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Sep 17, 2013

Top News: Weaponry Plundering Prompts US Training Withdrawal from Libya

By MENASource

The US defense department has confirmed to the Libya Herald that US equipment was stolen in a raid by an unidentified militia on a US base in Tripoli, where US Special Forces were training Libyan army personnel. 

NATO AGS

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2013

AGS: A ‘ Game Changer’ for NATO Intelligence and Interoperability

By Michael C. Sirak, Air Force Magazine

In 2017, NATO is scheduled to have in place its first-ever Alliance asset for collecting strategic intelligence: the Alliance Ground Surveillance system.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 16, 2013

German Election and the Eurozone: Staying the Course

By Megan Greene

Europe-watchers can all thank the upcoming German elections on September 22 for the quietest summer since the outbreak of the eurozone crisis in 2010. While the German election campaign has focused mainly on domestic issues, it has brought policymaking across the region to a screeching halt. Many analysts and investors hope that the new German […]

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Top News: UN Says “Convincing Evidence” of Syria Chemical Attack

By MENASource

UN inspectors said in a report Monday there is “clear and convincing evidence” that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.

Radar Track of Downing of Syrian Helicopter

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2013

Turkish Warplanes Shot Down Syrian Helicopter

By Today's Zaman, AP, Hurriyet Daily News

From Today’s Zaman:  Turkish warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday after it violated Turkish airspace and are continuing to patrol the border, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said.

International Organizations NATO

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Top News: Security Forces Retake Control of Islamist Stronghold in Upper Egypt

By EgyptSource

Security forces backed by armored vehicles and helicopters on Monday stormed a town south of Cairo, Delga, that had been held for over two months by militants loyal to the ousted Islamist president, swiftly taking control despite some resistance from gunmen.

North Africa
U.S. Ambassador to Germany John Emerson

NATOSource

Sep 16, 2013

US Ambassador to Germany: Trans-Atlantic Cooperation is ‘Indispensable’

By John Emerson, Department of State

People call the United States the indispensable nation

Economy & Business Germany

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Syria: The Chemistry of Continuing Conflict

By Frederic C. Hof

The framework agreement arrived at by Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, is a good beginning to a worthy end: removing all chemical weapons and their components from the arsenal of a regime that has used them in its longstanding and continuing campaign of mass terror against Syrian civilians.

Syria

MENASource

Sep 16, 2013

Libya: Divided They Fail

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

Attention in Washington to the one-year anniversary of the Benghazi attack that took the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans gives reason to believe that a commitment still exists to assist Libya as it faces grave challenges in trying to achieve the goals of its revolution.

Libya

New Atlanticist

Sep 16, 2013

Eye on Syria: US and Russia Reach Deal on Syria

News Deal Represents Turn for Syria; Rebels Deflated, New York TimesBoth sides in Syria’s civil war see the deal to dismantle President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons stockpiles as a major turning point. It left rebels deflated and government supporters jubilant. And both sides say it means the United States knows Mr. Assad is not going anywhere anytime […]

Syria
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