DEVELOPMENTS

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                                                            01 OCTOBER 2017
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>Trump tells Rex Tillerson he's 'wasting his time' trying to negotiate with 'Little Rocket Man'
http://archive.is/DZhj0

>North Korea vows to become a 'state nuclear force': "The US and the South Korean puppet forces are mistaken if they think that sanctions and pressure will keep the DPRK from attaining the goal of completing the state nuclear force"
http://archive.is/N1OtE

>US warship sails with one eye on China amid North Korea tension: On Saturday, as F-18 Super Hornet jet fighters roared from the decks of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier during routine drills deep in the South China Sea, two Chinese frigates maintained a constant line-of-sight vigil
http://archive.is/m1kv9

>300 Syrian soldiers surrender to US-backed SDF
http://archive.is/FvVzw

>US-backed force tightens noose on IS-held Raqa hospital: SDF have ousted IS from around 90 percent of the battered northern city but the jihadists still hold a pocket of central Raqa
http://archive.is/HfJ9I

>US-backed forces battle IS for Deir e-Zor province's oil-rich east: Taking control of the oil field gives the US-backed SDF control over a major source of former Islamic State revenue and a gateway to dozens of other IS-held oil fields dotting the countryside east of the Euphrates.
http://archive.is/K7E78

>US-backed SDF recapture Jafra oil field after clashes with IS
http://archive.is/vPAWM

>22 Pak, ISIS terrorists killed in US-Afghan joint military op in Nangarhar
http://archive.is/vd8N4

>Islamic State regrouping in Libyan desert, Experts warn: information obtained on the whereabouts of the group’s desert army from an IS fighter who was wounded and captured after US airstrikes in the Wadi Skir region
http://archive.is/1cNaw

>Iran urges Europe to defy Trump on imposing new sanctions: Iran warned that the only way to stop nuclear deal from collapsing is for Europe to defy any US reimposition of sanctions
http://archive.is/z5ASu

>U.S. Hits Iran, Russia For Failings On Human Trafficking Crackdown
http://archive.is/e7fiA
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                                                            30 SEPTEMBER 2017
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>U.S. 'probing' to see if North Korea interested in dialogue: Tillerson
http://archive.is/L4S2q

>North Korea seen moving missiles from development center: The missiles could be either intermediate range Hwasong-12 or intercontinental ballistic Hwasong-14 missiles, according to the report, though the missile facility at Sanum-dong has been dedicated to the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles
http://archive.is/eUoLW

>S. Korea, US conduct 1st joint short-range air defense exercise on Korean Peninsula
http://archive.is/1M0uU

>Trump schedules a 10-day Far East tour next month: Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov. 3-14 to attend regional summits and discuss trade and the North Korean nuclear threat
http://archive.is/VPLu6

>Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal
http://archive.is/FhE7D

>Hardline Iran military chief to Trump: ‘We pray God’ you’ll cancel nuke deal - Gen. Hossein Salami says Iran 'will make better progress' without accord, but Tehran's foreign minister urges Europe not to follow suit if US president scraps it
http://archive.is/UVAh2

>US Osprey Crashes in Syria: The U.S. military often uses Ospreys to move troops within Syria, where U.S. military advisers are working with the Syrian Democratic Forces to train them in combat against Islamic State militants
http://archive.is/EGcYV

>US resumes strikes against Islamic State in Libya
http://archive.is/ZkK65
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                                                          29 SEPTEMBER 2017
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>If North Korea Fires an ICBM, the US Might Have to Shoot It Down Over Russia
http://archive.is/PQD4U

>North Korea claims almost 5 million signed up to join its already enormous army
http://archive.is/YGmaB

>Japan's defence chief warns of possible North Korea provocation on Oct 10
http://archive.is/xvWKp

>South Korea says it's speeding up arms buildup to counter the North: President Moonsaid he would push for the South to move more quickly to retake wartime operational control of its military from its US ally
http://archive.is/KXqxo

>IAEA says N.Korea's rapid weapons progress poses new, global threat
http://archive.is/Cjpnu

>US notes China's growing cooperation over N. Korea
http://archive.is/l314n

>U.S. envoy slams Russia for bid to shield Iran from IAEA inspections
http://archive.is/FLSW1

>Iran may drop nuclear deal if U.S. withdraws, foreign minister tells al Jazeera
http://archive.is/6rSm4

>The Iranian Khoramshahr ballistic missile test did take place – although the US said “It didn’t happen”
http://archive.is/vcM2s

>US-Led Coalition airstrikes killed three senior and highly skilled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria officials near Mayadin, Syria: Strikes Kill ISIS Drone Experts
http://archive.is/IsKkA

>US-Led Coalition forces conducted 39 strikes consisting of 50 engagements against ISIS in Syria & Iraq: 09/28
http://www.inherentresolve.mil/Portals/14/Documents/Strike%20Releases/2017/09September/20170929%20Strike%20Release.pdf?ver=2017-09-29-073016-260

>U.S.-led coalition says cornered Islamic State holdouts breathing ‘last gasps’ in Raqqa, have no way out
http://archive.is/B2rMe

>US servicemen seem ‘completely safe’ in areas controlled by Daesh: Russian MoD
http://archive.is/Fs9SF

>The West Aims to Capture Syrian Oil Instead of Fighting Daesh - Deir Ez-Zor Governor
http://archive.is/9ya9w

>US air strike kills 'several' Islamic State militants in Libya: the second series of strikes in the country in recent days
http://archive.is/VyhU3

>ISIS chief Baghdadi in new video calls on followers not to despair: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi advised the United States that collaborating with Iran in the fight against his organization would profit no one but Tehran
http://archive.is/Oz9nE

>Mattis Reassures India, Afghanistan, Qatar of US Support
http://archive.is/r99Tj