This week the United States delivered military equipment to Tunisia, naval forces from around Latin America partook in the annual UNITAS exercises, U.S. forces led African counterparts in responding to medical threats, and in Central Eurasia Centcom's Anti-Drug program head visited Tajikistan.
Last week, the White House took the unusual step of suspending the delivery of Hellfire missiles requested by Israel amid growing concern over the number of Palestinians civilians being killed in the Gaza Strip. In addition, the Obama Administration is now requiring all U.S. weapons deliveries to Israel be reviewed by the...
This week U.S. Department of Defense officials announced that Kurdish fighters and U.S. airstrikes had broken the Islamic State’s siege of Mount Sinjar, allowing for thousands of Yazidis to evacuate. Meanwhile, in response to I.S.’s advances on Erbil, the U.S. and several European nations pledged to supply arms to Kurdish forces. President Obama suggested that U.S. airstrikes will continue over the next few weeks to months, but that the U.S. has ruled out reintroducing forces into ground combat in Iraq.
Mexico is getting ready to introduce its new gendarmerie police force, Colombia's Congress entered into its third round of debate over military justice reforms, and Nicaragua formalized its community police force . Read these highlights and more below.
In the midst of a push by some U.S. policy makers to provide more U.S. aid to the Nigerian security forces to combat Boko Haram despite a generally poor human rights record, Amnesty International released video footage reportedly showing fresh evidence of human rights violations committed by the Nigerian military.
As U.S. policy makers debate how much money should be spent on securing the U.S.-Mexico border to address the child migrant crisis, there is increasing evidence that criminal groups are taking advantage of already strict border controls in nefarious ways.