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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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Washington Eyes El Salvador Attorney General Race

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Six members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to legislators in El Salvador urging them to elect a new Attorney General, highlighting the issue of U.S. influence over local efforts to tackle corruption and impunity in Central America.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Sam Tabory
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
U.S. Congress

U.S. Wants to Send $1 Billion in Aid to Central America – but Where Would it Go?

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
President Obama requested $1 billion in aid to promote security, democracy and prosperity in Central America. The three countries to receive the aid package make up the so-called ‘Northern Triangle’ – Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador – the most violent, poverty-stricken countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Lisa Nikolau
Publisher / Source: 
Humanosphere
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

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

After Deaths, Egyptians Grow Bolder in Challenging Police Abuse

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
In 2013 and 2014, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) counted 114 deaths in police detention, and said the true numbers are likely to be higher. It is still compiling statistics for this year.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Lin Noueihed
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Policing
Human Rights

U.S. Citizen who Fought for Islamist Group Surrenders in Somalia: Official

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
A U.S. citizen who fought for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab surrendered to authorities in the Horn of Africa country after he defected from the militants, a Somali official said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Feisal Omar
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters Africa
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism
Conflict
Counterterrorism
Counterinsurgency

UN Official: Action in Burundi Isn't Sufficient to Threat

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Regional and international action in Burundi at the moment isn't sufficient to address the threat of escalating human rights violations and potential mass atrocities, a United Nations official said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Edith M. Lederer
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Conflict Resolution
Conflict
U.N. Peacekeeping
Peace Negotiations

Most ISIL Weapons Were Seized From Iraqi Army

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated flow of weapons into Iraq have contributed to the accumulation by the Islamic State in Iran and the Levant (ISIL) of a "vast and varied" arsenal which is being used to commit war crimes on a massive scale in Iraq and Syria, an international rights group said Tuesday. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera America
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Terrorism

Saudi Arabia Is Underwriting Terrorism. Let’s Start Making It Pay.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
We don’t know yet what happened to San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik during her many years living in Saudi Arabia, or what her U.S.-born husband and accomplice, Syed Farook, might have experienced during his two recent visits to the country. Arabic
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Charles Kenny
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Trafficking in Terror

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
In December, 2009, Harouna Touré and Idriss Abdelrahman, smugglers from northern Mali, walked through the doors of the Golden Tulip, a hotel in Accra, Ghana. They were there to meet with two men who had offered them an opportunity to make millions of dollars, transporting cocaine across the Sahara.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Ginger Thompson
Publisher / Source: 
The New Yorker
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Terrorism

Biden Announces More U.S. Aid for Ukraine

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured Ukraine Monday of continuing U.S. support and announced the release of an additional $190 million in U.S. aid to help support reforms.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP, Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Foreign Policy

The Canadian Air Force Is Looking to Buy Weaponized Drones

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Canada is looking at buying its own weaponized drones, and internal documents tout the benefits of a controversial model used by the US Air Force.
Country(s): 
Canada
Author(s): 
Bob Makuch
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Drones
Arms Sales

U.S. Aid to Pakistan Will Be Used Against India: Husain Haqqani

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
As the U.S. prepares to sell F-16s to Pakistan, the country's former top diplomat has warned the Congress that such fighter jets would end up being used against India and not against terrorists.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
PTI
Publisher / Source: 
Financial Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Honduras Guilty Verdict Shows Something is Working

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
A former national judge from Honduras' special court system designed to handle high profile cases against gangs and members of organized crime has been found guilty for accepting a bribe, a positive sign that the country's Attorney General's Office is starting to purge the judicial system.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Elijah Stevens
Steven Dudley
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Kazakhstan Expands Peacekeeping Efforts

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Vital as they may be worldwide, peacekeeping operations, with their lack of glamour and faraway posts, are unloved by most ministries of defense and are typically among the first to suffer cuts in times of economic downturn, except, apparently, in Kazakhstan.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
John C. K. Daly
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Torture: the Mexican disease

Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Several people who were wrongly detained and allegedly tortured by Mexican police have been released after spending years in custody, human rights groups said Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Alejandro Hope
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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