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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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France to End Central African Republic Military Mission in 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016
France will end its military intervention in the Central African Republic this year as it has achieved its objectives of restoring security to the country after three years of communal violence, the French defence minister said Wednesday. English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
France 24
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

In Another Central Asian Security Crisis, Moscow Again Stands Aside

Thursday, March 31, 2016
A security crisis in Central Asia has yet again raised questions about the efficacy of Russia's post-Soviet security bloc, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, to maintain peace in the region.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Security
Military Cooperation

Colombia ELN: Government and Rebels to Hold Peace Talks

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Colombia has announced it is starting formal peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). Government and ELN negotiators made the announcement in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, where the two sides have been holding informal talks.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

'Islamic State' a Potential Threat to Central Asia

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Most people immediately think about the Mideast or North Africa when they hear the name "Islamic State." But the terror militia also has an eye on the former Soviet republics in Central Asia.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
DW
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Mexico Turning Child Migrants Back to Face Violence in Central America

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Vulnerable children fleeing gang-fueled violence in Central America are routinely deported by Mexican immigration officials regardless of the dangers they may face on their return home, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Nina Lakhani
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Migration

Sick of the Ukraine Crisis? Then Arm Ukraine

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Western policymakers who believe the Minsk accords would work if only Ukraine made the requisite constitutional and electoral concessions are missing a key point: that they, and Russia, forced Ukraine to make security its priority by violating the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Alexander J. Motyl
Publisher / Source: 
Atlantic Council
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Brazilian and U.S. Marines Exchange Sniper Expertise and Techniques

Thursday, March 31, 2016
U.S. Marine Snipers with Training Cell, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division and snipers with the Special Operations Battalion, Brazilian Marine Corps assembled for a subject matter expert exchange aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 16, 2016.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Timothy Valero
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

21 Generals Lead ISIS War the U.S. Denies Fighting

Thursday, March 31, 2016
There are only 5,000 U.S. troops in Iraq—about what a colonel usually commands. But for this ISIS war, as many as 21 generals have been deployed. Why?English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Nancy A. Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

The U.S. is Quietly Helping Saudi Arabia Wage a Devastating Aerial Campaign in Yemen

Thursday, March 31, 2016
One week before the Brussels terrorist attacks, a Saudi-led coalition bombed a market in Mastaba, Yemen. Although more people died in Mastaba than in Brussels — 106 versus 34 — the media and the international community in general ignored that earlier atrocity, as they've ignored most of the 150 indiscriminate aerial attacks reported by the United Nations and Human Rights Watch in the last year.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Sarah Leah Whitson
Publisher / Source: 
Los Angeles Time
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Uruguayan and U.S. Air Forces Cooperate on Aircraft Maintenance Issues

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Twenty officers from the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) met with U.S. Air Force representatives Major John Ware and Master Sergeant Noel Mendoza on the grounds of the FAU's Maintenance Service Team in Montevideo from February 29th-March 4th.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Julieta Pelcastre
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Saudi Arabia, U.S., Seek to Increase Military Coordination in Gulf

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Saudi Arabia and the United States defined areas to expand bilateral coordination and that of the North American country with the rest of the Cooperation Council of the Gulf (CCG) with the view to counteract Iran, official sources reported today.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
La Prensa
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Honduras Congress Approves Anti-Impunity Commission

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Honduras' National Congress approved an international commission charged with tackling corruption that has been in the works for months, a strong show of political support for the region's newest anti-impunity body. English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Sam Tabory
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption
International Community

Case No. 173: The State of Egypt’s NGOs

Thursday, March 31, 2016
According to a leaked 2011 report 37 organizations are currently at risk of being prosecuted, based on recommendations from a government fact-finding committee tasked with investigating foreign funding received by civil society organizations. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Elissa Miller
Margaret Suter
Publisher / Source: 
Atlantic Council
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Russia, Despite Draw Down, Shipping More to Syria Than Removing

Thursday, March 31, 2016
When Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawal of most of Russia's military contingent from Syria there was an expectation that the Yauza, a Russian naval icebreaker and one of the mission's main supply vessels, would return home to its Arctic Ocean port. Its movements and those of other Russian ships suggest Moscow has in fact shipped more equipment and supplies to Syria than it has brought back in the same period, a Reuters analysis shows. But the movements - while only a partial snapshot - suggest Russia is working intensively to maintain its military infrastructure in Syria and to supply the Syrian army so that it can scale up again swiftly if need be. Putin has not detailed what would prompt such a move, but any perceived threat to Russia's bases in Syria or any sign that President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow's closest Middle East ally, was in peril would be likely to trigger a powerful return. Russia operates an air base in Hmeymim and a naval facility at Tartous. Putin has said Russia will keep both and that they will need to be well protected. "Since the main part of the force de facto stayed there, there is no reason to reduce the traffic," said Mikhail Barabanov, a senior research fellow at the Moscow-based CAST military think tank. "Supplies for the Syrian army remain significant as well." Moscow has not revealed the size of its force in Syria, nor has it given details of its partial withdrawal. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Maria Tsvetkova
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military and Police Aid

Kazakhstan On Track For Closer Economic Ties With European Union

Thursday, March 31, 2016
The European Union and Kazakhstan are set to have closer economic relations starting May 1, when a partnership agreement negotiated in December takes effect, top officials said March 30.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
RFE/RL
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Security

Fifteen Afghan Troops Killed In Fighting With Taliban

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Fifteen Afghan security troops have been killed in fighting with Taliban militants in southern Uruzgan Province.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Associated Press
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Security

El Salvador Calls Emergency in 7 Prisons, Targets Gang Heads

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Authorities declared a state of emergency Tuesday at seven prisons and transferred 299 high-ranking gang members at the start of "extraordinary measures" that El Salvador's government has promised to take against gangs.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
FOX News
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

Partnership With Nigeria: The U.S. View

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Our security cooperation with Nigeria focuses both on the immediate Boko Haram threat and medium-term stabilization objectives. Our security partnership also relies on a mutual understanding that respect for human rights and protection of civilians is critical to winning the battle against Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. State Deparment
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Anger Management and Gun Control? New Ways to Reduce Violence in Latin America

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Reducing violence is not about controlling violent neighborhoods or even about controlling violent people. It is about inducing people to control themselves. That’s it. The best policing comes when no police are required.English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Author(s): 
Viridiana Rios
Publisher / Source: 
Americas Quarterly
Tag(s): 
Violence
Policing

Obangame/Saharan Express 2016 Concludes

Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Exercise Obangame /Saharan Express 2016, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), was designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness (MDA), information-sharing practices, and tactical interdiction expertise to enhance the collective capabilities of Gulf of Guinea nations to counter sea-based illicit activity. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Africa Command
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

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