect Minsk Process RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- The Kremlin says a change of leadership for Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk will not affect the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements.
• UN strongly condemns attack that kills peacekeeper in Central African Republic UN News 27 Nov 2017 -- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council have strongly condemned Sunday's attack allegedly perpetrated by the anti-Balaka group against a convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, in which one peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and three others were injured.
• Hamas says weapons a 'red line' after talks with Fatah Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has refused to be disarmed as part of a recent national reconciliation deal with rival party Fatah, stressing that its weapons are not up for discussion.
• Cut in Dialogue Seen Briefly Empowering Philippines Rebels VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's order this month to stop peace talks with a violent group of communist rebels may spark new clashes but eventually weaken the group's already waning influence.

News Reports

• China denies role in Zimbabwe's power transition Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- China's Foreign Ministry has denied playing a role in the recent political developments in Zimbabwe that led to the ouster of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.
• Aoun holds consultations on government's future with Lebanese political leaders Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- Lebanese President Michel Aoun has held talks over the future of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government with the country's political leaders after the latter decided to suspend his shock resignation, which he announced in Saudi Arabia earlier this month.
• Kremlin Says Chechen Leader Staying In Charge, Despite Talk Of Quitting RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- The Kremlin says Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region, will remain at his post despite comments he made during the weekend about the possibility of standing down.
• Kremlin 'Coquetry': With Exit Talk, Kadyrov Seen Seeking Avowal Of His Power, Concessions From Moscow RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Ramzan Kadyrov may have unexpectedly announced that the time has come for him to step down, but analysts say Chechnya's strongman leader of the past decade has no intention of quitting and was primarily seeking public affirmation of his power from the Kremlin.
• Former Russian Economy Minister Rejects Extortion Charge, Accuses Rosneft Chief Of Lying RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Former Russian Economy Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev, who is being tried on an extortion charge, has adamantly protested his innocence and accused state oil company chief Igor Sechin of lying to investigators.
• S Korea warns North not to repeat armistice violation Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- Seoul has warned Pyongyang against violations of an armistice agreement between the two sides, several days after North Korean border guards shot and seriously wounded a fellow soldier as he defected across the border into the South.
• Iraq to build new pipeline to export Kirkuk oil Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- Iraq says it plans to build a new pipeline to export its crude oil from the northern province of Kirkuk to Turkey scrapping plans to rehabilitate an existing pipeline that was damaged by Daesh.
• Videos Of Detainees Seen As Attempts By Iran To Pressure U.S., U.K. Governments RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Iranian state television has broadcast videos focusing on a detained American graduate student and an Iranian-British woman, moves seen by their spouses as an effort to pressure the U.S. and U.K. governments ahead of decisions of critical importance to Tehran.
• Pakistani Islamists End Protests After Law Minister Resigns RFE/RL 27 Nov 2017 -- Pakistani Islamists were celebrating a victory over the government after the country's law minister resigned under pressure from fundamentalists who had been demanding his ouster during a three-week-long protest rally.
• Pakistani Law Minister Steps Down Amid Protests in Capital Sputnik 27 Nov 2017 -- On Sunday, Pakistan's opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf party demanded the resignation of the interior minister and prime minister over the failure of the government to deal with the national unrest caused by mass protests.
• Pakistan Criticized for 'Surrendering' to Protesting Islamist Group VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- A controversial deal the government in Pakistan struck with an Islamist group Monday has forced the federal law minister out of office and eased angry demonstrations that claimed several lives and had for weeks paralyzed the national capital.
• Sinai Villagers Say Jihadists Threatened Attack Prior to Mosque Massacre VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- Villagers in Bir al-Abd in Egypt's northern Sinai, scene of a devastating jihadist attack on a crowded Sufi mosque Friday that left more than 300 dead, have added to doubts about the competence of the country's counterterror efforts.
• Senior Gulenist captured by Turkish agents in Sudan Press TV 27 Nov 2017 -- A high-ranking member of the movement of Pennsylvania-based opposition figure Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the failed July 2016 coup, has been captured by Turkish intelligence agents in a joint operation with their Sudanese counterparts.
• Despite Claims of US Concessions on Kurds, Turkey Rebukes Washington VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- Senior Turkish ministers have strongly criticized the United States and its policies toward Turkey and the region. The criticisms come after Turkish officials said the Trump administration met a key Turkish demand to end the arming of a Syrian Kurdish militia.
• Macron Heads to Africa in Apparent Push to Reboot France's Clout in Region VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Burkina Faso late Monday - the first stop of a three-day Africa tour aimed to reinvigorate what observers see as France's fading influence on the continent. Lisa Bryant has more on Macron's trip that also takes him to Ivory Coast for an EU-Africa summit and to English-speaking Ghana.
• Cambodian Rights Group Next in Firing Line VOA 27 Nov 2017 -- An NGO founded by Cambodia's jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha is set to become the latest casualty of Prime Minister Hun Sen's ongoing campaign to crush critical voices in his country.