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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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U.S. Military Assistance

Thursday, October 8, 2015
“U.S. Financing Fails to Sustain Foreign Forces” (front page, Oct. 4), about the routine failures of American foreign arms and training programs to meet their objectives, underscores the need for a move away from reliance on these programs as a central component of United States strategy.English
Country(s): 
Global
Program(s): 
Syria Train and Equip Fund
Deployments for Training
International Military Education and Training
Author(s): 
William Hartung
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Failure to Pay Soldiers Threatens Somalia’s War on Islamists

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Somalia's inability to pay and even feed its soldiers threatens to undermine years of hard-won military gains against Islamist al Shabaab rebels, with corruption sapping morale and weakening the army in the war against the militants.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Drazen Jorgic
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Military
Conflict

Fight Against Boko Haram: A Rethink

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Rethinking the fight against Boko Haram will require taking in new information and forming a nuanced understanding of this group. There is no doubt that Boko Haram is home-grown, but like an octopus, it has spread its tentacles beyond the precincts of the country. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Unico Iregbu Uduka
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Trust (Nigeria)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism

Venezuela’s Maduro Slams U.S. Interference in Guyana Dispute and Internal Affairs

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hit back at the US government on Tuesday after the latter publically declared its support for Guyana’s claim to the disputed Essequibo region. English
Country(s): 
Guyana
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Lucas Koerner
Publisher / Source: 
Venezuelanalysis.com
Tag(s): 
Border Control
U.S. Policy

Keeping A Piece of Peacekeeping

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Obama’s policy is long overdue; it is the first of its kind in 21 years. The document represents a sensible and important step towards making UN peace operations more effective—and toward enabling Washington to play a constructive role in that process. English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Paul Williams
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Affairs
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

No Policy Not an Option in Central Asia

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Despite highly questionable junkets by congressmen, central Asian states still find themselves on the outside of the Washington establishment looking in, while signing lucrative contracts with Moscow and Beijing. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
James Nadeau
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, A Trail of Bodies Leads Back to the USA

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Joy erupted in the streets of Guatemala in early September, after months of demonstrations had forced the congress to strip presidential immunity from President Otto Perez Molina, who then resigned and was subsequently jailed on corruption charges.
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Edward Curtin
Publisher / Source: 
Global Research
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Corruption
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Marines, Gabonese Share Tactics

Thursday, October 8, 2015
U.S. Marines and Gabon’s Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux, or ANPN, worked together Sept. 14-25, at the Pongara National Forest to help the nation’s fight against wildlife trafficking.English
Country(s): 
Gabon
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Bryan Peterson
Publisher / Source: 
United States Africa Command
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Senate Democrats hold up arms sales for Saudi war in Yemen

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Democrats on a key Senate panel are holding up bomb sales for the Saudi air campaign in Yemen amid growing concerns over the rising death toll, Al-Monitor has learned. English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Sales
Author(s): 
Julian Pecquet
Publisher / Source: 
Al Monitor
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Arms Sales

Amnesty: Two Representatives Expelled From Azerbaijan

Thursday, October 8, 2015
Amnesty International says two of its delegates have been detained when trying to enter Azerbaijan and then expelled from the country.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

Russian Warplanes in Syria Destroy U.S.-trained Rebels' Weapons Depots: Commander

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Russian air strikes have destroyed the main weapons depots of a U.S.-trained rebel group in Syria, their commander said on Wednesday, in an expansion of Russian attacks on insurgents backed by foreign enemies of President Bashar al-Assad.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Senior Pentagon Official Visits Armenia

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
A senior Pentagon official discussed Armenia’s growing participation in international peacekeeping operations supported by the United States with Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, during a visit to Yerevan on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Asbarez (Armenia)

Britain Urged to Stop Providing Weapons to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Britain is being urged to halt the supply of weapons to its ally Saudi Arabia in the light of evidence that civilians are being killed in Saudi-led attacks on rebel forces in Yemen.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Ian Black
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Arms Sales

Georgian Activists Demand to Release Protesters Supporting "Rustavi 2" TV Channel

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
In Tbilisi, more than 200 people held a rally in front of the house of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia. They were protesting against the court's decision to arrest two activists of the NGO "Free Zone" and a member of the "United National Movement" Party.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Beslan Kmuzov
Publisher / Source: 
Caucasian Knot
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

ISIS Takes Responsibility for Bombings in Yemen

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in Yemen’s two largest cities on Tuesday that killed at least 25 people, including troops from the Persian Gulf who are fighting Yemeni rebels.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Saeed Al Batati
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Colombia Prosecutor Seeks Probe into Former President and 1997 Massacre

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Colombia’s public prosecutor has called for an investigation into whether former president Alvaro Uribe was linked to a massacre carried out by paramilitaries in 1997.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict

John Kerry Raises Syria No-Fly Zone Despite Obama's Skepticism

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry has raised the possibility of a no-fly zone in Syria to protect civilians even as President Barack Obama has consistently rejected the idea, several administration officials told CNN.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Elise Labott
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

Is Kyrgyzstan Central Asia’s Best Hope for Democracy?

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Kyrgyzstan successfully held relatively peaceful elections on October 4, with six out of 14 parties passing the republic-wide 7% and country-wide 0.7% barrier and winning parliament seats.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Bakyt Ibraimov
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
Governance

Flow of Central American Children Headed to U.S. Shifts but Doesn’t Slow

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
The problem seems to have simply been pushed farther south: Many of the young migrants are now stopped entering Mexico instead.English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Azam Ahmed
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Migration
Border Control

Yemen Conflict: Houthi Rebels Commit to UN Peace Plan

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Yemen's Houthi rebels have confirmed in writing to the UN secretary general their commitment to UN resolutions aimed at ending the country's conflict.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

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