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• US troops not leaving Syria until objectives achieved: Haley Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says the United States would not pull American troops out of Syria until its goals were accomplished.
• U.S. Says It's Still 'Locked And Loaded' For New Strikes In Syria RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- The United States has warned Syria's government that it is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Damascus carries out chemical attacks.
• US DoD: US, UK, French Strikes Aimed At 'Chemical Research Infrastructure' Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- The operation, which started at 9 p.m. EST, was "specifically associated" with chemical research facilities and chemical storage sites, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joe Dunford said Friday.
• Trump: I Ordered Precision Strikes on Syria, Operations Underway Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- United States President Donald Trump Trump addressed the nation Friday announcing military strikes in Syria in cooperation with France and Great Britain.
• Afghan Council to Host Religious Conference to Promote Peace VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- Focusing on Pakistani hardline religious scholars, Afghanistan is in the process of convening an international religious conference in a bid to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in the county, the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) said.
• Several Killed As Security Forces Clash Along Afghan-Pakistan Border RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Troops from the Afghan border police and Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps clashed near the two countries' disputed border, leaving several dead and wounded on both sides, Afghan and Pakistani officials said.
• Several people killed, wounded in cross-border gunfight in Afghanistan, Pakistan Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Several people have lost their lives after a cross-border gunfight broke out between Afghan and Pakistani security forces, amid simmering tensions between the militancy-plagued neighbors, officials from both countries say.
• Afghanistan launches voter registration for parliamentary elections Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Afghanistan has begun registering voters for the long-delayed legislative elections that are scheduled for October.
• Militants attack pylon, cut power to Afghan capital Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Taliban militants have attacked a transmission tower line in northern Afghanistan, causing a massive outage in the capital Kabul.
• US: Joint Operations Continue to Decimate IS in N. Afghanistan VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- U.S. special forces in partnership with Afghan counterparts have eliminated 22 Islamic State fighters in a counterterrorism operation in northern Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan Launches Voter Registration For Parliamentary Elections RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Afghanistan launched on April 14 its voter registration drive for long-delayed parliamentary and provincial council elections that are scheduled for October.
• At Least 11 Pro-Gov't Paramilitaries Killed by Taliban in Afghanistan – Reports Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- At least 11 pro-government paramilitaries were killed during an attack of Taliban militants on a checkpoint in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, local media reported Sunday, citing an official.
• Clashes Erupt Between Afghan and Pakistani Border Forces VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- Afghanistan reported deadly border skirmishes with Pakistan Sunday but it was not known immediately who initiated the fire.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pakistan Test-Fires Enhanced Ballistic Cruise Missile RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Pakistan's military says it has conducted a successful test of an enhanced version of the locally developed Babur ballistic cruise missile.
• Morocco to pull warplanes from Saudi-led coalition: Report Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Morocco is reportedly to pull its warplanes out of a Saudi Arabia-led coalition, which has been pounding Yemen for more than three years now, citing a need for military buildup at home.
• Taiwan-U.S. defense industry forum to be held in Kaohsiung in May CNA 15 Apr 2018 -- An annual defense industry conference between Taiwan and the United States will be held for the first time in Kaohsiung on May 10 and will focus on issues related to shipbuilding, aerospace development and information security.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• US to Impose Sanctions on Russia Over Support of Assad - Envoy to UN Haley Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- Following a massive US strike on Syrian targets on April 17, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said during UN Security Council meeting that Washington was "locked and loaded" to conduct news strikes against the war-torn Middle East country.
• U.S. To Hit Russia With Sanctions Over Support For Assad RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- The United States plans to announce new targeted sanctions against Russia over Moscow's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• Britain: No Additional Syria Strikes for Now VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- Britain's foreign secretary says there are no plans to launch additional military strikes against Syria but his country and its allies will consider further action if Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad uses chemical weapons against his people in the future.
• US Warns of New Syrian Attack if Chemical Weapons Used Again VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday that the U.S. would launch new missile strikes against his regime if he carries out another chemical weapons attack.
• Iran Army slams US airstrikes on Syria IRNA 15 Apr 2018 -- Iranian Army in a statement condemned the airstrike conducted Saturday by US and its allies on Syria.
• Any military escalation in Syria terrible for Middle East security, stability: Iraq FM Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has warned of the huge dangers of a military escalation in Syria, stating that any further act of aggression against the conflict-plagued Arab country will undermine security and stability in the Middle East region.
• UK threatens further measures against Syria Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Britain's foreign minister says London will study the "options" with its allies if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad again uses chemical weapons.
• Tripartite US-led missile attack on Syria clear act of aggression: Assad Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the recent tripartite Western missile attack on the Arab country was a blatant act of aggression against a sovereign state and a sheer violation of the international law, a day after the armed forces of the United States, Britain and France hit different localities in Syria with a barrage of cruise missiles.
• Inspectors in Syria to probe alleged chemical attack Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Inspectors have arrived in Damascus at the request of the Syrian government to determine whether chemicals were used in a town near the capital, an excuse used by the US and its allies to bomb the Arab country before any investigation.
• EU Backs Efforts to Prevent Chemical Attacks in Syria - Mogherini Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- The European Union supports efforts to prevent chemical attacks in Syria, but the only possible solution to the Syrian crisis is political, not military, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sunday following the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.
• Macron Says He Told Putin Russia 'Complicit' in 'Syrian Chemical Weapons Use' Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that Paris convinced the US administration to "stay in Syria long term."
• Putin: Further Western Strikes in Syria Contrary to Int'l Law Will Lead to Chaos Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed the situation in Syria after a massive missile strike was conducted by the US, Britain and France against the country.
• Tripartite aggression on Syria revenge for defeat of terrorist proxies in Ghouta IRNA 15 Apr 2018 -- Syria's Permanent Representative at the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said that the tripartite US-British-French aggression on Syria came as a revenge for the defeat of these three countries' terrorist proxies in Ghouta.
• US-led strikes on Syria based on deception, wile: IRGC ISNA 15 Apr 2018 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has strongly condemned the recent airstrike by the United States, the United Kingdom and France on the Syria, saying it will strengthen the willpower of anti-terror resistance elements and deepen the Syrian nation's grudge against Western-Arab criminal aggressors.
• President in a phone call with Syrian counterpart: The 3 western countries' attack on Syria blatant support of terrorism ISNA 15 Apr 2018 -- President condemned the recent attack by the United States, the United Kingdom and France on the Syrian government and people and said, "Without a doubt, the three western countries and their supporters are responsible for the consequences of the act of aggression".
• The Leader in a meeting with officials and ambassadors: ISNA 15 Apr 2018 -- In a meeting with a group of Iranian officials, ambassadors of Muslim countries and people from all walks of life, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei described the dawn attack by the US and two Western countries against Syria as a crime.
• U.S. Says It's Still 'Locked And Loaded' For New Strikes In Syria RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- The United States has warned Syria's government that it is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Damascus carries out chemical attacks.
• US Conducted Missile Strike Against Syria Regardless of Its Own Laws - Moscow Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- Early in the morning on April 14, US President Donald Trump announced to the nation his decision to start a military action against Syria, punitive strike in response to unverified reports blaming Damascus for chemical weapons usage in the city of Douma, Eastern Ghouta.
• US: Syria Must Declare All Chemical Weapons Stockpile to Continue Geneva Process Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- The Syrian government has to declare the entire stockpile of chemical weapons in order to resume the political dialogue in Geneva, US State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
• UN Chief Warns of 'Full-Blown Military Escalation' Over Syria Attacks Sputnik 15 Apr 2018 -- As US President Donald Trump is said to be considering a full scale ground assault against the Syrian administration of President Bashar al-Assad, the top UN official has decried the onset of a new global Cold War and warned against "full-blown military escalation" in the war-torn region.
• Syrian Army announces Eastern Ghouta clear of terrorism IRNA 15 Apr 2018 -- The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces announced in a statement on Saturday evening that the Eastern Ghouta in Damascus Countryside is now completely clear of terrorism after all terrorists have been removed from Douma city.
• Top PKK terrorist killed in Turkish airstrikes in northern Iraq Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- The Turkish military says a high-profile member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group has been killed in a series of airstrikes carried out in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region late last month.
• Myanmar's repatriation of Rohingya publicity stunt, rights groups say Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Human rights groups have denounced as a publicity stunt a move by Myanmar's government announcing to have repatriated the first group of Rohingya refugees from among nearly 700,000 who fled a military crackdown to neighboring Bangladesh last year.
• UN blacklists Myanmar military for sexual abuse of Rohingya population Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- A report by the United Nations has blacklisted Myanmar's military for carrying out widespread sexual violence as a strategy to terrorize the Rohingya Muslim population and to drive them out of the land they lived in western Myanmar.
• Myanmar Announces Repatriation of First Rohingya Family VOA 15 Apr 2018 -- Myanmar said Saturday it has repatriated its first family of Rohingya refugees.
• UN chief, Security Council condemn deadly attack on peacekeepers in Mali UN News 15 Apr 2018 -- The United Nations Secretary-General is calling on political leaders in Mali to ensure those responsible for a deadly assault on peacekeepers serving in the north are brought to justice.

News Reports

• Russian Investigative Reporter Dies After Fall From Window; Editor Rejects Suicide RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Russian investigative journalist Maksim Borodin of Yekaterinburg has died of injuries sustained on April 12 when he fell from the window of his fifth-floor apartment.
• 100,000 Hungarians protest Prime Minister Orban's re-election Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Tens of thousands of people have flocked to the streets in Hungary's capital, Budapest, to protest the election of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to a third consecutive term in office.
• Montenegrins Go To The Polls With Djukanovic The Favorite RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Voters in Montenegro are heading to the polls with six-time prime minister and onetime president Milo Djukanovic the overwhelming favorite in a presidential election that comes at a crucial moment in the Adriatic nation's history.
• Montenegro's Djukanovic Defies Balkan Political Instability With Ability To Change RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Milo Djukanovic, who has led Montenegro from the presidency or the prime minister's office for decades, has been a master of change.
• Egypt's President Sisi extends state of emergency for three months Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has announced the extension of a nationwide state of emergency for three months.
• Talks between Officials of WPK and CPC Held KCNA 15 Apr 2018 -- Talks were held here on Saturday between Ri Su Yong, member of the Political Bureau and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
• North Korea's Kim meets senior Chinese official Press TV 15 Apr 2018 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with a senior Chinese diplomat in the North's capital city, Pyongyang, weeks after Kim traveled to China in a landmark visit that signified the opening up of North Korea.
• Salehi: Designing of Arak reactor platform ends IRNA 14 Apr 2018 -- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that designing of Arak reactor platform has finished, as it has received the seal of approval.
• Premier reiterates Taiwan-independence approach as 'pragmatic' CNA 15 Apr 2018 -- Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) on Sunday once again described his approach toward Taiwan independence as being pragmatic and based on three basic beliefs.
• European Commission To Endorse Accession Talks With Albania, Macedonia RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- The European Commission will recommend that the European Union opens accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia, according to a draft document seen by RFE/RL.
• Hungarian Election Officials Confirm Two-Thirds Majority For Orban's Party RFE/RL 15 Apr 2018 -- Election officials in Hungary have issued the final results of the country's April 8 parliamentary elections, confirming that the ruling Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has secured a two-thirds majority.