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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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Nigeria Military Shuts Cattle Market ‘Financing’ Boko Haram

Friday, March 4, 2016
Nigeria’s military has closed one of Africa’s biggest cattle markets, charging sales of stolen animals is helping finance Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency, according to angry residents who say thousands of people have lost jobs, beef is no longer available and animals are dying in a sealed abattoir.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
WTOP
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Marines Gain Satisfaction from Teaching Mauritanian Army

Friday, March 4, 2016
On Feb. 19, the Marines of CLB-6 wrapped up a monthlong theater security cooperation mission in Mauritania in West Africa, where they trained the Logistics Battalion of the Mauritanian army in convoy operations.English
Country(s): 
Mauritania
Author(s): 
Matthew L Schehl
Publisher / Source: 
Marine Corps Times
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Jordan Gets U.S. Black Hawk Helicopters to Bolster Defenses

Friday, March 4, 2016
The United States delivered eight Black Hawk helicopters to Jordan on Thursday to help its regional ally defend itself against the threat of Islamic State militants, Jordanian and U.S. officials said.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Publisher / Source: 
The Peninsula
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Forging Security Partnerships In Africa: What Lies Ahead?

Friday, March 4, 2016
President Obama’s successor will face a steep uphill climb in seeking to forge stronger, more enduring bonds between America’s interests and Africa’s security needs.
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
James Schear
Publisher / Source: 
The Wilson Quarterly
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Denmark to Expand Anti-ISIS Military Mission

Friday, March 4, 2016
Denmark’s government will draw up proposals to expand its mission against ISIS to Syria and Iraq, including air strikes, the prime minister’s office said on Friday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Afghanistan to Give China Military Equipment Wish List

Friday, March 4, 2016
Afghanistan is preparing a wish list of military equipment for China to assist the Afghan national security forces, the defense officials have said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
Khaama Press (Afghanistan)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Pakistan Has Finally Admitted That Afghan Taliban Leaders Are Living There

Friday, March 4, 2016
In a significant departure from the Pakistani government’s consistent, years-long denial of relations with the Taliban, one of its most senior foreign policy officials went on the record this week to say that the Islamic extremist group’s leaders reside in Pakistan.
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Rishi Iyengar
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Security

Guatemala Court Orders $1 Million in Damages to Wartime Sex Slaves

Friday, March 4, 2016
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday ordered two former military officers convicted of holding indigenous women as sex slaves during the nation's civil war to pay their victims just over $1 million in compensation.English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Anastasia Moloney
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

El Salvador’s Already Horrific Murder Rate Is Getting Much Worse

Friday, March 4, 2016
El Salvador has not experienced such a bloody start to the year since the small Central American country was submerged in a brutal civil war that ended a generation ago.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Security

Honduras: Indigenous Leader Murdered Despite Police Protection

Friday, March 4, 2016
Several unknown assailants broke into Caceres' home early Thursday and killed her. She was a prominent Indigenous and social movement leader. English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSURtv.net
Tag(s): 
Security

Is the U.S. Using Colombia's Prison System as a Black Site? The Story of Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

Friday, March 4, 2016
"I am in a Kafkaesque situation," Kaleil explained when he phoned me from his prison in Bogotá, Colombia. "I was in La Picota prison for months, and now they have me in what they call 'The Bunker' underneath the offices of the Fiscalia [in English, Prosecutor]." He explains that, since early September 2015, he has been held in a Colombian prison on a U.S. warrant for alleged accounting fraud in connection with a software company he ran until early 2012 called KIT Digital. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Dan Kovalik
Publisher / Source: 
Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Paris Talks On Ukraine Peace Fall Flat

Friday, March 4, 2016
Progress was seen but no breakthrough made during talks aimed at jumpstarting a fragile peace deal in Ukraine, ending with Moscow and Kyiv failing to agree on a proposal to hold elections in eastern Ukraine this year. English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

U.S. Dispatches Emergency Aid for Ethiopian Drought

Friday, March 4, 2016
The Obama administration is sending disaster response teams to northern Ethiopia to try to address a humanitarian emergency and avoid a national security risk to the U.S. should the drought there spiral out of control.
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Author(s): 
Nicole Gaouette
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Is Poppy Production Really Down in Afghanistan?

Friday, March 4, 2016
The good news in Afghanistan is that for the first time since 2009, the area estimated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to be used in illicit opium poppy cultivation has decreased. But of course, it’s not that simple.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

U.S. Military Chief Back in Israel Amid Aid Talks

Friday, March 4, 2016
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, landed in Israel on Thursday for talks with senior Israeli officials to discuss ongoing military cooperation between the two allies.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Judah Ari Gross
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Israel (Israel)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Cautious Optimism for Syria Ceasefire ahead of Resumption of Talks

Friday, March 4, 2016
Representatives of the nations participating in the International Syrian Support Group met yesterday to assess the state of the ceasefire, the third such meeting this week. U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura remains cautiously optimistic about the reduction in violence ahead of proximity talks set to resume next week. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
J. Dana Stuster
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Russia, Algeria To Sign Deal for Su-34 Sale by End of 2016

Thursday, March 3, 2016
he Algerian Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Russian aircraft manufacturer Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO) are likely to sign a deal for the sale of 12 Sukhoi-34 "Fullback" striker aircraft before the end of 2016, Russian news service TASS has reported.English
Country(s): 
Algeria
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Erdoğan Offers to Help West Africa Fight Terrorism

Thursday, March 3, 2016
Turkey stands ready to help fight the growing threat of terrorism in West Africa, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 2.
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Turkish Weekly
Wire Service: 
Hürriyet Daily News
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Israel to Launch One of the Most Advanced Missile Defense Systems in the World, with U.S. Help

Thursday, March 3, 2016
A joint exercise now being conducted between thousands of Israeli forces and the U.S. European Command represents a final test before Israel begins to deploy one of the most sophisticated missile defense systems in the world.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Ruth Eglash
William Booth
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Military and Police Aid
Military Exercises

Drug Trafficking, Production Up in West Africa, U.N. Says

Thursday, March 3, 2016
Drug trafficking is a growing problem in West Africa as the production of synthetic drugs and their use are increasing in the region, a report by the International Narcotics Control Board said Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Carley Petesch
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

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