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29 Turkish soldiers killed in airstrike by Syrian forces in Idlib; offence marks escalation in direct conflict between both countries
•An airstrike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016.
Trump declares some auto imports pose national security threat
•Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to pursue negotiations with the EU
US trying to press providers in allied countries to avoid Huawei equipment: Report
•The United States has already largely barred Huawei from supplying its government and contractors.
US national security advisor calls Iran 'rogue regime', accuses Tehran of being 'central banker' of international terrorism
•US National Security Advisor John Bolton's statement came in response to Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif recent remarks terming the US an "outlaw regime".
Donald Trump's freeze of security aid to Pakistan could be worth $2 bn; to include Afghanistan coalition funding to Islamabad
•Donald Trump's freeze on aid to Pakistan could be worth almost two billion dollars, a senior US administration official said - substantially more than first thought.
Kaspersky Labs software to be banned from use within the US government
Shomikb •Kaspersky’ official response to the ban did not appear to contain any information that would change the administration’s assessment of Kaspersky Lab.
Apple has received four times as many national security related requests than last year: Report
•Alphabet Inc's Google said it had received between 0 and 499 National Security Letters requesting information on between 1,000 and 1,499 user accounts in the first half of 2017.
Fearing threat to national security, US federal panel to review selling of tech firm to China-backed investor
•The deal has been under scrutiny when it was discovered that the firm interested in Lattice Semiconductor was China-backed
Russia poses 'greatest threat' to US national security says top military officer
Fp Archives •Russia now poses the greatest threat to US national security and its behavior is "nothing short of alarming," Marine General Joseph Dunford, the nominee to be the US military's top officer, said on Thursday.