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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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American Intervention in Somalia Just Got More Fierce

Friday, March 11, 2016
United States Special Forces launched a helicopter raid on an Al Shabaab controlled-town on Tuesday, just days after a US airstrike killed 150 suspected Al Shabaab fighters on Saturday. These operations are likely to have caused more fatalities in one week than all known US counter terror strikes in Somalia over the last nine years combined.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Belinda O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
UN Dispatch
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Guatemala Congressman Arrested for Trying to Bribe a Judge

Friday, March 11, 2016
Politicians are starting to denounce the wrongdoing of former President Otto Perez Molina's administration, says teleSUR correspondent.
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Why Almost No One Believes Egypt’s Security Services

Friday, March 11, 2016
An accusation by Egypt’s interior minister on Sunday that members of the Muslim Brotherhood carried out the assassination of the country’s chief prosecutor has highlighted a simmering debate about the credibility and conduct of Egypt’s security apparatus as it grapples with ongoing attacks by militants. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Jared Malsin
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Security
Corruption
Policing

Biden Urges Netanyahu to Sign Military Aid Deal With U.S. While Obama Still in Office

Friday, March 11, 2016
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on its military aid to Israel for the next decade while President Obama is still in office, said senior Israeli officials with knowledge of the talks in Jerusalem.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barak Ravid
Publisher / Source: 
Haaretz
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Arms Sales

USARAF, Togolese Army Partner for Three-Part Unit Movement Course

Friday, March 11, 2016
U.S. Army Africa trainers provided more than 60 hours of unit movement officer training to Togolese Armed Forces Soldiers during a three-phase initiative to enhance movement of personnel and equipment in support of peacekeeping operations from Jan. 18 to March 11 at Lomé, Togo. English
Country(s): 
Togo
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Africa's Battle With Somalia Islamists Falters as Funds Cut

Friday, March 11, 2016
As al-Qaeda-linked militants raid Somali hotels and strike multinational army bases with increasing frequency, an almost 10-year mission by African forces to quell the insurgency is being jeopardized by a funding cut.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Felix Njini
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg Business
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Congo Steps Up Drive to Curb Sexual Violence, Shake Off 'Rape Capital' Tag

Friday, March 11, 2016
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is stepping up efforts to combat rape in a bid to shake off the label of being the "rape capital of the world", the presidential adviser on sexual violence said on Thursday. English
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Magdalena Mis
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

U.S., Russia, Security Council Get A Share Of Blame For Syrian Violence In New Report

Friday, March 11, 2016
The report says major world powers are undermining their own calls for peace through the weapons they provide to combatants, their own military strikes and what the report calls inadequate pressure on their allies to stop the killing.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Peter Kenyon
Publisher / Source: 
NPR
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Conflict

Pakistan F-16 Sale Survives U.S. Senate Dogfight

Friday, March 11, 2016
A measure to block the $700 million sale of eight U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan was scuttled in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, though U.S. financing for the deal was on hold.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Kerry Traveling To Saudi Arabia, France For Talks With U.S. Allies

Friday, March 11, 2016
U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry was due to leave Washington late on March 10 for a visit to Saudi Arabia and to France for talks with Saudi and European officials about the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Libya.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Georgia, Tajikistan, Among Countries Most Dependent On U.S. Military Aid

Friday, March 11, 2016
The survey, by the Washington advocacy organization Security Assistance Monitor, compared the amount of military and police aid the U.S. gave to every country in 2014 to the countries' respective defense budgets. And it found that among the ten countries where U.S. aid made up the largest proportion of the defense budget, three were former Soviet republics: Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Country(s): 
Georgia
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Southcom Commander Reports on Visits to Area of Responsibility

Friday, March 11, 2016
In his first 60 days leading U.S. Southern Command, Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd has visited various nations in his area of responsibility to discuss stability, security and future cooperation with military leaders and other regional officials, the Southcom commander said today.English
Country(s): 
South America Regional
Author(s): 
Terri Moon Cronk
Publisher / Source: 
Southcom
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Brazil Prosecutors Want ‘Preventive Arrest’ of Ex-President Lula

Friday, March 11, 2016
Prosecutors in Sao Paulo have asked a judge to order the “preventive arrest” of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, shocking the country and sharply raising the level of polarization in Brazil’s ongoing corruption and governance drama. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Stephanie Nolen
Publisher / Source: 
The Globe and Mail
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Kazakhstan Provides Free Military Armaments, Equipment to Kyrgyzstan

Friday, March 11, 2016
Kazakh Senate members approved the bill “On ratification of the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic for the provision of free military-technical assistance” on Feb. 18, reported Kazinform. Later on Feb. 29 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed it. The corresponding agreement was signed in Astana between the defence ministers of the two states in June 2015. English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Publisher / Source: 
The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Annual Exercise Eager Light Continues to Build U.S., Jordanian Partnership

Friday, March 11, 2016
Soldiers from U.S. Army Central partnered with the Jordanian 60th Brigade, 3rd Armored Division, during Eager Light 2016 at the Jordanian Training Center, Jordan, Feb. 27 through March 2, 2016.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Christopher Prows
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Behind the Curtain: Two Years After Ukrainian Revolution, Corruption Undermines Democracy

Friday, March 11, 2016
Corruption in Ukraine is the cancer that is slowly eating away at the rotting flesh of its dying democracy.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
L. Todd Wood
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption

ITC Defense Scores Kuwaiti Contract to Track Military Vehicles

Friday, March 11, 2016
Arlington-based ITC Defense Corp won a $7.7 million contract through a foreign military sale to develop and field a system to help Kuwait keep track of its military vehicles.English
Country(s): 
Kuwait
Author(s): 
Jen Judson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Colombia to Miss March 23 Peace Deadline

Friday, March 11, 2016
It’s official: Colombia will miss a deadline for a peace accord between the government and leftist FARC rebels. President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday (March 9) he would not sign a “bad deal” just to meet the self-imposed deadline of March 23rd.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Euronews
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

U.S. Strikes Islamic State Chemical Weapons Capabilities: Pentagon

Friday, March 11, 2016
The United States has carried out air strikes that it believes have degraded the chemical weapons capabilities of Islamic State in Iraq after using information obtained from a captured militant, the Pentagon said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Yeganeh Torbati
Phil Stewart
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

What's Behind China's Offer of Military Aid to Afghanistan?

Friday, March 11, 2016
China has offered to expand its military aid to Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reports, following a visit to the country by a top Chinese general. Outlook Afghanistan put the total value of the proffered military aid at 480 renminibi ($73 million).English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Shannon Tiezzi
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

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