The Russian military held exercises in Armenia and Central Asia, while several reports confirmed the presence of Central Asian militants in Iraq and Syria. Read these top stories and other news highlights from Central Eurasia below.
Despite criticism by the Pentagon about human rights restrictions getting in the way, the Senate Armed Services Committee moved forward on May 22 to permanently restrict U.S. security assistance to foreign units with gross human rights violations. The restriction, often referred to as the “Leahy law” after its original sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), was included in the Committee’s approved National Defense Authorization...
This week the U.S. concluded combat lifesaving courses in Paraguay, Honduras announced that it would buy military radars from Israel, and the U.S. Coast Guard exchanged weapon maintenance information with the Colombian Army. Read these stories and other highlights below.
Al Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt as U.S. extends support towards the new Sisi government, ISIS continues to make gains in Iraq as the crisis becomes regional, and an increase in violence in Beirut demonstrates the precarious position Lebanon finds itself in.
- Secretary of State John Kerry visited Cairo where he sought to mend the relationship between Egypt and the U.S. As a result of the visit, the U.S. ...
This week the U.S. Department of State released the 2014 Trafficking in Persons report and allocated an additional $51 million towards humanitarian relief to the Central African Republic. Read more on these stories and other news highlights from the African region below.
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This week NATO announced stronger ties with Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan received more support for its counternarcotics program. Several events this week highlighted the dismal human rights situation in Central Asia, while several Central Eurasian states continued to announce new security cooperation efforts with various partners. Read these top news stories and other highlights from Central Eurasia below.
- NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced NATO will offer Georgia a “substantive package” of measures to strengthen cooperation. Although it is unclear ...