Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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IS / ISIS / ISIL
Coalition Growing to Counter Islamic State Militants - VOA
Joint Staff Director: Arab Nations Bring Professionalism to ISIL Fight - AFPS
France to Pursue Islamic State Militants Despite Beheading - VOA
Turkey, Still Coy, Joins Fight Against Militants - AP
Revenue Sources for ISIS Are Crucial Targets, US Says - NYT
ISIS Draws New Members In By Offering A Lavish Lifestyle, Money And Sex - IJR
'More than 3,000' Europeans with IS - BBC
US Has Identified the Killer of Two Beheaded American Journalists - WP
Militant in Beheading Videos Has Been Identified, FBI Chief Says - NYT
US May Have Identified Man in Beheading Videos - AP
Masked Man in IS Videos 'Identified' - BBC
Islamic State 'Brand' Gains Ground Among Asian Militants - Reuters
Congress Should Pass Authorization for Using Force Against the IS - WP Editorial
Jihad, by the Book - WP Opinion
No, Containing ISIL is Not “Good Enough” - WOTR Opinion
Fighting the Islamic State - WP
Why America Can't Win its Wars: Key Answers to Defeat IS - UPI Opinion
Bravo, Prime Minister Cameron - NYT Opinion
Syria
US Struggles to Strike Assad’s Foes Without Aiding Assad - NYT
Arab Militaries Lead Third Round of Syria Strikes - VOA
US Airstrikes Kill One of Khorasan’s Leaders - WP
US Releases IS Oil Strike Images - BBC
Warplanes Blast Militants’ Refineries in Syria, Targeting a Source of Cash - NYT
US: Airstrikes Disabled Refineries - WP
US-Led Strikes Hit IS Group Oil Sites for 2nd Day - AP
Syria's Islamic Rebels Fear US Could Hit Them - AP
Pentagon: No Evidence that Airstrikes Killed Civilians Despite Reports - LAT
Turkey's Kurds Warn Ankara's Syria Policy Threatens Peace Process - VOA
Malaysia Detains 3 Militants Heading to Syria - AP
Don’t Expect War Authorization Vote in Lame-duck Session - CQRC
Arab Woman Led Airstrikes Over Syria - NYT
Humanitarian Arm of Syrian Opposition Stumbles at Audit Hurdle - Reuters
Obama’s Real Syria Plan - WP Opinion
Iraq
US Army Sending Division HQ Element to Iraq - S&S
New Iraqi Premier Backs US Air Campaign, Within Limits - NYT
Iraqi PM: IS Militants Planning Attacks on Paris, US Subway Systems - Reuters
Female Human Rights Lawyer in Mosul Shot by Firing Squad - WP
Women’s Rights Activist Executed by ISIS in Iraq - NYT
Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State - AP
UK MPs to Vote on IS Iraq Air Strikes - BBC
Afghanistan
Afghan Runner-Up, in Tone of Compromise, Confirms He Will Join Government - NYT
Abdullah Says He Will Work With Ghani to 'Save Afghanistan' - S&S
New Afghan Government Seeks Better Relations With Pakistan - VOA
Pakistan Gets the Blame as Taliban Fighters Kill More Afghan Soldiers - WP
Taliban Storm District Near Afghan Capital, 100 Killed - Reuters
NATO Leader Confident in Afghan Security After Political Power Deal - VOA Interview
'One Million Steps' by Bing West - WSJ Book Review
Afghanistan’s Failed Transformation - NYT Opinion
Terrorism / Counterterrorism / Jihadists
As Focus Shifts to Syria, a US Foe Continues to Endure - WP
FBI Chief: Khorasan Plot May Still Be Alive - VOA
Radicalization of NC Jihadist Came Gradually, FBI Files Show - McClatchy
British Police Arrest 9 in Antiterror Sweep - NYT
UK Counterterror Police Arrest 9 Men in London - AP
Australian Terror Suspect May Not Have Acted Alone - AP
US Embassy Issues Security Warning for Personnel in Turkey - S&S
US: No Evidence of IS Subways Plots - BBC
Report of Islamic State Terror Threat to Subways Met With Doubt - NYT
Boston Bomb Trial Delayed Two Months - BBC
Islam
Islam, Heal Thyself - VOA Opinion
How Does Islam Relate to Christianity and Judaism? - NYT Opinion
United Nations
Obama: Ebola Threat to 'Regional, Global Security' - VOA
Global Response to Ebola Is Too Slow, Obama Warns - NYT
Echoes of Bush in Obama's UN Speech - Bloomberg
Egypt Slams Turkish Leader Erdogan After UN Speech - JP
Iran Leader Blames West for Islamic State's Rise - VOA
Iran’s President Says West’s ‘Blunders’ Aided Rise of Islamic State - NYT
What Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Seeks - NYT
President Mahmoud Abbas Preps for UN Speech - NYT
In UN Talk, Japan Leader Makes Pitch to Neighbors - NYT
Security Council Urged to Spare Veto in Atrocities - AP
Unsettling Story Emerges of Syria, Iraq, and Fighting the Islamic State - FP Opinion
A Foreign Policy Turning Point or a Moral-Equivalence Blunder? - NYT Opinion
US Department of Defense
Military Path Opened for Young Immigrants - NYT
Murky Definition of 'Boots on the Ground' in Recent Conflicts - Bloomberg
Nuclear Work Suspended at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Following Two Incidents - USNI
A Step Closer to Banning Landmines - NYT Editorial
United States
Eric Holder Resigns, Setting Up Fight Over Successor - NYT
Holder Plans to Resign, Leaving a Mixed Legacy - WP
White House: Holder Resigning as Attorney General - AP
New Electronic Form to Streamline Chaotic VA Claims Process - S&S
US Allows Use of Drones for Filming - BBC
Drone Exemptions for Hollywood Pave the Way for Widespread Use - NYT
Former GSA Official Indicted in a Fraud Case - NYT
Eric Holder’s Legacy - NYT Editorial
A President Awakens - NYT Opinion
Africa
US Senator Wants More Troop Safety Details Before Approving Ebola Funds - AP
Sierra Leone Isolates 3 More Areas in Response to Ebola - VOA
Ebola Epidemic Worsening, Sierra Leone Expands Quarantine Restrictions - NYT
Sierra Leone Widens Ebola Quarantine - BBC
US Envoy: Washington Ready to Expand S. Sudan Sanctions to End Violence - Reuters
Boko Haram 'Leader', Killed Repeatedly, Continues to Threaten Nigeria - Reuters
Rights Groups Hail ICC Probe Into CAR War Crimes - VOA
Gambia Leader Wants UN Probe of Migrant Deaths - AP
Americas / Caribbean
Mexico Army Holds 8 Soldiers in June Killing of 22 - AP
Eight Mexican Military Detained Over Alleged Gang Shootout - Reuters
Mexico Frees Drug Lord's Nephew - BBC
Venezuela Suffers Another Blackout - VOA
Bomb Explodes in Chile, Kills Man Handling It - VOA
Cuba: Castro Names Reform 'Czar' as Economy Minister - AP
Cuba Promotes Official Who Has Led Market-Style Reforms - Reuters
Asia / Pacific
Pacom Commander Discusses US-China Military Encounters - AFPS
China Says 50 Dead in Violence in Xinjiang - VOA
China: At Least 50 Killed in Xinjiang Violence, Officials Say - NYT
China: ‘Fifty Dead’ in Xinjiang Violence - BBC
China State Media Say 50 Killed in Far West Attack - AP
Chinese State Media Lash Out at Criticism of Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence - VOA
In UN Talk, Japan Leader Makes Pitch to Neighbors - NYT
North Korean Threat Underscores Need for Land Mine Exemption - S&S
South Korea Buying 40 F-35A Jets from Lockheed for $7 Billion - S&S
Australia to Pay Cambodia $35 Million in Refugee Deal - VOA
Parliament in Indonesia Rolls Back Election Rights - NYT
Indonesia Scraps Local Leader Polls - BBC
Indonesia Votes to Scrap Direct Elections - AP
Cambodia, Australia Agree on Refugee Resettlement Plan - Reuters
Activists Outraged Over Cambodia-Australia Refugee Deal - Reuters
Beijing’s Latest Crackdown - WP Editorial
The Price of China's Uighur Repression - NYT Opinion
In Hong Kong, Is Limited Democracy Better Than None? - NYT Opinion
Europe
Poroshenko Says Ukraine to Apply to Join EU in 2020 - VOA
Ukrainian President Sets Sights on Closer EU Ties - NYT
Ukraine President Sets 2020 as EU Target Date, Defends Peace Plan - Reuters
Ukraine: Poroshenko Sure that Peace is On the Way - AP
Russia, Ukraine in EU-Brokered Talks on Gas - AP
Ukrainian, Russian Officials Start Work to Set Up 'Buffer Zone' in East - Reuters
US Military Concerned by Russian Cold War-style Bomber Flights - VOA
France: Sarkozy Launches Political Comeback - BBC
Cyprus Ship Migrants 'Won't Leave' - BBC
Fostering National Identity But Not Nationalism - NYT Opinion
Middle East / North Africa
US Negotiator Cites Progress in Iran Nuclear Talks - VOA
US Considers New Offer to Iran at Nuke Talks - AP
Germany: We've Never Been So Close to Nuclear Deal With Iran - Reuters
Fatah, Hamas Agree to Unity Control in Gaza - VOA
Hamas to Let Rivals Run Government in Gaza Strip - WP
Rival Palestinian Factions Agree to Resolve Differences, Leaders Say - NYT
Unity Government 'to Return to Gaza' - BBC
Arab Resolution on Israel Defeated at IAEA Meeting - AP
US Orders Some of its Diplomats Out of Yemen - WP
Watchdog Warns of Attacks on Journalists in Yemen - AP
Lebanon Raids Arsal Refugee Camps - BBC
From Jubilation in Tahrir, Egypt Returns to Mubarak-Era Politics - Reuters
Tunisians Following a Path of Less Rancor - NYT
Wartime Sexual Violence is Not Just a ‘Weapon of War’ - WP Opinion
South Asia
Defying Expectations in India, Modi Begins Key Trip to US - NYT
India's Modi Faces US Damages Case Over Gujarat Riots - Reuters
India and China 'to Withdraw Troops' - BBC
US Offers Big Arms Contract, Tech to India - HT
Hardline Indian Hindu Group Warns Muslims, Christians From Festival - Reuters
What Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Seeks - NYT
Pakistani Guard Shoots Prisoner Convicted of Blasphemy - NYT
India’s Mars Shot - NYT Editorial