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