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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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How Democratic Are Proposed Armenian Constitutional Amendments?

Monday, December 7, 2015
On December 6, Armenian voters are being called upon to approve or reject a packet of constitutional amendments that the country's leadership says are intended as a further step toward democratization and facilitating a peaceful transfer of power.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Liz Fuller
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Governance
Corruption

Yemen Humanitarian Ceasefire Expected in Days, Ahead of Peace Talks: Official

Monday, December 7, 2015
Yemen's warring parties are expected to announce a humanitarian ceasefire within days before U.N.-sponsored talks to end a civil war that has killed nearly 6,000 people, an official from President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

CSTO Military Committee to Sit in Moscow 9 December

Monday, December 7, 2015
The Military Committee set up under the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will meet in Moscow on 9 December, BelTA learnt from CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Belarus News (Belarus)
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Clashes Between Syrian Fighters Pose Challenge for Turkey, U.S.

Monday, December 7, 2015
Groups that have received support from the United States or its allies have turned their guns on each other in a northern corner of Syria, highlighting the difficulties of mobilizing forces on the ground against Islamic State. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
John Davison
Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Turkmenistan Looks to the West

Monday, December 7, 2015
Due to worsening relations with Russia, its increasing dependence on China and fears of destabilisation, Turkmenistan is adjusting its foreign policy and trying to bolster its cooperation with the West in the field of energy and security. English
Country(s): 
Turkmenistan
Author(s): 
Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
Jozef Lang
Publisher / Source: 
Osrodek Studiow Wschodnich
Tag(s): 
Security

Burkina Faso Coup Leader Charged over Sankara Murder

Monday, December 7, 2015
Authorities in Burkina Faso have charged a general who led a failed coup in September with complicity in the 1987 assassination of President Thomas Sankara, senior security sources have told the Reuters news agency. English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Governance

With Burundi’s President Sticking to Power, Violence Is on the Rise

Monday, December 7, 2015
Some opposition forces are exploiting the attention on Burundi to fuel the fears of wider violence and chaos in order to force Mr. Nkurunziza into some sort of Western-backed power-sharing agreement. It is not clear if this strategy will work, but so far, calls for negotiations have intensified as more bodies show up on the streets.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Jeffrey Gettleman
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Governance
Conflict
Human Rights
Civil-Military Relations

FIFA Scandal Widens to Include Former Head of State

Monday, December 7, 2015
The FIFA corruption investigation widened to include a former head of state Thursday, as U.S. authorities put in an extradition request for former Honduran President Rafael Callejas.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
JP Carroll
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Caller
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Extraditions

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

Egypt’s State of Repression

Friday, December 4, 2015
The Obama administration continues to provide $1.3 billion in annual military aid to the Egyptian regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi on the grounds that it is a necessary if unsavory ally in the fight against the Islamic State, which has established an affiliate on the Sinai Peninsula. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
The Editorial Board
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Morocco Sends 1,500 Soldiers to Participate in Ground Operations in Yemen

Friday, December 4, 2015
According to Moroccan daily Assabah in its Friday issue, Morocco has sent 1,500 elite soldiers to Yemen to participate in the Arab Coalition’s ground military offensive, which will be carried out under the command of Saudi Arabia.
Country(s): 
Morocco
Publisher / Source: 
Morocco World News

Egyptian Officials on Defensive Amid Uproar Over Police Brutality Cases

Friday, December 4, 2015
Scarcely half an hour after police officers arrested Talaat Shabeeb at a cafe here last week and accused him of selling drugs, his body was returned to his family with signs of torture, marked by broad blue bruises, his relatives said.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Policing

In Battle with IS, Marines Bolster Jordanian Military

Friday, December 4, 2015
While military operations against the Islamic State group intensified this last summer, the U.S. Marine Corps quietly worked to bolster a key ally in the fight.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Matthew L. Schehl
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Strategic Shift Needed to Combat Violent Extremism in Mali

Friday, December 4, 2015
Strong actions are needed, but they should be part of a coherent institutional framework.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Author(s): 
Ibrahim Maiga
Publisher / Source: 
Institute for Security Studies
Tag(s): 
Counterinsurgency
Conflict
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Civil Society

The ISIS Fight Is Reshaping U.S. Arms Exports to Its Partners

Friday, December 4, 2015
By raw value, the $45.8 billion in U.S. arms sales approved in the past 16 months for countries battling the Islamic State and other militants is just a bit more than the $43 billion approved for the same countries over the same duration before coalition airstrikes began. But the kinds of weapons going to those countries — Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and others — have shifted dramatically. English
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Marcus Weisgerber
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Arms Sales
Terrorism

Colombia, Brazil and Peru to Develop Patrol Boat to Protect Amazon

Friday, December 4, 2015
Colombia, Brazil and Peru will develop a patrol boat to protect the Amazon as part of a military cooperation project, allowing the countries to share technology, naval shipbuilder Cotecmar said.English
Country(s): 
Andes Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Fox News Latino
Wire Service: 
EFE
Tag(s): 
Environment
Military Cooperation

Marines are Flying Over Both Syria and Iraq Regularly as Part of a Rescue Force

Friday, December 4, 2015
Marines are regularly flying over both Iraq and Syria to provide an airborne force capable of responding quickly if a coalition aircraft goes down and a pilot or air crew needs rescuing, said the commanding officer of a unit that returned from Iraq this fall.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe

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