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• CJTF-OIR, partner forces liberate additional Syrian villages CENTCOM 22 Jan 2019 -- Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve continued supporting partner forces with precision air strikes and coordinated fires to degrade ISIS capabilities as well as building partner capability in the fight against ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, Syria, and Iraq, between Jan. 7 – 13, 2019.
• UK says to pull fighter jets from Syria after Trump's withdrawal decision Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- The British Royal Air Force (RAF) is set to call back more than half of its fighter jets from Syria after US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from the Arab country.
• UK Royal Air Force to Reduce Presence in Syria, Iraq – Report Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- The move was reportedly triggered by US President Donald Trump's announcement about the withdrawal of American troops stationed in Syria that will be carried out in the coming months.
• Taliban rejects news on Mullah Yaghoub killing IRNA 22 Jan 2019 -- Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed in a Twitter message rejected news on killing of Mullah Yaghoub, son of former leader of Taliban and member of Quetta Shura Mullah Mohammad Omar.
• Member of Taliban killed in Pakistan IRNA 22 Jan 2019 -- Afghan sources have announced that Mullah Yaghoub, son of former leader of Taliban and member of Quetta Shura Mullah Mohammad Omar, has been killed in Peshawar, Pakistan.
• At Least 65 Afghan Troops Killed In Taliban Assault, As Peace Talks Resume RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- Afghan officials say a Taliban attack on a military base to the west of Kabul killed at least 65 members of the country's security forces.
• Taliban Used US-Made Humvee in Ambush That Killed Dozens Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- A lethal Taliban attack on an Afghan intelligence compound made use of a stolen Humvee to storm the compound's gates and conduct a suicide bombing, illustrating how the US effort to arm counterterrorism forces ultimately provides weapons to terrorist groups.
• Afghan Officials: Monday's Attack on Military Base Killed 36 VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- Authorities in Afghanistan confirmed Tuesday that a Taliban attack the previous day on a key military base near Kabul killed at least 36 people and wounded 58 others.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Digital upgrades, new cockpit latest in Black Hawk improvements Army News 22 Jan 2019 -- In keeping with technological advancements and modernization, a Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) Induction ceremony was held January 9 to mark the beginning of the newest upgrades to the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter.
• DOD Moves Closer to Implementing Changes to Transgender Policy DoD News 22 Jan 2019 -- Following a ruling from the Supreme Court, the Defense Department is moving closer to implementing changes to its transgender policy.
• Supreme Court Upholds Trump Restrictions on Transgender Military Service VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can enforce its restrictions on transgender people in the military while lower court cases contesting their exclusion are continuing to be heard.
• Spruance Completes MDVR in Jebel Ali NNS 22 Jan 2019 -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departed Jebel Ali, after completing a mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR), Jan. 13.
• Maritime Warfare Exercise Conducted by France, United Kingdom, Australia, US in C5F NNS 22 Jan 2019 -- Maritime forces from France, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States participated in the maritime warfare exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 15-17.
• 704th Test Group successfully leads Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign AFNS 22 Jan 2019 -- After the success of the first range experiment of the Directed Energy Experimentation Campaign at White Sands Missile Range, in October 2018, the 704th Test Group's Directed Energy Combined Test Force is now planning future experiments in support of the campaign.
• Multinational exercise encourages Soldiers to take on new roles, challenges Army News 22 Jan 2019 -- U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division along with more than 5,500 service members from 16 nations participated in the first phase of Combined Resolve XI at the Joint Multinational Training Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Nov. 26-Dec.14, 2018.
• IMDO and MDA Successfully Complete a Flight Test of the Arrow Weapon System MDA 22 Jan 2019-- Today, January 22, 2019 the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of the Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) at Israel's Ministry of Defense, together with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), successfully completed a test of the 'Arrow 3' Weapon System.
• Russian Military Detects Launch of Israeli Missile Drone Over Mediterranean Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli media reported citing Israel's Defence Ministry that the state military together with the US National Missile Defence Agency had conducted an Arrow 3 missile defence system test.
• Israel Successfully Tests Arrow 3 Air Defence System Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- The Israeli military together with the US National Missile Defence Agency have conducted an Arrow 3 missile defence system test, Israeli media reported, citing the Israeli Defence Ministry.
• Norwegian Defence Chief Bemoans 'Tragic' Frigate Loss in NATO War Games Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- In an annual speech, Norwegian Chief of Defence has lamented the dramatic loss of a frigate following the major NATO drill Trident Juncture and utilised the "Russian threat" as a pretext for a naval beef-up.
• Russian Heavy Bomber Crash-Lands In Murmansk Region, Killing Three Crew RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- A Russian long-range bomber has crash-landed in the Arctic, killing three of its crew of four, officials said on January 22.
• Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes During Landing in Murmansk Region - Russian MoD Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- Two crew members of a Tu-22M3 have died and two more were injured during a hard landing in Russia's Murmansk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement.
• China's Rocket Force conducts mock ICBM strike exercise Global Times 22 Jan 2019 -- The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force conducted a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strike mission from an underground bunker against an imaginary enemy, the country's national television reported Monday.
• US Intelligence Report: China Building Two New Stealth Bombers Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- China's air force is working on two new stealth bombers to replace its aging fleet of Soviet-era Xian H-6 bombers, a new US intelligence report says. While Beijing confirmed the existence of one, the B-2 Spirit-like H-20, in October, the second is being called the JH-XX by observers and is rumored to be a medium bomber.
• North Korea Has 20 Undeclared Missile Operating Bases – Report Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- DPRK has at least 20 missile operating bases, with one of them serving as a missile headquarters, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) which was published on Monday.
• Remarks to the World Economic Forum US Dept. of State 22 Jan 2019 -- Remarks by Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of Statee

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• 22 January 2019 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 22 Jan 2019
• Yemen accuses Saudis of breaching truce 306 times IRNA 22 Jan 2019 -- Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman has accused the Saudi-led coalition of repeatedly breaching ceasefire agreement in Yemen, saying that it has violated the truce 306 times over the last 48 hours.
• Hamas to Chad: Normalization with Israel 'stab in the back' of Palestine Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- The Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has denounced Chad's normalization of relations with Israel as a "stab in the back" of the Palestinian nation, calling on the N'Djamena government to reconsider the move.
• Foreign Secretary announces new UK funding to support UN peace process in Yemen UK FCO 22 Jan 2019 -- Today the UK Government has announced £2.5 million in additional funding to the UN peace process in Yemen.
• Syria destroys terrorists' positions in Hama, Idlib IRNA 22 Jan 2019 -- Syrian Army units have conducted operations against terrorist groups' positions in the vicinity of Lahaya village in Hama's northern countryside in retaliation to their breaches of the de-escalation zone agreement.
• Iran Will Remain in Syria as Long as We're Asked to – Top Security Official Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- The comments by the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council came the same day that Israel carried out a series of strikes on alleged Iranian targets in Syria.
• Tensions Between Israel and Iran Rise Over Syria VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- Twenty-one people were killed by Israeli airstrikes Monday in Syria. The dead reportedly including 12 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
• Iraqi Scientist REVEALS How He 'Helped' Daesh Make Chemical Weapons Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- A 52-year-old Iraqi geologist claims to have spearheaded the manufacture of chemical weapons for Daesh over a period of 15 months, The Washington Post reported.
• Japan's Abe heads to Russia to discuss disputed islands with Putin Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday over a group of Pacific islands claimed by both sides, amid low hope for a solution to the decades-old dispute.
• Russia's Putin Says 'Painstaking Work' Remains Before Peace Deal With Japan RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that "painstaking work" remains before Russia can conclude a peace treaty with Japan to formally end World War II.
• Russia, Japan Confirm Interest in Signing Peace Treaty - Putin Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- Abe Shed Light on Recent Talks
• India's Crackdown on Rohingyas Has Prompted A Reverse Exodus – Reports Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- After the Indian government launched a crackdown on illegal immigrants, a reverse exodus of Rohingyas from India to Bangladesh has gathered momentum. In the last few weeks, as many as 1,300 Rohingyas taking shelter in India have reportedly crossed over to Bangladesh, according to the Bangladeshi refugee relief and repatriation commissioner.
• Colombian ELN Militants Claim Responsibility for Bogota Attack Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- The Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a police school in Bogota, which left 21 people killed and 68 others injured last week.
• Fuel crisis rapidly draining last 'coping capacities' of Palestinians in Gaza UN News 22 Jan 2019 -- A worsening fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip enclave is putting patients' lives at risk with power supplies for operating theaters under constant threat, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
• Nigeria: Armed conflict continues to uproot thousands, driving up humanitarian need UN News 22 Jan 2019 -- Since November, more than 80,000 Nigerians have been forcibly displaced due to ongoing violence in the north-east, adding to two million people already displaced by violence, or forced across the country's borders as refugees, the UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
• Cameroon Mobilizes Military Following Boko Haram, Separatist Attacks VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- Cameroon says it is mobilizing troops along the country's northern border with Nigeria and in the western English-speaking regions, following renewed attacks by Boko Haram in the north and separatists in the west.
• Amending Guatemala 'reconciliation law' would lead to unjust amnesty, warns Bachelet UN News 22 Jan 2019 -- A bid to give amnesty to all those found guilty of grave human rights crimes during Guatemala's decades-long civil war, by amending the National Reconciliation Law, could represent a "drastic set-back" to the whole legal system and overall accountability, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has said.
• Hopes for Palestinian State hit by 'facts on the ground' : senior UN official UN News 22 Jan 2019 -- The possibility of establishing a "viable, contiguous Palestinian state" has been "systematically eroded by facts on the ground," Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, ahead of the quarterly open debate on the Middle East (Israel/Palestine).

News Reports

• Strategy Promotes Integration, Innovation, Partnerships, and Transparency for the 17 Intelligence Elements Director of National Intelligence 22 Jan 2019 -- Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats unveiled the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) today. The NIS is the guiding strategy for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and will drive the strategic direction for the Nation's 17 IC elements for the next four years.
• New US Intel Strategy Warns of More 'Turbulent' Times Ahead VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- U.S. intelligence agencies trying to plot their course for the next four years are facing an ever more chaotic world, complicated by a weakening of the Western-led international order, rapidly changing technology, and persistent worries over uncertain funding.
• American Jailed On Spy Charge In Russia Was Set Up, Lawyer Suggests RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- A lawyer for Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia on an espionage charge, says his client did not know that a USB stick he was given in his hotel room moments before his arrest contained state secrets.
• Espionage Suspect Whelan Had Classified Docs at Detention in Russia - Attorney Sputnik 22 Jan 2019 -- Vladimir Zherebenkov, attorney for espionage suspect Paul Whelan, told Sputnik on Monday that his client was found to be in possession of classified documents at the time he was detained last month in Moscow.
• Russian Court Denies Bail to Former US Marine Accused of Spying VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- A court in Russia has denied bail to an American man being held on spying charges.
• EU sanctions Russians, Syrians over alleged links to chemical attacks Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- The European Union has imposed sanctions against a number of Russian and Syrian individuals over what it claims to be their links to chemical weapons attacks.
• Russian Anti-Doping Agency Avoids New Punishment Over Missing Deadline RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) remains compliant and will face no new penalties for delaying access to data from its Moscow laboratory, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says.
• U.S. Says Mideast Conference In Warsaw Not Aimed At Demonizing Iran RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- An international conference on the Middle East in Warsaw next month is aimed at promoting stability in the region, not at demonizing Iran, the United States has said.
• Anti-Sanction Committee in Iran's parliament formed IRNA 22 Jan 2019 -- An Iranian parliamentarian while pointing to the US efforts to reduce Iran's oil sales, stressed that in order to circumvent the sanctions, the Anti-Sanctions Committee in the parliament was formed and the ways to skirt oil sanctions were presented.
• Iran impossible to sanction, able to sell oil: Veep Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri believes it is impossible to sanction Iran, a day after saying the country was selling as much oil as it needed despite US sanctions.
• Erdogan Visits Moscow with Looming Turkish Military Op in Syria VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. The visit comes as Turkish forces are poised to launch a major military operation against the Syrian YPG Kurdish militia.
• Turkey says planning intl. probe into murder of Saudi critic Khashoggi Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- Turkey says it is making preparations to launch an international investigation into the gruesome assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, slamming certain Western countries for what it calls attempts to whitewash the murder.
• Indonesian President Changes Course on Release of Radical Cleric VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- Indonesia is placing conditions on the pending early release of Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 bombings on Bali island.
• Michigan Residents Arrested for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIS US Dept. of Justice 22 Jan 2019 -- Three residents of Lansing, Michigan, were arrested without incident Monday afternoon for conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
• China grants Egypt 72 mln USD for satellite project People's Daily 22 Jan 2019 -- Egypt and China signed on Monday an agreement on a 72-million-U.S. dollar Chinese grant for Egypt's satellite Sat II project, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.
• UK Labour Party leader pushes for parliament vote on second Brexit referendum Press TV 22 Jan 2019 -- Britain's opposition Labour Party has proposed an amendment to a parliamentary motion on the country's withdrawal from the European Union which could pave the way for a second Brexit referendum.
• Britain's Brexit-Battered Party Leaders 'Hope Something Turns Up' VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- They're united in nothing when it comes to political philosophy, but the leaders of Britain's two main political parties share a similar Brexit-related conundrum – namely, how can they corral their fractious lawmakers?
• Ex-PM Tymoshenko Launches Bid For Ukrainian Presidency RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has officially announced she will run for president, with polls showing her as the front-runner in the March presidential election.
• Uzbek President Seeks Improved Ties With Germany During Visit RFE/RL 22 Jan 2019 -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev, in Germany as part of his bid to end long years of relative isolation for his Central Asian country, says he wants to bring relations with Germany to "a tangibly new and higher level."
• Witnesses Reveal Chilling Details of Zimbabwe Violence VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- The Zimbabwean government's crackdown on fuel hike protesters has seen at least 12 people killed and more than 300 wounded in clashes with security forces, and as many as 600 people arrested.
• South African Leader Calls for Lifting of Zimbabwe Sanctions VOA 22 Jan 2019 -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is calling for sanctions on Zimbabwe to be lifted, saying this action would help the country's shattered economy recover. Ramaphosa, who is to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, made a stopover in Geneva to attend the centennial celebration of the International Labor Organization.