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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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Kyrgyz Defense Minister Fired, Faces Corruption Charges

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev has dismissed his defense minister, Abibilla Kudaiberdiev, after the state security service and prosecutors said they were investigating him for embezzlement.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Official: Ugandan Troops are Withdrawing from South Sudan

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Ugandan troops have started withdrawing from South Sudan to comply with a peace deal between South Sudan’s warring factions, Uganda’s military chief said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Rodney Muhumuza
Publisher / Source: 
Africa Times
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution

Georgian PM Reaffirms ‘Friendly, Strategic’ Relations with Azerbaijan

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
PM Irakli Garibashvili said on October 12 that Tbilisi’s relations with Baku will remain “friendly and strategic” and dismissed talk of “diversification, replacement of Azerbaijani gas” supplies as “utterly absurd”.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Civil.ge (Georgia)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Turkish Officials Claim 'Concrete Evidence' of ISIS Link to Bombings

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Turkish officials said they had firm evidence linking Islamic State to the twin suicide bombings that killed scores of people at a peace rally in the country’s deadliest ever terrorist attack. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Kareem Shaheen
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Conflict

After Fall of Kunduz, Russia Tries to Shore up Defenses in Central Asia

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
After the Taliban took over the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, Russia has responded by taking a number of measures aimed at shoring up security in the region, strengthening both their own and partner armed forces.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Terrorism

Mexico's Migration Crackdown Escalates Dangers for Central Americans

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Last year’s wave of unaccompanied children migrating to the US helped spark a crackdown in Mexico, forcing people to take alternative routes north as they face armed robbers, corrupt officials and sexual violenceEnglish
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Jo Tuckman
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Migration
Corruption

Upcoming Elections in Azerbaijan Marred by Complaints

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Azerbaijan will host parliamentary elections on November 1. Meanwhile, the country is ranked near the bottom in indices of freedom of speech and democracy of most international organizations, and countless opposition leaders are in prison or in exile.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Aydin Mammadov
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
Corruption

U.S.-Made Weaponry Is Turning Syrian Conflict Into Proxy War With Russia

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful American-made antitank missiles.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Anne Barnard
Karam Shoumali
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Conflict

Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Afghanistan Visits Tajikistan to Discuss Security Issues

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, will visit Tajikistan on Tuesday, reports the Foreign Ministry of the country.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Security
Foreign Policy

DEA Lays Out New Dynamic for Regional Heroin Trafficking

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
A top DEA official has sounded the alarm over how heroin traffickers in Mexico have massively increased poppy cultivation and expanded their distribution networks into the east coast of the United States as they look to cash in on the growing number of US heroin users.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Program(s): 
DEA Operations
Author(s): 
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Criminal Organizations

U.S. Airdrops Ammunition to Syria Rebels

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
John Davison
Phil Stewart
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

To Save Iraq, Arm the Kurds

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
More than a year after the so-called Islamic State overran Mosul and threatened Baghdad, the United States still can’t rely on the Iraqi Army to defeat the jihadist forces. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Aliza Marcus
Andrew Apostolou
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

El Salvador's Military Wants Compensation for Security Risks

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The soldiers know how to fulfill policing roles, but they complain that they are paid less -- and treated worse -- than police officers. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Nelson Rauda Zablah
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
El Faro
Tag(s): 
Militarization

Islamic State Figures Killed in Air Strike; Baghdadi Not Believed Among Them

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them, residents of the town and hospital sources said.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Ahmed Rasheed
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Terrorism

U.S. Acknowledges Reality and Scraps Failed Syria Training Program

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
On Capitol Hill, it’s been called “a joke,” a “total failure,” and “a bigger disaster than I could have ever imagined.” And now we have another name for it: dead.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Paul McLeary
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Honduras Shutters Bank Linked to Drug Trafficking

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The Honduran government said it would guarantee deposits up to $9,000 for the 220,000 customers of the country’s Banco Continental, which is being shuttered because its owners are accused in the U.S. of laundering money for drug traffickers.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
The Tico Times
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Egypt, France Sign Warships Deal As PM Starts Arab Nation Tour

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Egypt signed a deal with France Saturday to buy two Mistral warships originally ordered by Russia as French Prime Minister Manuel Valls began an Arab nation tour.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Wire Service: 
Agence France Presse
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Guatemala: Mob Kills Village Mayor Over Attack on Rival

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
A mob killed a village mayor in western Guatemala in reprisal for an attack on a political rival that resulted in the death of two teenage girls, authorities said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Publisher / Source: 
WTOP
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Extrajudicial Killings

African Nations Need to Step Up Before They Lose Their States to ISIS—Rwanda Showing It Can Be Done

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The conditions on the continent are just right for ISIS's expansion plans--including marginalised youth and growing frustration. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Samantha Spooner
Publisher / Source: 
Mail & Guardian (Africa)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism

Worth and Betrayal: Managing U.S. Strategic Thinking in South Asia – OpEd

Tuesday, October 13, 2015
The current strategic environment in South Asia has been drastically transformed where the US has now become the strategic partner of India and its policies toward Pakistan are routed through New Delhi. The policy makers in Washington D.C. are repeating the history of what they did after the Cold War.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
India
Author(s): 
Syed Shahid Hussain Bukhari
Publisher / Source: 
Eurasia Review
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Security Assistance
Foreign Policy

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