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September 23, 2015

Amid Fresh Tension Over Syria, Obama and Putin Seek to Meet

Obama’s Collapsing War on the Islamic State by 20committee

US-Trained Syrian Rebels Investigating Alleged Defection

Putin’s closest ally – and his biggest liability | Oliver Bullough

News Roundup and Notes: September 23, 2015 by Nadia O'Mara

Green Beret axed for rescuing Afghan child sex slave

Pentagon denies allegations US-trained New Syrian Forces defected

Millions more government fingerprints deemed stolen

Refugee crisis: The Iraqi men whose pursuit of a better life in Europe ended in mass suffocation

Insurgent group pledges allegiance to al Qaeda's Syria wing

Working with Russia in Syria is dicey prospect for U.S.

A Sept. 15 satellite image with annotations provided by GeoNorth, AllSource Analysis, Airbus shows Russian tanks and armed personnel carriers at an air base in Latakia province, Syria. (Photo: AP)

"The buildup is one of Moscow's most aggressive military provocations in years and could be a vital lifeline for the Assad regime, whose forces have suffered a series of battlefield losses to Islamic State extremists and other rebel groups.

The U.S. and Russia both are eager to defeat the Islamic State militants in Syria but otherwise are backing different factions in the civil war.

The level of communication and cooperation that will emerge between the two militaries remains unclear. Cooperation could include sharing tactical information about flight plans or troop movements to avoid in-air collisions or inadvertent strikes. The two militaries could coordinate strategic plans to defeat Islamic State militants. And they could discuss military aspects of a long-term political solution to the four-and-a-half-year-old civil war."

U.S.-trained Syria rebels lose officer, investigate al Qaeda claims

Putin Opens New Moscow Mosque, Warns Against Extremists

Egypt Buys Two French Warships Originally Built for Russia

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Kerry says Russian support for Assad risks confrontation | Reuters

Kerry Calls On Russia, Iran To Help End Syria Conflict

Report: Two More Syria Sites Could Host Russian Forces

Russia may put missiles in Kaliningrad if U.S. upgrades nuclear arms in Germany: Interfax | Reuters

US-Trained Syrian Rebels Investigating Alleged Defection - ABC News

Did a U.S.-Trained Syrian Rebel Commander Defect to al Qaeda? - The Daily Beast

News Roundup and Notes: September 23, 2015 | Just Security

US intelligence services accused of 'mass, indiscriminate surveillance' | US news | The Guardian

China's president promises to cooperate on cyber security issues - The Washington Post

Egypt To Buy Mistral Warships Originally Built For Russia

Putin Opens Moscow’s Most Elaborate Mosque - The New York Times

Putin praises anti-extremism efforts as Moscow mosque reopens - BBC News

Putin’s closest ally – and his biggest liability | Oliver Bullough | World news | The Guardian

Syria conflict: Russia sends signal over future role in region - BBC News

What's Happening to Our Police?

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» Send Economic Migrants Back Home, Says PM
23/09/15 08:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News. As David Cameron prepares for an emergency summit on the refugee crisis, he urges fellow leaders to send economic migrants home.

» Drones build rope bridge – video
23/09/15 08:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Three quadcopter drones programmed by researchers self-assemble a bridge using ropes. The structure measures 7.4 metres long, consists of nine rope segments for a total r...

» World Leaders Gather at UN to Discuss Global Challenges
23/09/15 08:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. World leaders are about to converge on the United Nations in their largest numbers yet. More than 150 presidents and prime ministers will attend this year’s General Assembly which also m...

» Armenian Groups Don't Know Political Asylum Seeker In Azerbaijan
23/09/15 08:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Opposition and civil activists in Armenia say they don’t know a man who asked for political asylum in Azerbaijan last week, claiming to be an Armenian civic activist pers...

» Captured Al-Qaeda Commander Fires Military Lawyers, Delaying Case
23/09/15 08:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. An Iraqi prisoner accused of running Al-Qaeda’s army in Afghanistan fired his two military lawyers September 22, indefinitely stalling the only war-court case that had be...

» Pope, Putin, Xi, Merkel, Rohani In All-Star Lineup At UN Meeting
23/09/15 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The United Nations annual meeting starting September 25 will feature an unusually star-studded cast of speakers, including Pope Francis and the leaders of Russia, China, ...

» Iraq's Abadi, 100 Other Leaders To Join U.S. Counterterrorism Summit
23/09/15 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is among more than 100 leaders taking part in a counterterrorism summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama at the United Nations n...

» Erdogan, Abbas In Moscow For Mosque Opening
23/09/15 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas are in Russia for the opening of the new Moscow Cathedral Mosqu

» Russia Pledges Measures If U.S. Upgrades Nukes In Germany
23/09/15 08:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russia says it would be forced to take countermeasures to restore the "balance of power" in Europe if media reports saying the United States plans to upgrade nuclear weap...

» Putin Opens Largest Mosque In Moscow
23/09/15 08:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian President Vladimir Putin led the ceremonial opening of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, the largest mosque in the Russian capital, on September 23. The new mosque was...

» Egypt To Buy Mistral Warships Originally Built For Russia
23/09/15 08:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. French President Francois Hollande says an agreement has been reached with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to purchase the two French Mistral helicopter carriers ...

» Orban mobilizes Hungary's troops, prisoners, jobless to fence out migrants
23/09/15 08:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. SAROK, Hungary (Reuters) - Built in a matter of weeks by soldiers, prison laborers and cadres of the unemployed, a vast new wall along Balkan frontiers is a monument to the ruthless ef...

» Kerry says Russian support for Assad risks confrontation
23/09/15 08:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday Russia's military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could raise the risk of confrontation with coalitio...

» Kerry Calls On Russia, Iran To Help End Syria Conflict
22/09/15 22:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Russia and Iran to help with diplomatic efforts to end the four-year conflict in Syria

» Report: Two More Syria Sites Could Host Russian Forces
22/09/15 22:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A specialist defense publication says satellite photos taken in mid-September show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria's Mediterranean...

» U.S. Air Strike Killed Islamic State 'Sex Slave Facilitator" In Iraq
22/09/15 22:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Coalition forces killed a senior leader of the Islamic State group in an air strike in Iraq, the Pentagon said September 22.

» 3,567,6843,567,6842015-09-22» Bellingcat: новые фото подтверждают участие России в войне на Украине
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» AP Top News at 7:18 p.m. EDT
22/09/15 21:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheUnion local.com | TheUnion.com. AP Top News at 7:18 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his humble manner and his "churc...

» New York, New Hampshire, Louisiana & Minnesota Residents Will Need Passports To Fly Domestic
22/09/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from In Homeland Security. Forget about delays, flying domestic just got more difficult. Following increased security measures after September 11th, a new act is calling into question the fortitude of some stat...

» Winding Down the War on Drugs - Harvard International Review
22/09/15 20:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from international drug trafficking organizations - Google Blog Search. The United States then turned its attention to Escobar's major rival, the Cali Cartel, which, with Escobar out of the picture, quickly bec...

» Could Russia Have Had a Role in Recent PKK Attacks on Turkish Pipelines?
22/09/15 20:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Eurasia Daily Monitor - The Jamestown Foundation. On August 25, an explosion occurred on the South Caucasus Pipeline (also known as the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline), which transports natural gas from Aze...

» Chinese aircraft performed 'unsafe' maneuver near U.S. plane: Pentagon
22/09/15 20:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese aircraft performed an unsafe maneuver during an air intercept of a U.S. spy plane last week, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday, an incident revealed...

» Book Examines Islamic State's History, Tactics, Vision
22/09/15 20:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. An American analyst on violent extremism and radical Islam argues that the focus on state building, the belief that fear is the quickest path to power, and an apocalyptic vision are the r...

» Bellingcat: новые фото подтверждают участие России в войне на Украине - BBC Russian
22/09/15 17:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. BBC Russian Bellingcat: новые фото подтверждают участие России в войне на Украине BBC Russian Занимающаяся расследованиями экспертно-журналистская группа Bellingcat обнародовала от...

» The Fool, Russia, and Ukraine - World Affairs (blog)
22/09/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. World Affairs (blog) The Fool, Russia , and Ukraine World Affairs (blog) With The Fool (Durak), 34-year-old Russian film director Yuri Bykov has officially become his country's Cassan...

» 'Putin's banker' fears for his life in France, as he sues Russia for billions
22/09/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. A Russian billionaire once known as "Putin's banker" fears for his life in France, his lawyers said on Tuesday, as they launched a £8 billion lawsuit ...

» ‘Kremlin’s banker’ sues Moscow for $12bn
22/09/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Sergei Pugachev case will further complicate Russian efforts to rebuild its investment image

» Former Putin Associate Files Arbitration Claim Against Russia - Wall Street Journal
22/09/15 17:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal Former Putin Associate Files Arbitration Claim Against Russia Wall Street Journal A former banker and longtime associate of President Vladimir Putin has filed a $1...

» Russian Imports Plunge 39 Percent as Recession Takes Hold
22/09/15 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. The value of goods imported by Russia from outside the former Soviet Union tumbled 39 percent in the first eight months of this year compared to the same period in 2014, as a ...

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