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This section includes the latest news relating to U.S. security policy around the world. Updated daily, the news provided in this searchable database highlights the most relevant security developments from around the world. 

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Tajikistan Battered With Criticism, But U.S. Waives Sanctions

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Last Friday the U.S. State Department’s spokesperson, John Kirby, began the daily press briefing with a note regarding the department’s annual designation of “countries of particular concern.” The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent commission, each year makes recommendations to the State Department regarding countries that routinely violate religious freedoms.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Security

U.S. Accuses South Sudan Sides of Blocking Peace, Warns Over Support

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Washington accused both sides in South Sudan's two-year conflict of blocking peace efforts and protested, rebels said, by pulling funding for a flight to return their leader Riek Machar to the capital.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Denis Dumo
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters Africa
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

U.S. State Department Approves $260 Million Missile Sale to Qatar

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Qatar’s purchase of 254 surface-to-air missiles from an American weapons manufacturer has cleared a major hurdle after securing the approval of the US State Department.English
Country(s): 
Qatar
Author(s): 
Peter Kovessy
Publisher / Source: 
Doha News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Somalia: Kenyan Military Jets Bomb Al Shabaab Bases

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Two major Al-Shabaab training camps in Southern Somalia have been bombed by Kenyan jet fighters during an impromptu airstrike on Friday night, residents said.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Wire Service: 
Shabelle Media Network
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Ready to Offer Israel Largest Aid Package in History

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A White House official indicated on Monday that the Obama administration was ready to offer Israel the largest military aid package offered to any country over the course of US history.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Raoul Wootliff
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Israel (Israel)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Arms Sales

Nigerian Military Covered Up Mass Slaughter at Zaria, says Amnesty International

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The rights group Amnesty International has put out a report on Friday accusing Nigeria's military of deliberately shooting dead more than 350 Shiite Muslims, burying them in mass graves and destroying evidence of the crime.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Clea Broadhurst
Publisher / Source: 
Radio France Internationale
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

HASC Would Boost Israeli Missile Defense Systems By $200 Million

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The House Armed Services Committee would boost funding to help procure and produce various Israeli missile defense programs by nearly $200 million above the level requested in the president’s defense budget, according to the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Jen Judson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

The U.S. is Pushing a New Strategy to Make the Iraqis Man Up Against ISIS

Monday, April 25, 2016
President Obama has made clear he will not send large infantry units back to Iraq, instead advocating a strategy that puts the onus on Baghdad to provide the necessary front-line troops. But the size and scope of the U.S. mission there has only grown as doubts persist about the Iraqis' resolve.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Andrew Tilghman
Gidget Fuentes
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. to Dial Back Peace Efforts in South Sudan

Monday, April 25, 2016
The United States is set to take a back seat in peace negotiations between the government of South Sudan and rebel leaders following failures on both sides to fulfill an agreement to form a transitional government. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

AFRICOM Boss Scrutinizes U.S. Role in Hunt for Warlord Kony

Monday, April 25, 2016
Africa Command’s five-year search for the elusive warlord Joseph Kony continues, but the mission in the remote jungles of central Africa has become an albatross for the general in charge of the campaign.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
John Vandiver
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

War May Resume at `Any Moment,' Armenian President Warns

Monday, April 25, 2016
War can break out “at any moment” in the Caucasus flashpoint of Nagorno-Karabakh and there’s little prospect of talks to resolve the conflict, the president of Armenia said.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Anthony Halpin
Sara Khojoyan
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Failure to Share Data Hampers War on Boko Haram in Africa

Monday, April 25, 2016
The military campaign by Nigeria and neighboring nations to combat the West African militant group Boko Haram has been hampered by a failure among those countries to share crucial intelligence — sometimes even within their own security services, American and other Western officials say.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Eric Schmitt
Dionne Searcey
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Obama May be Preaching 'Tough Love' to Saudi – but Arms Sales Tell Another Story

Monday, April 25, 2016
Despite his rhetoric, and his administration’s perceived shift toward Iran, Obama has not fundamentally changed the US status quo toward Saudi ArabiaEnglish
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Mohamad Bazzi
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Hopes for Global Drug Policy Reform Dashed at UN Assembly

Monday, April 25, 2016
The United Nations' special assembly on drug policy ended without significant changes to existing drug conventions despite a push for reform from Latin American countries seeking a less prohibitionist regime. With the huge obstacles to a new international consensus made apparent, reformist countries around the region instead look set to continue national level experiments with drug policy.English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Drug Policy

Kazakhstan Refuses to Investigate Panama Paper Links to President's Family

Monday, April 25, 2016
Kazakhstan’s general prosecutor has ruled out investigating allegations in the Panama Papers, including ones against the family of the president, Radio Free Europe reports.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Damien Sharkov
Publisher / Source: 
Newsweek
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Outside Experts Condemn Mexico's Inquiry Into 43 missing Students

Monday, April 25, 2016
Outside experts investigating the September 2014 attacks on 43 trainee teachers delivered a devastating final report on Sunday, finding inconsistencies, errors and omissions in the government’s official investigation, along with evidence of suspects being tortured.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
David Agren
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security
Human Rights

U.S. Military Doubles the Number of Civilians it Admits Killing in Anti-ISIS Fight

Monday, April 25, 2016
The U.S. military on Friday acknowledged killing 20 civilians and wounding 11 more in recent airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, more than doubling the number of civilian fatalities it has admitted causing in the military campaign against the Islamic State.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Counterterrorism

Mexico Police Under Gun Attack in Acapulco

Monday, April 25, 2016
Police officers came under attack in a two-hour gunfight in the Mexican city of Acapulco, officials say. Several gunmen attacked a hotel where officers stay, in the tourist area Las Playas on Sunday evening.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Policing

Arms Deal: The Military Side of the Equation

Monday, April 25, 2016
The long-awaited report of the Seriti Commission has turned out to be a whitewash, leaving many unanswered questions. But within the findings are two important things that the commission got right: That the procurements were justified and necessary, and that they are being utilised adequately or at least within SANDF guidelinesEnglish
Country(s): 
South Africa
Author(s): 
John Stupart
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Maverick (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

What Makes Erik Run?

Monday, April 25, 2016
The Intercept recently revealed Erik Prince’s attempts to sell military services in Libya and other countries in Africa. He has done so even though his newest company, Frontier Services Group (FSG), has repeatedly stated that it only provides non-military, logistics, and aviation services, and if Prince is selling military services he is doing it strictly on his own, without their knowledge or approval.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
David Isenberg
Publisher / Source: 
LobeLog
Tag(s): 
Military

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