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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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Romanian Army Receives Four Phoenix 30 UAVs

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Romania's army has a new quadrotor capability following the arrival of four UAV Solutions Phoenix 30 unmanned air vehicles.
Country(s): 
Romania
Author(s): 
Beth Stevenson
Publisher / Source: 
Flightglobal
Tag(s): 
Drones
Arms Sales

Tanzania Supports Plan to Send 5,000 Troops to Troubled Burundi

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The meeting between AU boss and Dr Mahiga, previously the United Nations representative to Somalia, signifies the urge of Tanzanian Government to end tension and bloodshed that has seen more than 190,000 Burundians flee into Tanzania, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The AU has a policy of regional forces, meaning the East African Standby Force could be sent to Burundi.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Aggrey Mutambo
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Diplomats Meet in Pakistan in Effort to Restart Peace Talks With Taliban

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Senior diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States met in Islamabad on Monday to try to lay the groundwork for a new round of peace talks with the Taliban.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Salman Masood
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Peace Negotiations

Building Afghan Security Requires a Long-Term U.S. Commitment

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
If we truly intend to professionalize a foreign military force in support of a legitimate local government, it could take a long time, even decades, as it did in the Republic of Korea and Germany. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lincoln Bloomfield
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military
Security

Report Warns of Instability in Tajikistan

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A new Crisis Group report points to opposition crackdowns as indicative of an unstable state.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Security

Kazakhstan Army Visits U.S. Army Central

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A contingent from the Kazakhstan armed forces recently visited U.S. Army Central, or USARCENT, and South Carolina to learn ways to build its military forces as it transitions from a conscript to an all-volunteer army, the United States Army said in a release on January 6.
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
AKI Press Staff
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

U.S. Deports El Salvador Defense Minister for Mass Murders

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
A former Minister of Defense of El Salvador was deported from the United States Friday for his role in the commission of human rights violations during the Civil War in El Salvador. The 1980-1992 war resulted in the death of more than 70,000 civilians.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Herald Tribune Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Latin America Herald Tribune
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Jordan, U.S. Sign Deal to Prevent Nuclear Smuggling

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday signed a Joint Action Plan to improve efforts against nuclear and radiological smuggling. English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
The Jordan Times Staff
Publisher / Source: 
The Jordan Times (Jordan)
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

Helibras Performs First Full In-Country AS565 K2 Upgrade

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Brazil’s army in late 2015 received the first Airbus Helicopters AS565 to have been upgraded entirely in-country to the enhanced K2 standard. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Dominic Perry
Publisher / Source: 
Flightglobal
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Millions in ISIS Cash Destroyed in U.S. Airstrike on Mosul Bank

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
In an unusual airstrike, U.S. forces dropped bombs Sunday on a building in central Mosul, Iraq, where Islamic State militants were storing huge amounts of cash it was using to pay its troops, U.S. defense officials said.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Kellan Howell
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Have Improved, but Some Collaboration Challenges Remain

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
According to data from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 73,684 firearms (about 70 percent) seized in Mexico and traced from 2009 to 2014 originated in the United States. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
GAO
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

Israel's First-Ever Stealth Fighter Jet Nearing Completion

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Israel's first-ever stealth fighter jet took a significant step towards completion at the end of last week. The Defense Ministry has ordered 33 of the fighter jets from the U.S. at a total cost of $4.75 billion.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Udi Etzion
Publisher / Source: 
Israel News (Israel)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

JSOC’s Secretive Delta Force Operators on the Ground for El Chapo Capture

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo, was recaptured following an intense firefight between Mexican Marines and Chapo’s goons in Sinaloa, Mexico, last Friday. Although Mexican officials claimed that the entire operation to recapture El Chapo after he escaped from prison for the second time was planned and executed by Mexico, multiple sources report to SOFREP that American law enforcement officers and JSOC operators were involved in the mission.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Jack Murphy
Publisher / Source: 
Sofrep
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Mali's Jihadists Draw Strength from Peace Deal Delays: Army

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Delays in implementing the security measures of a Mali peace deal signed last year is making it harder for the army to counter resurgent jihadist groups, an army chief of the West African country said on Monday. English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Adama Diarra
Emma Farge
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Wire Service: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

South Sudan President Sacks Top Police Generals

Monday, January 11, 2016
South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir, has sacked several top police generals, including inspector general of police two days after his government lost the ministry of interior to the armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) under the leadership of former vice-president, Riek Machar. The purged generals included a long serving police inspector general, Pieng Deng Kuol and his deputy, Andrew Kuol Nyuon, and have been replaced with Makur Arol as new inspector general and Biel Ruot as his deputy. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Sudan Tribune Staff
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

How the Air Force War Against the Islamic State Has Expanded, in One Graphic

Monday, January 11, 2016
New statistics released by the Air Force suggest the air war against the Islamic State militant group is expanding — perhaps even more so than most observers realize.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Hundreds of Congolese Troops Withdraw from Central African Force

Monday, January 11, 2016
Hundreds of peacekeepers from Democratic Republic of Congo on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic will withdraw, a spokesman said on Saturday, after they failed an internal assessment. The historically turbulent former French colony suffered an intensification of violence in 2013 when mostly Muslim rebels known as Seleka seized power in a coup.
Country(s): 
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
Crispin Dembassa-Kette
Emma Farge
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters Africa
Wire Service: 
Reuters (Africa)
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Drone Base Closure Doesn't End U.S. Drone Wars In Africa

Monday, January 11, 2016
U.S. officials finally confirmed this week that an American drone base in Ethiopia was closed in September, after being used for four years to help gather intelligence on Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabaab. The revelation comes after news in December that the U.S. military had deactivated a drone squad in neighboring Djibouti. English
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Author(s): 
Charlotte Alfred
Publisher / Source: 
The World Post
Tag(s): 
Drones

Afghan Forces Struggle as Ranks Thinned by 'Ghost' Soldiers

Monday, January 11, 2016
Afghan forces are struggling to man the front lines against a resurgent Taliban, in part because of untold numbers of "ghost" troops who are paid salaries but only exist on paper.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Mirwais Khan
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military

U.S. Africa Command Campaign Plan Targets Terror Groups

Monday, January 11, 2016
In the face of growing threats from the African continent, U.S. Africa Command has spelled out its theater campaign plan, officials said. The plan is built upon the foundation of the strategy promulgated last year by Africom commander Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, officials speaking on background told reporters traveling with Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Jim Garamone
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web (South Africa)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

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