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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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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

Sudan Rebels, Army Brace for Fighting Season after Peace Talks Flop

Monday, December 7, 2015
Government forces and rebels in Sudan's war-torn border regions say they are preparing for another bout of fighting after the latest talks in Addis Ababa failed to reach a deal. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Tom Little
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

Biden Meeting In Kyiv With Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk

Monday, December 7, 2015
A lawmaker from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party says visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has given assurances of Washington’s full support “in financial terms and beyond” for Ukraine.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

KDF Bombs Al-Shabaab Juba Camp

Monday, December 7, 2015
KDF jets yesterday carried out aerial bombing of two al Shabaab camps in Somalia's Lower Shabelle. This was hardly 12 hours after US drones hit and destroyed other camps in the south of the country. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Dominic Wabala
Publisher / Source: 
The Star (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Drones
Counterinsurgency
Counterterrorism

Record Bombing of Islamic State Targets Tallied by U.S. Army

Monday, December 7, 2015
The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State last month dropped the most bombs in its 16-month campaign in Iraq and Syria, according to new Air Force data. The 3,271 munitions used in November were almost double the 1,683 in June, the low point of this year.Arabic
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Anthony Capaccio
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

Bolivia to Receive its Last Three Super Pumas in 2016

Monday, December 7, 2015
Bolivia is scheduled to receive its last three AS332 Super Pumas from Airbus Helicopters in 2016, completing a 2013 order.English
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Sales
Author(s): 
Ryan Maass
Publisher / Source: 
UPI.com
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Arms Sales

Iraq Summons Turkey's Ambassador Over Troop Deployment near Mosul

Monday, December 7, 2015
Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on Saturday to demand that Turkey immediately withdraw hundreds of troops deployed in recent days to northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Ahmed Rasheed
Ayla Jean Yackley
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Brutal Cartels Fight Over Mexico's 'Conflict-Free' Gold Revenues

Monday, December 7, 2015
Heroin traffickers linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico's southern gold belt, leading to a wave of murders.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Conflict

U.S. Policy to Ukraine in Need of Urgent Fix

Monday, December 7, 2015
America’s paltry military aid to Kyiv is sending the wrong message to Ukraine—and to Putin.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
David J. Kramer
Publisher / Source: 
The American Interest
Tag(s): 
Violence
Military and Police Aid
Foreign Aid

Venezuelan Opposition Wins Legislative Voting in Landslide

Monday, December 7, 2015
Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez kicked off the nation's socialist revolution.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Djibouti Confirms Chinese Naval Base Plans

Monday, December 7, 2015
Djibouti’s foreign minister has confirmed that China will build a naval base in Djibouti, after years of talk surrounding such a proposal. English
Country(s): 
Djibouti
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Military Cooperation
Military and Police Aid

Arrests Point to Urabeños' Evolving Role in Colombia's Illegal Mining

Monday, December 7, 2015
Authorities in Colombia have dismantled a network of illegal mining operators allegedly working for drug trafficking group the Urabeños, providing further evidence of how the country's criminal organizations are deepening their involvement in unregulated gold mining. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

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