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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. Airstrikes Back Afghan Security Forces' Efforts to Retake City from Taliban

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Afghan forces are also massing around Kunduz for what is likely to be a protracted battle to retake the strategic city of 300,000 inhabitants.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
The World Post
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Peru Declares Martial Law in Two Regions After Protests

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Peru on Tuesday declared martial law in parts of its southern highlands after protests against the country’s biggest copper project resulted in at least three deaths.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Ryan Dube
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Obama Authorizes $20mn in ‘Non-Lethal’ Military Aid and Training for Ukraine

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
One day after Ukraine announced that U.S. instructors would start training the country’s special forces, President Obama has authorized the provision of up to $20 million to Ukraine via the State Department to fund training and other similar activities.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
RT.com
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Puerto Rico Vows to Fight Corrupt Cops as Frustration Grows

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Already undergoing federally mandated reform, Puerto Rico's police department faces an overhaul after a new wave of arrests in an agency widely accused of corruption and other abuses.English
Country(s): 
Puerto Rico
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Policing

Fluor Selected as LOGCAP IV Contractor for Africa and Southern Combatant Commands

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The U.S. Army has selected Fluor as the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) IV contractor to provide regional forward planning support for Africa Command (AFRICOM), to include the countries within Africa, the African Union and African regional security organizations, and Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), to include Central America, South America and the Caribbean.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Market Watch
Wire Service: 
Business Wire
Tag(s): 
Military

Uruguay Hosts Anti-Money Laundering Conference

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Latin American Police officials meet in Uruguay to participate in a week-long training session in efforts to combat regional money laundering activities. English
Country(s): 
Uruguay
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Policing

Lockheed Martin to supply Hellfire missiles to Egypt and Tunisia

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The US Army Contracting Command (USACC) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to supply an undisclosed number of AGM-114K/R3 Hellfire II missiles to Egypt and Tunisia as well as Iraq, Pakistan and Indonesia in a $357.8 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Egypt
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Saudis Face Mounting Pressure Over Civilian Deaths in Yemen Conflict

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Saudi Arabia and its allies faced mounting international pressure on Tuesday to halt a bombing campaign in Yemen the day after airstrikes killed dozens of people at a village wedding on the Red Sea coast.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Kareem Fahim
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.S. Troops Have Turned to Some Unsavory Partners to Help Find Warlord Joseph Kony

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
As their mission stretches into a fifth year, U.S. troops have turned to some unsavory partners to help find Kony’s trail. Working from a new bush camp in the Central African Republic, U.S. forces have begun working closely with Muslim rebels — known as Seleka — who toppled the central government two years ago and triggered a still-raging sectarian war with a campaign of mass rapes and executions. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
South Sudan
Sudan
Author(s): 
Craig Whitlock
Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military

Obama Urges World Leaders to Hold Course Against ISIL

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
US President Barack Obama has urged members of a US-led coalition to hold course in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against a backdrop of growing Russian military deployments to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Iraq
Author(s): 
James Reinl
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Burkina Faso Military Puts Down Last Holdouts from Coup Attempt

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Burkina Faso military crushed the last remnants of a failed coup on Tuesday, storming the barracks of the elite unit that staged the coup 13 days earlier.English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Author(s): 
Herve Taoko
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Governance

Under Fire, U.S. Suspends Part of Syrian Rebel Training Program

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The United States has suspended a critical piece of the troubled program to train and equip Syrian fighters to battle the Islamic State, putting the brakes on bringing the next batch of vetted recruits out of Syria for training.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Paul McLeary
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Talking It Out in Uganda

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
U.S. Army personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa recently traveled to Jinja, Uganda, to work alongside members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) to help the UPDF develop their information operations capabilities.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet
Publisher / Source: 
Africom Newsroom

U.S. Sends Search-and-Rescue Aircraft, Crew to Turkey

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
U.S. aircraft and about 300 Air Force troops have begun arriving at a military base in Turkey to provide search and rescue capabilities for the fighting in Iraq and Syria.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Lolita C. Baldor
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Militarization

U.S. Looks Away as Tyranny Steals a March in Central Asia

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Central Asian democracy was dealt another critical blow this month, in open defiance of Western efforts and engagement.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
John Heathershaw
Publisher / Source: 
Financial Times (UK)
Tag(s): 
Corruption

CSTO Drills Kick Off in Armenia

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The Joint exercise of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeeping forces codenamed Nerushimoe Bratstvo (Enduring Brotherhood) is beginning in Armenia on Wednesday, TASS reports.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Publisher / Source: 
Public Radio of Armenia
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

African Union to Public Investigation, Form War Crimes Court for S. Sudan

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
The African Union has decided to publish an investigative report about atrocities committed in South Sudan and to establish an 'African-led' court to prosecute those responsible for the atrocities, according to a communique released by the AU Peace and Security Council. English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Tamazuj
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Human Rights

Marine Corps Could Expand Training Mission in Ukraine

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Marine leaders are considering expanding the Corps' mission in Ukraine by training local troops who could be tasked with taking on Russian-backed separatists.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
James K. Sanborn
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

UN Human Rights Agency Says Civilian Death Toll Hits 2,355 in Yemen, Seeks Independent Probe

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The office of the U.N. human rights chief says 151 civilians have been killed in fighting in Yemen over two weeks in September, taking the civilian death toll to 2,355 over the last six months.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
FOX News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Dem Senator Calls on US to Suspend Syrian Rebel Training Program

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A Democratic senator is calling for the administration to suspend its program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, after news that one of the rebels handed over equipment to al Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

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