Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 3, 2014

Reuters / Badi Khlif

US Plan For Proxy Army To Fight Isis In Syria Suffers Attack -- The Guardian

Syrian opposition leader blames Washington for rout as air strikes on Isis seen as aiding Assad crackdown


The US plan to rally proxy ground forces to complement its air strikes against Isis militants in Syria is in tatters after jihadis ousted Washington’s main ally from its stronghold in the north over the weekend.



The attack on the Syrian Revolutionary Front (SRF) by the al-Qaida-aligned Jabhat al-Nusra came after weeks of clashes between the two groups around the city of Idlib, which has remained one of the last bastions of regime control in northern Syria throughout the civil war.



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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 3, 2014

US, Iraq plan offensive against Islamic State -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post



Singapore to provide anti-ISIS coalition with military support -- Al Arabiya/AFP



Small Arms, Light Weapons Smuggling in Middle East Growing: OSCE Spokesperson -- RIA Novsoti



Israel unveils maritime version of Iron Dome -- Al Jazeera



Largest international mine countermeasures exercise underway in Middle East -- Stars and Stripes



Topol-M ballistic missile launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome -- ITAR-TASS



Pentagon Claims Russian Air Force Planes Endanger Civil Flights -- RIA Novosti



Spies of Warsaw return as east-west tensions rise -- Financial Times



Iron Sword 2014: NATO stages massive military drill in Lithuania -- RT



J-15 carrier-based fighter modified for catapult launch -- Want China Times



J-31 could bring one-two punch to China's air power: expert -- Want China Times



What We Know So Far About The J-20 -- Aviation Week



China’s Military Wages War on Ebola -- The Diplomat



India alarmed over Sri Lanka opening port for Chinese nuclear submarine again -- India TV



Chinese submarine docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concerns -- Reuters



UK to Continue Supporting Afghanistan Through New NATO Mission: Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti



Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans in UK in Need of Mental Health Assistance: Defense Committee -- RIA Novosti



EXCLUSIVE: Navy’s pride HMS Queen Elizabeth ‘will depend on French’ -- Express



Canada's military among highest paid in the world -- Ottawa Sun



Israeli Brass Urge MoD To Stick With V-22 Deal -- Defense News



Israel Presents Maritime Version of 'Iron Dome' -- AP



US Army Buys Its First Iron Dome from Israel -- Arutz Sheva



Guam locked in billion-dollar waiting game with Congress on military move -- Stars and Stripes



The Pentagon's Biggest-Ever Weapons Program Is About To Mark Another Milestone -- Business Insider/Reuters



The U.S. Military Is Working on Nuclear Batteries -- War Is Boring



Pentagon pares back plans for spy service to rival CIA -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post



Pentagon fails to rival CIA, plans to send ‘only’ 500 agents overseas -- RT



Suicide surpassed war as the military's leading cause of death -- Army Times



Sexual Assault Survey Offends and Shocks US Military Personnel -- RIA Novosti



Military Service Members Complain About Sex Survey -- ABC News/AP



The U.S. military’s long, uncomfortable history with prostitution gets new attention -- Washington Post



Mexico orders release of jailed US marine -- BBC



Military Dogs Sniff Out IEDs, Save Lives -- Wall Street Journal



The Pentagon’s two-star message man -- Politico



Navy SEAL author of ‘No Easy Day’ back with new book, despite controversy -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post



Can a U.S. military Ebola treatment center slow Ebola in one hard-hit city? -- Kevin Sieff, Washington Post



The Pentagon May Finally Have a Plan to Keep America on Top -- Bill Sweetman, Daily Beast