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• Readout of Secretary Mattis' Phone Call with Qatar Minister of Defense Al-Attiyah DoD 30 Dec 2017
• Defense Chief Mattis Sees U.S. Civilian Presence In Syria Increasing RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he expects there will be a larger U.S. civilian presence in Syria soon since the fight against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group is nearing a conclusion.
• US Lawmakers Push to Accelerate Aircraft Carrier Procurement Sputnik 30 Dec 2017 -- A group of more than 100 US lawmakers are pushing to double the number of aircraft carriers procured for the US Navy for fiscal year 2019.
• Mattis Says New U.S. Weapons For Ukraine Shouldn't Concern Moscow RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said that the U.S. role in Ukraine is not changing and Russia has no cause for concern about a U.S. decision last week to supply new weapons to Kyiv.

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• After 1,000 days of conflict, Yemen sliding into 'deepening catastrophe,' UN agencies warn UN News 30 Dec 2017 -- As the conflict in Yemen passes the grim 1,000-day milestone, the United Nations is warning that if humanitarian workers cannot gain greater access and the violence does not subside, the cost in lives will be incalculable.
• U.S. Again Warns Kosovo Against Trying To Abolish War Crimes Court RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- The U.S. Embassy in Kosovo has repeated its strong opposition to attempts by Kosovar leaders to abolish a new war crimes court set up to try ethnic Albanian ex-guerrillas.
• Bosnia Charges 25 Muslim Wartime Officers, Four Bosnian Serbs With War Crimes RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- Bosnian authorities have charged 25 Muslim wartime officials and four Bosnian Serb officers with committing war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in the country's bloody 1990s conflict.

News Reports

• Putin Signs Law Increasing Penalties For Recruiting, Financing Extremists RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill increasing penalties for the recruitment of extremists, the latest measure to address what officials have described as a threat from militant fighters returning home from the Middle East.
• Reuters: Russian Tankers Fueled North Korea Via Sea Transfers RFE/RL 30 Dec 2017 -- The Reuters news agency reports that Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, providing an economic lifeline to the communist state.