Small Wars Journal Daily Roundup
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IS / ISIS / ISIL
Obama Says Coalition Is in Long-Term Fight Against Militants - NYT
Obama Defends Strategy for Battling Islamic State - McClatchy
Obama, Foreign Military Chiefs Coordinate Islamic State Plans - Reuters
Obama Rallies Allies as Doubts Grow on Islamic State Plan - Bloomberg
US-led Coalition Targeting Islamic State is Beset by Strategic Differences - WP
Kerry Says Russia Will Help Fight Jihadists - WP
US and Russia Agree to Share More Intelligence on ISIS - NYT
US, Russia Vow Intel-sharing on Islamic State - AP
Pakistani Taliban Rift Over IS Loyalties - RFE/RL
US, Partners Continue Airstrikes Against ISIL - USCENTCOM
US Needs a More Aggressive ISIS Strategy Now - Politico Opinion
Will Obama Escalate in the Middle East? - WP Opinion
A Large-Scale Raid to Take Out ISIS - NYP Opinion
ISIS Says Quran Allows Enslaving Women. Will Clerical Leaders Respond? - WSJ Opinion
Iraq
Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Accused of Revenge Killings of Sunni Civilians - VOA
Iraq Shi'ite Militias 'Killing With Impunity' - RFE/RL
ISIS Bomber Hits Baghdad, Killing 24 - NYT
Islamic State Kills Iraq Journalists - BBC
Australian Troops to Iraq Held Up by Legal Matters - AP
MG Pittard to be Replaced as Leader of US Forces in Iraq - ABC
The Secret US Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons - NYT
Obama Is Working With the Wrong Partners in Iraq - DO Opinion
Why Iraq’s American-Trained Army Failed - AC Opinion
POTUS' Uncertain Trumpet - UPI Opinion
Syria
US Steps Up Air Strikes in Kobane - BBC
UK Troops Could Train anti-IS rebels - BBC
Anger as Wounded Kurdish Fighters Die Stranded at Turkish Border - Reuters
Istanbul Rattled by Signs of Islamic State Support - AP
CIA Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels - NYT
The Fall of Kobane: The Impact on Turkey, Kurds and the United States - WOTR Opinion
A Missing Ally Against ISIS - NYT Debate (6 Op-Eds)
Turkey / PKK
Turkey Bombs Kurdish Separatists - VOA
Turkey Strikes Kurdish Rebels, Complicating US-led Fight - WP
Turkish Jets Bomb Kurdish PKK Rebels - BBC
Turkey Bombs Kurdish Hideaways as Tension Threatens Peace Process - LAT
Turkish Airstrikes on PKK Threatens Peace Process - VOA
Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban Attacks Kill 8 - RFE/RL
Jolting Some, Afghan Leader Brings Wife Into the Picture - NYT
Terrorism / Counterterrorism / Jihadists
Kerry Says Russia Will Help Fight Jihadists - WP
Pakistan, US Appear Once Again to be Cooperating on Drone Strikes - McClatchy
New Charges for Benghazi 'Ringleader' - BBC
US Files More Charges in Benghazi Attack - NYT
US Files Death Penalty Charges Against Benghazi Suspect - Reuters
UK: Six Arrested by anti-Terror Police - BBC
UK Terror Trial: Suspect 'Had Tony Blair's Address' - BBC
Recurring Terrorist Nightmares - UPI Opinion
US Department of Defense
Military Leaders Say Deeper Cuts Could Cripple Mission - FO
Odierno: 'Military Risk is Accumulating Exponentially' - S&S
Military's War Colleges Take Steep Budget Hits - MT
Cold War Spy Plane Isn’t Ready to Retire - CQRC
Hagel Meets with Western Hemisphere Defense Ministers in Peru - DMA
Probe of Bergdahl Capture by Taliban Complete, Under Army Review - Reuters
Report Sees Flaws in Case Against Vanishing Marine - AP
This New Suit for Soldiers Recharges Batteries With No Wires - WP
Is America's Military Too Small for Obama's New War on Terror? - Politico Opinion
Building Army Forces for Future War - DN Opinion
Stop Sequestering Defense - DN Opinion
The Master Strategist is Still a Myth - WOTR Opinion
United States
The Time of Great American Leadership is Over - FP Opinion
Ebola
WHO: West African Ebola Rate Underreported - VOA
Ebola Death Toll Rises to 4,447 - BBC
WHO: Ebola Cases Expected to Top 9,000 Soon - VOA
New Ebola Cases May Soon Reach 10,000 a Week - NYT
Up to 10,000 New Ebola Cases a Week Projected - WP
Ebola Fight in Africa Is Hurt by Limits on Ways to Get Out - NYT
Spain Exposes Holes in West’s Readiness for Treating Ebola - NYT
German Hospital: UN Worker Dies of Ebola - AP
Scientists Rein In Fears of a Virus Whose Mysteries Tend to Invite Speculation - NYT
CDC Says It Should Have Acted Faster in Dallas - NYT
US Ebola Fears Fuel New Demand for Protective Gear - Reuters
US Army: Treatment Facility Construction Continues in Liberia - DMA
Africa
UN Peacekeepers Are Targets in Restive Northern Mali - VOA
Central African Republic Says Violence Plotted to Provoke Coup - Reuters
Malala Pleads for Nigerian Captives - BBC
Americas / Caribbean
US Gangs Increase Links to Mexican Cartels - ISC
Mexico Bodies Do Not Match Lost Students - NYT
Mexico Prosecutor: Students Not in 1st Mass Graves - AP
Protests Roil Mexican City After Student Disappearances - WP
Mexico Sends Riot Police to Guerrero - BBC
Perez: US Should Provide Billions to Curb Central America Migration - Reuters
Still Pondering US-Cuba Relations, Fidel Castro Responds - NYT Opinion
Asia / Pacific
Murder Case Snags Flourishing US-Philippines Security Relations - VOA
Five US Ships Held In Philippines Following Alleged Murder - USNI
Navy Ships Being Held in Philippine Port as Death Investigation Continues - S&S
Hong Kong Activists Cede Ground; Leaders Insist Protest Goes On - VOA
Violent Clashes Between Police and Demonstrators Erupt in Hong Kong - NYT
Hong Kong Police Clear Barricades Around Protest Site - WP
Hong Kong Police Break Up Protest - BBC
As Kim Returns, North Korea Becomes Slightly More Open - WP
North Korea: Building Projects, Floods Threaten US War Dead - AP
School Attacks Create Climate of Fear in Thailand's Restive South - VOA
Three Charged in Murder of Cambodian Journalist - VOA
Hong Kong’s Protest Endures - WP Editorial
China's Dangerous Game - Atlantic Opinion
Europe
As Western Sanctions Hit, Russia Takes Chinese Lifeline - WP
Kerry, Lavrov Meet, Discuss Ukraine - VOA
Ukraine Parliament Approves New Defense Chief - VOA
Catalonia Calls Off Spain Independence Referendum - VOA
Catalonia Presses Ahead With Vote - BBC
Kazakhstan Ratifies Eurasian Union - RFE/RL
Middle East / North Africa
Militias Rule the Day in Strife-Torn Middle East - AP
Saudi Arabia, Iran Swap Accusations as Tensions Persist - Reuters
Iran Optimistic Ahead of New Nuclear Talks - VOA
Iran Denies Mirroring Saudi Oil Price Move - UPI
In Gaza, UN Leader Calls Destruction ‘Beyond Description’ - WP
UN Chief Decries Gaza’s Vast Destruction - Reuters
Israel Criticizes UK Palestine Vote - BBC
Yemen Rebels Take Control of Strategic Port City - VOA
Yemeni Rebels Capture Red Sea Port - BBC
Yemen's Shiite Rebels Win Another Stunning Victory - AP
Student Protests Continue in Egypt Despite Crackdown - NYT
Egypt Court Signals Death Penalty for Seven Jihadists in Sinai Case - Reuters
UN Rights Chief: Libyan Civil Society Under Threat - AP
Group That Seized Tripoli Takes Libyan Government, Oil Company Websites - Reuters
Tunisia Arrests 12 for Car Bomb Plot - AP
A British Message to Israel - NYT Editorial
South Asia
Pakistan, India Discuss Border Clashes - RFE/RL
Pakistan, Indian Army Officials Discuss Kashmir Border Clashes - VOA
Pakistani and Indian Armies Discuss Border Clashes - AP
Pakistan, US Appear Once Again to be Cooperating on Drone Strikes - McClatchy
Pakistani Taliban Rift Over IS Loyalties - RFE/RL
Five Convicted for India Gang Rape - BBC
How Pakistan Fails Its Children - NYT Opinion