Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
***
BBC - CNN World - CSM World - LAT World - NYT World - WP World - VOA
WP National Security - WT National Security
American Forces Press Service - Abu Muqawama - Air Force Times
Armed Forces Journal - AOL Defense - Army Times - At War - CSM Backchannels
Battleland - Best Defense - Danger Room - Defense Tech - DoD Buzz - Early Warning
Foreign Affairs - Foreign Policy - David Ignatius
Infinity Journal - The Interpreter - Long War Journal - Marine Corps Gazette
Marine Corps Times - Military Review - National Defense - Navy Times - Parameters
Security Clearance - Stars & Stripes - Wings Over Iraq - ZenPundit
CNA - CNAS - CSIS - ILW - ISW - Rand - TJF
***
Afghanistan
Karzai Orders US Special Forces Out of Eastern Province - VOA
Afghanistan Bars Elite US Troops From a Key Province - NYT
Karzai Orders US Troops Out of Key Province - WP
US Special Forces 'Must Leave' Afghan Region - BBC
Afghanistan: US Special Forces Must Leave Province - AP
Karzai Edict Prompted by Reports - WT
Insurgents Launch 4 Attacks in Afghanistan - NYT
Suicide Bombers Target Afghan Intelligence Agency, Police - CSM
Suicide Bombers Target Afghan Security Forces - AP
Syria
Syrian Opposition’s Complaints Shadow Kerry’s First Official Trip - NYT
Kerry Takes Case on Syria to Europe, Mideast - AP
US Scrambles to Salvage Syrian Opposition Talks - AP
US Urges Syrian Opposition to Attend Rome Talks - Reuters
Syrian Rebels Storm Police Academy - WP
Syria Rebels Fight for Police Academy Near Aleppo - AP
Syrian Opposition Says Captures Former Nuclear Site - Reuters
How to Save Syria from Al-Qaeda - TDB opinion
Who Just Started Arming Syria's Rebels? - NOW opinion
Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Denies Drone Capture - AP
Iran Reports Death of Revolutionary Guards Officer - AP
Currency Dives, Buying Power of Iran’s Middle Class Too - WP
Iranian Media Criticize Oscar Win for ‘Argo’ - WP
N. Korea Shows Danger of Half-Deal with Iran - Bloomberg opinion
Middle East / North Africa
Israel, US Successfully Test Anti-Missile System - AP
Palestinians Dispute Israel’s Findings on a Prisoner’s Death - NYT
Israel on Heightened Alert After Death of Palestinian Prisoner - WP
Palestinian Prisoners Observe Inmate Death Protest Fast - AP
Egypt's Vote Won't Calm Turbulent Streets - NYT
Egypt Opposition Divided Over Whether to Boycott Elections - TT
Egypt's Mursi Invites Opposition to Dialogue on Elections - Reuters
Libya Struggles to Build a Military - CSM
US Department of Defense
Littoral Combat Ship Ready for First Overseas Deployment - S&S
Report: Few Women will Qualify for Land Combat - WT
Congress Taking Aim at Military Sexual Assaults - S&S
Pentagon Defends Using Animals to Train Medics to Save Lives - WP
Defense and the Sequester - NYT editorial
What a Defense Secretary Does - WS opinion
United States
White House Details Impact of Cuts on States - WP
White House Ups Rhetoric on Dangers of Sequester - WT
Budget War, Collateral Damage Could be Huge - USAT
Obama, GOP See No Need to Stop the Cuts - AP
Secretary of State Kerry Takes First Foreign Trip - VOA
US Secretary of State John Kerry on First Official Trip - BBC
Kerry Makes First Foreign Trip as Top US Diplomat - Reuters
Kerry Opens First Official Overseas Trip in London - AP
McCain Renews Threat to Hold up Brennan Confirmation to CIA Post - WP
The Manufactured Crisis of Sequester - WP opinion
How Unserious is Obama About National Security? - WP opinion
Africa
Nearly 100 Rebels Are Reported Killed in Mali Battle - NYT
Ten Chadian Soldiers Killed Fighting Islamists in Mali - Reuters
African Leaders Sign DR Congo Peace Deal - VOA
DR Congo Peace Accord is Signed - BBC
Congo Neighbors Agree Not to Support Armed Groups - AP
Fighting in Sudan's Darfur Region Kills 51 - Reuters
Sudan: Tribal Fighting in Darfur Leaves 60 Dead - AP
Kenya to Hold Final Presidential Debate Monday - VOA
Kenya: Mombasa Religious Leaders Urge Peace in Kenya Vote - VOA
Americas
Raúl Castro Says Current Term as President of Cuba Will Be His Last - NYT
Cuba's Raul Castro to Retire in 2018 - BBC
Cuba's Raul Castro Announces Retirement in 5 Years - AP
Castro's 2018 Retirement Looms for Cuba, Miami - AP
Fidel Castro Attends Cuba Parliament - BBC
Raul's Cuba: Some Tweaks, Same Old Regime - MH opinion
How Mexico Got Back in the Game - NYT opinion
Asia / Pacific
US Confronts Cyber-Cold War With China - NYT
New Hope for Vatican-China Relations - WP
Park Sworn in as S. Korea President - BBC
New S. Korean Leader Warns North Against Nuclear Pursuits - NYT
South Korea's New President Addresses North's Nuke Test - S&S
First Female S. Korean President Faces N. Korea Crisis - AP
S. Korea's New President Demands North Drop Nuclear Ambitions - Reuters
China's Secret Foreign Policy - MT opinion
Europe
Italians Begin to Vote in Two-Day General Election - NYT
Italy Votes in Key General Election - BBC
Merkel Raises Turks’ Hope Of European Union Entry - NYT
Spain Police Arrest 45 in Madrid After Protest - BBC
Serb Ultranationalists Gather for Jailed Leader - AP
South Asia
Two Pakistans, Side by Side - DS opinion
India Can't Shake the Gandhis - FP opinion