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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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Colombian Rebels Kill 12 Government Troops During Regional Election

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Colombian left-wing guerrillas killed 12 state security personnel who were transporting election ballots to the capital, Bogotá, on Sunday, disrupting what was otherwise one of the least violent regional elections in Colombia’s recent history.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Nash Jenkins
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine

Slow Take-Off of Multinational Force - Boko Haram Regroups in Border Villages

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
There are fears that the December deadline for crushing Boko Haram may not be attained. France, the U.S., and China have promised to give training to to the troops. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Fidelis Mac-Leva
Ronald Mutum
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Trust (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Conflict
Counterterrorism
Military and Police Aid

Saudi Aid Official Says Wants Yemen Truce, Rebels Can't Be Trusted

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Saudi Arabia would like to see a ceasefire in Yemen to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid, but it does not trust the Houthi rebels to abide by such a truce, the head of a Saudi center that coordinates humanitarian assistance for Yemen said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Author(s): 
Michelle Nichols
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid
Conflict

Obama Extends U.S. Mission to Find Joseph Kony, End LRA Atrocities

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
President Obama has re-authorized U.S. support for the African Union-led counter-LRA mission, Operation Observant Compass, for one additional year starting now. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Enough Project
Tag(s): 
Military
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

Guatemala Just Elected a Comedian with Zero Political Experience to be President

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
This Sunday, Guatemala held the final round of its presidential election. Jimmy Morales, a television comedian with no political experience and no real policy platform, won with 70 percent. Just six months ago, Morales was commanding less than 1 percent in polls. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Zack Beauchamp
Publisher / Source: 
Vox

Taliban: Tajikistan Supplied Us Arms in Exchange for Hostages

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tajikistan's government provided the Taliban in Afghanistan with weapons in exchange for the release of four soldiers who had been captured by the Taliban on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, a Taliban official has said.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Arms Sales

Cameroon Army Drives Boko Haram Militants Back Across Northern Border

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Cameroonian soldiers drove Boko Haram insurgents back across the country's northern border into Nigeria on Friday, a day after the Islamist militants killed at least eight people in an attack in the remote region that aid groups say is becoming a war zone.
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Author(s): 
Josiane Kouagheu
Makini Brice
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Security Assistance
Military Cooperation

Tensions Soar Amid Protests Over Press Freedom in Georgia

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Hundreds of protesters have rallied in Tbilisi against the Georgian government's alleged attempts to silence the country's biggest and most popular television channel, raising fears of a political crisis.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict
Corruption

Surge of Illegal Children, Families Accelerates

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
The surge of children and families crossing the southwest border illegally accelerated again in September, leaving fiscal year 2015 the second-worst on record, according to numbers released Wednesday by the Border Patrol. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Stephan Dinan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Immigration

U.S. Stops Export of Korean Fighter Jets to Uzbekistan

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Washington has reportedly nixed a fighter jet deal worth $400 million, over concerns about technology leakage.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Catherine Putz
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Shabaab’s Leadership Fights Islamic State’s Attempted Expansion in East Africa

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Thus far, the Islamic State’s anti-al Qaeda push in East Africa has had little success. While additional defections are possible, or even likely, the “caliphate” has not yet won over a substantial number of Shabaab members. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Thomas Joscelyn
Publisher / Source: 
The Long War Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Afghan Leader Begs Putin to Send Gunships to Fight Taliban Insurgents in Clear Signal of Worsening Security in the War-torn Country

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
In a clear signal of the worsening security situation in the war-torn country, President Ashraf Ghani has appealed for help from the Kremlin. He asked Moscow for artillery, small arms and Mi-35 helicopter gunships for his country's stuggling military, according to officials.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Russia
Author(s): 
Larisa Brown
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Mail (UK)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

America's Elite Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
“In the last decade, Green Berets have deployed into 135 of the 195 recognized countries in the world,” reads a statement on the website of U.S. Army Special Forces Command. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Nick Turse
Publisher / Source: 
The Huffington Post Blog
Tag(s): 
Military

Afghan Local Police Stymied by Poor Supplies, Misuse: U.S. Report

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Local Afghan police are poorly supplied and often asked to perform duties outside their mission, undercutting the effectiveness of the units created in 2010 to help bring security to rural people, U.S. investigators reported on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
David Alexander
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Cuts $5 million in Drug War Aid to Mexico over Human Rights Concerns

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
In clear sign of troubled times, the U.S. announced it is withholding $5 million in drug war aid to Mexico over human rights concerns. The aid is part of a 2008 deal known as the Merida Initiative, hailed at the time as a historic drug-war partnership between the two countries. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Rafa Fernandez de Castro
Publisher / Source: 
Fusion

Obama Officials At Odds Over Saudi Airstrikes

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes in Yemen, conducted with U.S. assistance, are alleged to have killed at least 1,500 civilians, dividing members of the Obama administration over whether the U.S. risks being accused of abetting war crimes in a bombing campaign that could ultimately strengthen Islamist militants.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Nahal Toosi
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Conflict

‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Could Become a New U.S. Export under Revised Regulations

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
The State Department’s Directorate for Defense Trade Controls has proposed a rule change that could loosen oversight of private security companies and exacerbate the problems we’ve seen with them. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Colby Goodman
Deborah Avant
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Security Assistance
Security

Obama Weighs Moving U.S. Troops Closer to Front Lines in Syria, Iraq

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
President Obama’s most senior national security advisers have recommended measures that would move U.S. troops closer to the front lines in Iraq and Syria, officials said, a sign of mounting White House dissatisfaction with progress against the Islamic State and a renewed Pentagon push to expand military involvement in long-running conflicts overseas.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Missy Ryan
Greg Jaffe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Al-Shabaab Faction Pledges Allegiance to ISIS

Monday, October 26, 2015
A high-ranking member and spiritual leader of Al-Shabaab has pledged allegiance to ISIS, a move that further fractures the Somali-based jihadi group and spreads the reach of ISIS farther into Africa. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Joy Chelagat
Publisher / Source: 
CitizenTV (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Jimmy Morales Wins Guatemalan Presidential Election in Landslide

Monday, October 26, 2015
Jimmy Morales, a former television comedy actor who promised to clean up Guatemala’s corrupt politics, won a landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election.English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Juan Montes
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal

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