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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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Colombia Rocked by Major Police Corruption Scandal

Thursday, December 10, 2015
President Santos announced a new commission will investigate a massive police corruption scandal involving illegal surveillance and a male prostitution ring.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Policing
Corruption

Search Underway for Afghan Trainees Missing from Air Base

Thursday, December 10, 2015
Two Afghan men who were training with the U.S. military are missing from a base in south Georgia, but officials say that they were screened before entering the country and that there's no indication they pose a threat.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jeff Martin
Lolita Baldor
Publisher / Source: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Carter Cautions U.S. Ground Troops Would 'Americanize' ISIS Fight

Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Pentagon is urgently calling on Congress to lift a hold on $116 million in funding for its rebooted Syria train-and-equip program after Gen. Lloyd Austin, the chief of US Central Command, revealed its stunning failure at a Capitol Hill hearing in September. The $500-million program had only a handful of trained Syrian fighters left. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Iraq
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Seeks Transparency on Alleged Rapes by UN Peacekeepers

Thursday, December 10, 2015
The United States on Wednesday called for greater transparency into alleged sexual assaults by UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, demanding to know the nationalities of the accused. English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of India
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Peace Negotiations
Conflict
Human Rights

Boko Haram: U.S. Calls for Viable Military Action

Thursday, December 10, 2015
The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Samantha Power, on Wednesday said that Nigeria urgently needed a viable military action to end activities of Boko Haram. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
Vanguard (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Conflict

TI States Gross Violations at Armenian Referendum

Thursday, December 10, 2015
Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Centre of the Transparency International (TI) has stated today at a press conference in Yerevan that gross violations were fixed at the recent referendum in Armenia, namely: facts of intimidation, non-registration of violations and other falsifications.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Caucasian Knot
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Georgian Defense Minister Seeks U.S. Gear Inside Georgia

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The expected decision by the U.S. to boost funding for the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI) in fiscal 2017 is welcome news, but Georgia would like to have US gear prepositioned inside its border, said Georgian Minister of Defense Tinatin Khidasheli.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Program(s): 
European Reassurance Initiative
Author(s): 
Aaron Mehta
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Lawmaker: Were U.S. Forces Manipulated into Striking Hospital?

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Two servicemen have told Congress that American special forces called in an air strike on a hospital in Afghanistan because they believed the Taliban were using it as a command center, contradicting the military's explanation that the attack was meant for a different building.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Ken Dilanian
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
AFP, Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Conflict

Two Afghan Trainees Missing From U.S. Air Base In Georgia

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Two male Afghans being trained at an air force base in the U.S. state of Georgia have gone missing, the military said in a statement on December 8.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

American, U.S. Resident Extremists Defect in Somalia

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The defections of two fighters, an American and a U.S. resident, from Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels highlight tensions within al-Shabab over whether it should remain affiliated to al-Qaida or switch allegiance to the Islamic State group, an al-Shabab commander said Tuesday. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Abdi Guled
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Terrorism
Conflict
Terrorism
Terrorism

U.S. Drug Case Shows European Ambitions of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
A U.S. prison sentence handed down to a Mexican attorney is the final chapter in a long investigation by federal authorities that shed light on the Sinaloa cartel's attempts to expand into the lucrative European market for cocaine.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Russian Military Deploys Helicopters In Armenia

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
In a further expansion of its military presence in Armenia, Russia has begun the deployment of new combat helicopters to an airbase just outside Yerevan that has long been used by Russian warplanes.
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Azatutyun.am (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

U.S. Approves Sale of 'Smart Bomb' Kits to Turkey

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of precision bomb kits valued at $70 million to Turkey, a member of NATO and a key part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Britain Signs Deal to Extend Military Training in Kenya

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Kenya and Britain signed a deal on Wednesday to allow British troops to continue military training in the East African nation for five more years, ending half a decade of protracted negotiations which tested their relations. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance

House Weighs Directly Arming Kurds in Northern Iraq, Skirting Baghdad

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday will take up legislation calling on President Barack Obama to provide weapons and equipment directly to Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq instead of sending them through Baghdad.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Bryant Jordan
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Nigeria Likely to Miss Boko Haram Deadline: Analysts

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Nigeria's government has vowed to end the Boko Haram insurgency by this month but the deadline looks likely to be missed as attacks persist with little sign of an effective regional response. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Phil Hazlewood
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism
Conflict

Experts Refute Official Claim that Ayotzinapa Students were Burned in a Cocula Dump

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
In yet another spin involving the Ayotzinapa case, satellite photographs reviewed by international experts refute official claims that the bodies of the 43 disappeared students were burned in a Cocula garbage dump.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Franco Bastida
Publisher / Source: 
Latin Correspondent
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Iraq Seeks NATO Pressure on Turkey in Troops Row

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The arrival of a heavily armed Turkish contingent near the front line close to Mosul is part of a mission to train and equip Iraqi forces in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, according to Turkey. However, the Iraqi government says it never invited such a force. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Turkey
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera

Niger to Transfer 500 Boko Haram Prisoners to Nigeria

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday. English
Country(s): 
Niger
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Abdoulaye Massalaki
Emma Farge
Gareth Jones
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Human Rights

Iraqi Troops Close in on Ramadi, Retake Army Headquarters

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Iraqi forces announced Tuesday that they had driven the Islamic State out of large parts of Ramadi in a campaign to retake the capital of Iraq’s largest province, seven months after the city’s fall to the extremist group.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Mustafa Salim
Hugh Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Terrorism

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