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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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Medical Marijuana Growers look to Mexico for Business Opportunities

Thursday, January 21, 2016
Companies cashing in on legal cannabis are considering a bet on Mexico after a supreme court decision raised hopes for a legalisation of medical and recreational marijuana in a country reeling from years of drug violence.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy

Mexico, Central American Countries OK plan for Stranded Cubans

Thursday, January 21, 2016
Mexico and Central American countries approved a plan on Wednesday for more flights that would allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue on to the United States.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Migration

U.S. Approves $2B in Bombs for Iraqi F-16s

Thursday, January 21, 2016
Five months after Iraq began flying its F-16 fighter jets against ISIS, the Obama administration has approved a $2 billion cache of guided bombs and missiles that will make them far deadlier. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Marcus Weisgerber
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Terrorism

Here’s What Special Operators Want To Do In Libya

Thursday, January 21, 2016
U.S. Special Operations Command is spending more time and attention on Libya, trying to keep the Islamic State from growing more powerful there, its commander said Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Three Things We Learned from Last Week’s Al-Shabaab Attack in Somalia

Thursday, January 21, 2016
On Jan. 15, al-Shabaab’s Saleh Nabhan brigade claimed responsibility for overrunning a forward operating base of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at El Adde in Somalia’s Gedo region, near the border with Kenya. Al-Shabaab claimed that it killed “more than 100” of the company of Kenyan soldiers deployed in El Adde and took additional hostages. It kept silent about its own losses. The Kenyan government and AMISOM acknowledged there were fatalities on both sides but have not provided further details.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Paul Williams
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Report: U.S. Strategy Against ISIS Overlooks Syrian Al Qaeda Affiliat

Thursday, January 21, 2016
The U.S. strategy against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is completely overlooking al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front, and may be strengthening the affiliate, according to a new report. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

U.N. Security Council on Peace Mission to Burundi

Thursday, January 21, 2016
A United Nations Security Council delegation headed to Burundi Wednesday with a message for the government and opposition to start substantive dialogue and avert catastrophe before it is too late. It is the second time the Council has visited the country in less than a year a clear indication of its growing concern about the escalating bloodshed.
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Margaret Basheer
Publisher / Source: 
Voice Of America News
Tag(s): 
United Nations

The Fight Against the Islamic State Just Entered a New Phase — And It Could Grow Soon

Thursday, January 21, 2016
The U.S.-led military coalition’s fight against the Islamic State militant group entered a new phase on Wednesday, with defense ministers from the seven countries most heavily involved in the operation pledging to continue fighting and look for ways to more aggressively target the group.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Cooperation

Obama Relaxes Rules for Striking ISIS in Afghanistan

Thursday, January 21, 2016
President Obama has made it easier for the military to get approval for strikes in Afghanistan targeting militias that have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, according to several government officials.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Charlie Savage
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

To Expand Overseas, Virginia Defense Firms Eye Africa

Thursday, January 21, 2016
KOVA Global, a small Virginia Beach defense contractor, recently finished work on a naval training project that wasn't in the Middle East or the Asia-Pacific, prime areas of focus for the U.S. military. It was in the Republic of Senegal on the west coast of Africa. That could be just the beginning, said Chris Just, who directs the firm's international training and foreign military sales division.English
Country(s): 
Senegal
Author(s): 
Hugh Lessig
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Press
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

A-29s Arrive in Afghanistan to Join ISIS, Taliban fFght

Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Air Force delivered four A-29 planes to Afghanistan Friday, just one month after the first Afghan pilots and maintainers for the close-air support aircraft completed their training in the U.S.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Oriana Pawlyk
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Iraqi Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrike on Mosul Banks

Thursday, January 21, 2016
The U.S. command in Iraq acknowledged Wednesday that some civilians were killed when it targeted two cash centers in Mosul, as war planners weighed the benefit of destruction against the downside of collateral damage.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Rowan Scarborough
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Human Rights
Human Rights

Haiti Candidate Celestin: Presidential Polls 'a Farce'

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The opposition candidate in Haiti's presidential election has called the polls "a farce" and threatened to pull out of the second round on Sunday.
Country(s): 
Haiti
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Uzbek Foreign Minister, U.S. Officials Hold Talks In Washington

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
An Uzbek delegation led by the authoritarian Central Asia nation's foreign minister met with senior U.S. officials in Washington on January 19 for consultations on a range of issues, including human rights and security.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Report: Kurds Displacing Arabs in Iraq in What Could Be ‘War Crimes’

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, close partners of the United States, have burned and bulldozed the homes of Arab families in actions that may constitute war crimes, Amnesty International alleged in a new report.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Loveday Morris
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Pentagon Chief: Number of U.S. troops Deployed to Iraq Likely to Increase

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Tuesday that the number of U.S. troops deployed to Iraq will likely increase, citing the recent success in taking the city of Ramadi back from the Islamic State and a need to train more Iraqi military and police units as the campaign against the militants expands.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Corruption in Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise in Africa Terror Attacks

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. From Somalia in the east to the Western Sahel, Africa’s hotspots started getting hotter over the past week with a series of terror attacks that have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Aryn Baker
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

British and U.S. Military 'In Command Room' for Saudi Strikes on Yemen

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
American and British military officials are in the command and control centre for Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, and have access to lists of targets, although they do not play any role in choosing them, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has said.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Emma Graham-Harrison
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Military Cooperation
Human Rights

Mauritania Has Received Otokar Cobra Armoured Vehicles

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
The Mauritanian military has taken delivery of at least a dozen Otokar Cobra armoured vehicles, which are being deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of the United Nations mission there. Twelve of the vehicles were seen during a ceremony on 12 January when President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz inspected the battalion the North African country is sending to the Central African Republic.English
Country(s): 
Mauritania
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Nigerian Villagers: Cameroon Troops are Killing Civilians

Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Cameroonian troops pursuing Boko Haram fired rocket-propelled grenades indiscriminately that killed a family of four, then shot and killed two other civilians, trapped Nigerian villagers said Tuesday. It’s the latest of several reports accusing the military of neighboring Cameroon of killing scores of Nigerian civilians and razing villages in an apparent attempt to create a no-go zone along the border. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Haruna Umar 
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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