- Marijana arrests increased in 2017. The increase in arrests were possession charges. [Link]
- The head of the State Department Legislative Affairs Desk is a former Raytheon lobbyist. [Link]
- The State Department announces a $330 million weapons sale to Taiwan. [Link]
- Gina Haspel lays out her six strategic goals as CIA Director. [Link]
- Trump says he expects a second summit with Kim Jong-un to be announced soon. [Link]
- An average of 57 Afghan troops dies daily. [Link]
- Russia will deliver the S-300 missile system to Syrian within two weeks. [Link] NSA Josh Bolton says the delivery of the S-300 is a significant escalation. [Link] Moon of Alabama explains the strategic importance of the S-300 missile system in Syria. [Link]
- A jihadists Syrian rebel group in the Idlib Province has rejected the Russian/Turkish ceasefire agreement. [Link]
- National Security Advisor John Bolton says the US will remain in Syrian until Iran does not deploy forces outside of Iran. [Link]
- Dan Cohen explains how a Holywood documentary was made as propaganda for Syrian regime change. [Link]
- The US warns a famine in Yemen is imminent. [Link]
