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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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U.S. Troop Reinforcements Head for Embattled Southern Afghan Province

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Hundreds more U.S. troops are headed for Afghanistan’s strife-torn Helmand province to shore up security forces who have struggled in the face of sustained Taliban attacks, officials said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Josh Smith
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership Underway

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Members of the Ghanaian Navy, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard are conducting a combined maritime law enforcement operation, as part of African Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP), Feb. 4, 2016.English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Author(s): 
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Africa Command
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Migrant Group’s Desperate March Through Mexico

Monday, February 8, 2016
Two days with 10 men who left Central America in early November to embark on an exhausting journey, made riskier by the Mexican authorities’ crackdown on migrants.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Azam Ahmed
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Security

Next Round Of Georgian-Russian Talks Moved To March

Monday, February 8, 2016
A Georgian envoy says the next round of talks between Russia and Georgia on normalizing bilateral ties has been moved to mid-March.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
RFE/RL

Colombia's Unconquered, Empty Half Can Be Developed, Santos Says

Monday, February 8, 2016
Remote, sparsely-populated regions of Colombia will see “spectacular growth” when they become open for development following a peace deal with Marxist rebels, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Christine Jenkins
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg Business
Tag(s): 
Security

Russia Assails ICC For Bias In South Ossetia War Investigation

Monday, February 8, 2016
Russian officials have attacked the International Criminal Court for an anti-Russian bias in its prosecution of alleged war crimes in the 2008 war with Georgia over South Ossetia.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

Ecuador President Fires Military Chiefs Via Twitter

Monday, February 8, 2016
President Rafael Correa says he has fired Ecuador’s military high command for refusing to pay back to the state $41 million from an overvalued land deal.English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military

Ukrainian Ex-Premier’s Visit to Washington Highlights Obstacles Facing Peace Pact

Monday, February 8, 2016
Yulia V. Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine who now leads a minority party in Parliament, said on Friday that she and her allies would staunchly oppose constitutional changes that the United States and European powers view as crucial to carrying out a peace agreement with Russia.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
David Herszenhorn
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

El Salvador Arrests Ex-Military Officers in 1989 Jesuit Killings

Monday, February 8, 2016
Breaking years of inaction over one of the most emblematic cases from El Salvador’s brutal civil war, Salvadoran police have begun to arrest former military officers who are accused in the killings of six Jesuit priests, a housekeeper and her teenage daughter.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Elisabeth Malkin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military

Afghanistan Meeting Ends With Call For Talks With Taliban

Monday, February 8, 2016
Four-nation talks aimed at ending Afghanistan's 15-year war concluded Saturday with a call for direct negotiations between the government and the Taliban by the end of February, but recent battlefield advances by the insurgents could make it hard to coax them to the table.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Kathy Gannon
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press

Air Strikes Force ISIS to Halve Fighters' Pay: Glaser

Monday, February 8, 2016
The Islamic State (IS) militant group has been forced to cut its fighters' pay by up to 50 percent because U.S.-led air strikes have had a substantial impact on the money it makes from oil, a senior U.S official said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael Holden
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Struggling to Build Anti-Islamic State Strategy in Libya

Monday, February 8, 2016
The Obama administration is struggling to find the right mix of military and diplomatic moves to stop the Islamic State in Libya, where the extremist group has taken advantage of the political chaos in the country to gain a foothold with worrying implications for the U.S. and Europe — particularly Italy, just 300 miles away.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Robert Burns
Josh Lederman
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.A.E. Says Ready to Support Anti-IS Coalition With Troops

Monday, February 8, 2016
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) said on Sunday it was ready to supply ground troops to help support and train an international military coalition against Islamic State in Syria provided such efforts were led by the United States.English
Country(s): 
United Arab Emirates
Author(s): 
William Maclean
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Tunisia Unveils Anti-Jihadi Fence

Monday, February 8, 2016
Tunisia's defence minister has visited an anti-jihadi fence that's being built on the country's border with Libya to stop Islamist militants from entering Tunisian territory. Defence Minister Horchani said the project came about with financial assistance from Germany and the U.S. English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
News 24 (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

America’s ISIS War Is Helping Al Qaeda

Monday, February 8, 2016
U.S. intelligence and defense officials are increasingly worried their fight against the self-declared Islamic State is benefitting al Qaeda, ISIS’s jihadi rival.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Nancy Youssef
Shane Harris
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Le Secrétaire d'Etat Adjoint Américain Attendu à Djibouti

Monday, February 8, 2016
Le secrétaire d'Etat adjoint américain Antony Blinken, est attendu lundi à Djibouti, pour participer au deuxième forum annuel bilatéral Etats-Unis-Djibouti qui va s'ouvrir lundi dans la capitale djiboutienne, rapporte dimanche l'Agence Djiboutienne d'Information French
Country(s): 
Djibouti
Publisher / Source: 
Xinhua News Agency
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Sudan Appeals for U.S. and Germany to Pressure Rebels to Engage in “Serious Talks”

Monday, February 8, 2016
Sudan’s foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour Sunday has asked the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to put pressure on the rebel groups in order to join the peace process. International and regional mediators have been brokering different process to end Darfur conflict since 2003 and the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states since 2011English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Conflict Resolution

U.S., Allies Conduct 17 Strikes Against Islamic State - U.S. Military

Monday, February 8, 2016
The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants with 10 strikes in Iraq on Saturday and seven strikes in Syria, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Lindsay Dunsmuir
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Islamic State is No Longer So Formidable on the Battlefield

Monday, February 8, 2016
U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces have seized significant amounts of territory from the extremist group in the parts of Iraq and Syria where it declared a caliphate in 2014. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Hugh Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.N. Pilots New Peace Approach in C.A.R.

Monday, February 8, 2016
The United Nations is trying a new approach to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (or DDR) of armed groups. The new approach, described as pre-DDR, is being launched in the Central African Republic's northern town of Kaga Bandoro, where former combatants of the mainly Muslim Seleka armed group and the Christian and animist anti-Balaka movement are being paid to do community work.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
Nick Long
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Conflict Resolution

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