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• US General: $50 Million Worth of Taliban Narcotics Destroyed in Afghanistan VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Mattis Trip Continues South Asia Strategy Dialogue AFPS 02 Dec 2017 -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis' trip to the Middle East and Central Asia will continue the dialogue about the South Asia strategy President Donald J. Trump announced in August.
• Secretary Mattis Meets With President el-Sisi of Egypt DoD 02 Dec 2017
• Mattis Meets with Egyptian President to Discuss Terrorism, Middle East Challenges VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- U.S. defense chief Jim Mattis has met with Egypt's President Abdul Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, ahead of a counter-extremism conference focused on West Africa on Sunday.
• U.S. Must Move Faster or Risk Losing Lead in Space AFPS 02 Dec 2017 -- The U.S. advantage in space is eroding and the military must move faster to maintain a lead in this critical warfighting domain, defense officials said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California today.
• Raytheon Inks Over $150Mln to Install Patriot Defense System in Qatar Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- The Pentagon has given defense contractor Raytheon permission to sell air defense systems to the armed forces of Qatar.
• Indian Navy Poised to Join Elite League: Modern Submarine Rescue Capability Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- India, which is ambitiously modernizing and expanding its maritime capability in the India Ocean Region and beyond, will be filling in a crucial capability gap with the third generation submarine rescue systems that the British JFD is scheduled to deliver by March 2018.
• Ocean Roar: India Begins Building Fleet of Nuclear Attack Submarines Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- India has kicked off their production of six new nuclear-powered attack submarines, which will greatly increase New Delhi's naval power projection once completed.
• Any talks on Iran missiles is ruled out: Military spokesman IRNA 02 Dec 2017 -- Any negotiations about Iran missile power is basically 'out of the question', said a senior spokesman of Islamic Republic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday.
• Iran producing heavy military aircraft class ISNA 02 Dec 2017 -- The Iranian defense minister announced that Iran had a specific program to design and produce a heavy military aircraft class.
• Senior army commander rules out negotiations on Iran missile program Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- A senior commander of the Iranian Armed Forces says the Islamic Republic vehemently rejects any request for negotiations about its missile capability.
• Salvage mission for missing Mirage-2000 fighter plane to continue CNA 02 Dec 2017 -- A salvage mission to locate and retrieve the black box of a missing Mirage-2000 fighter jet will resume next week pending good weather after poor weather conditions rendered an attempt this week unsuccessful, an unnamed Air Force official said Saturday.

Defense Industry

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• Houthi leader urges dialog amid rift Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- The leader of Yemen's popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has urged dialog toward the resolution of standing differences with former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the forces loyal to him.
• Yemen's Houthi says former President Saleh must reconsider stance approved by enemies Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- The leader of Yemen's popular Houthi Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has criticized the stance adopted by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the forces loyal to him to create chaos in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, calling the move a betrayal of the impoverished nation.
• Some 90 Killed in Yemen Clashes Between Forces Loyal to Saleh, Houthis - Source Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- Four-day clashes between former allies in Yemen's capital of Sanaa have resulted in heavy casualties.
• Yemen's Ex-Leader Lists Demands to Saudi-Led Coalition to End 3-Year Civil War Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting the Houthi movement backed by former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh since March 2015.
• Yemen: As threat of famine looms, UN urges Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Red Sea ports UN News 02 Dec 2017 -- Top officials from across the United Nations system called on Saturday for the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift its blockade of Yemen's Red Sea ports, warning that unless commercial imports are resumed, "the threat of widespread famine in a matter of months is very real."
• Former Yemeni President Breaks with Houthis, Calls for New Page with Saudis VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh officially broke with his Houthi militia allies, calling on his supporters to rise up against them across the country. Arab media is reporting that the former president's supporters have gained control of key government installations in the capital, including the defense ministry, the interior ministry and Sana'a Airport. In a televised interview, Salah also called for resuming relations with Saudi Arabia, if the Saudi-led coalition lifts its blockade of Yemeni ports and air facilities.
• Death Toll for October Somalia Attack Rises to 512 VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- The death toll in a truck bombing in Somalia in October now stands at 512, according to the committee investigating the tragedy.
• Hamas warns US against plans to relocate embassy to Jerusalem al-Quds Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has warned the United States against plans to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds and to recognize the city as the capital of the Israeli regime.
• Libyan Deputy PM Stresses Russia's Active Role in Libya's Settlement Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- The deputy prime minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord has revealed the country's expectations concerning Moscow's role in the country's reconciliation.

News Reports

• Trump Again Says 'Absolutely No Collusion' With Russia RFE/RL 02 Dec 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his denials that there was any collusion between his presidential campaign and agents of the Russian government.
• Trump Says Fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's Actions During Transition 'Were Lawful' VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday the actions of former national security adviser Michael Flynn during Trump's transition to the White House "were lawful."
• Tillerson Set To Meet Lavrov In Vienna To Discuss Syria, Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Dec 2017 -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Vienna next week, with Syria and Ukraine to be on the agenda, a senior State Department official has said.
• US courts 'can never try my country,' says Turkish president Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the planned trial by a US court of a Turkish bank executive who has been accused of evading Washington's sanctions against Iran, saying courts in the United States cannot put Turkey on trial.
• Turkey: US trial of gold trader meant to 'corner' economy Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has denounced as politically motivated a recent testimony given by Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab in a US court implicating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an alleged Iran sanctions-busting scheme.
• EU says renegotiating Iran deal not possible Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- The European Union (EU) says the articles of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries are highly technical and there is no possibility of renegotiating the agreement – even partially.
• FM Spokesman on Planned Joint Aerial Drill by U.S. and S. Korea KCNA 02 Dec 2017 -- A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Saturday made public the following statement:
• North Korea says Trump is 'begging for nuclear war' as Washington, Seoul prepare for massive drill Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- North Korea says US President Donald Trump and his administration are "begging for nuclear war" as Washington and Seoul prepare for a massive air-force drill, in a show of force aimed at Pyongyang.
• Army-People Gathering Held to Celebrate Test-fire of Hwasong-15 KCNA 02 Dec 2017 -- An army-people gathering took place here on Friday to celebrate the great victory with which the DPRK successfully accomplished the historic cause of completing the state nuclear force, the cause of building a rocket power, under the guidance of the Workers' Party of Korea.
• Avoiding Armed Conflict on Korean Peninsula Most Important Task - Lavrov Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has commented on the latest North Korean missile launch, as well as the situation in the Middle East and the pressure on Russian media in the US during the meeting with his Italian counterpart.
• Strike Range of New N Korean Missile Reaches 13,000km - South Korea Military Sputnik 02 Dec 2017 -- The South Korean Defense Ministry has stated that the intercontinental ballistic missile recently tested by Pyongyang could potentially reach the territory of the United States.
• Catalonia's Example Looms as Corsicans Prepare to Vote VOA 02 Dec 2017 -- Voters on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica head to the polls Sunday for the first round of territorial elections, with a nationalist ticket projected to score big.
• Iran says oil swap deal with Iraq imminent Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- Iran says it expects to sign an agreement with Iraq within the next few days based on which it would swap the country's oil produced in its Kirkuk province with equal amounts in the Persian Gulf.
• We are in new era, referendum is behind us, says Iraqi Kurdish PM Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s prime minister says the issue of a unilateral independence referendum is over, adding that the region respects a recent top court ruling that bans any secession from the mainland.
• Putin Orders Review Of Laws On Peaceful Demonstrations RFE/RL 02 Dec 2017 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the Prosecutor-General's Office to review the implementation of laws and regulations affecting the right of Russian citizens to assemble and demonstrate freely.
• Al-Qaida Leader's New Message Shows Increased Discord With Jihadists in Syria VOA 01 Dec 2017 -- The al-Qaida terror organization has released a new audio message from its elusive leader in which he slams the Syrian Jihadi group Liberation of the Levant Organization, or more commonly known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), for going after senior jihadists loyal to al-Qaida in Syria.
• NASA fires up Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years People's Daily 02 Dec 2017 -- U.S. space agency NASA said Friday that a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft, the only human-made object in interstellar space, have been successfully fired up after 37 years without use.
• Venezuelan government, opposition resume crisis talks in Dominican Press TV 02 Dec 2017 -- Representatives of the Venezuelan government and opposition coalition have begun a new round of talks aimed at resolving the country's political and economic crises.