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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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El Salvador: More Weapons, More Recruits, More Chaos

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The demand for illicit weapons in El Salvador has surged to such an extent that it has impacted the black market in neighboring Guatemala. Raul Mijango, perhaps the last supporter of a dialogue between the government and gangs as a tool for stopping the rising violence in El Salvador, has stepped aside. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Carlos Martinez
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Criminal Organizations

U.S. Strategy in Question After Iraq's Stalemate in Ramadi

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A summer of stalemate in the effort to reclaim the Iraqi provincial capital of Ramadi, despite U.S.-backed Iraqi troops vastly outnumbering Islamic State fighters, calls into question not only Iraq's ability to win a test of wills over key territory but also the future direction of Washington's approach to defeating the extremist group. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Robert Burns
Publisher / Source: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

OAS to Establish Anti-Corruption Body in Honduras

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Organization of American States (OAS) said on Monday it will create a mission to tackle graft in Honduras, where protestors have been pushing for an anti-corruption body like one that helped bring down the president of neighboring Guatemala.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Dave Graham
Diane Craft
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Syrian Rebel Commander Who Turned Over Equipment to Militants Says He Was Threatened

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military said they turned over equipment and vehicles to militants linked with al-Qaeda to ensure safe passage through a dangerous area and were threatened with an ambush if they did not do so, according to the U.S. military.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Dan Lamothe
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Equipment

Rallying Global Support, Obama Pledges Larger U.S. Role in Peacekeeping Missions

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
President Obama announced Monday that the United States would bolster its support for United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, as he rallied more than 50 countries to promise to expand their contributions, amounting to around 40,000 new soldiers and police officers.English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Somini Sengupta
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Britain to Send Troops to Somalia for Training

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Britain is to send dozens of troops to Somalia and possibly South Sudan to train soldiers and boost security in the region, Downing Street said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid
Migration

Obama Sends Merten Back to Haiti as New Election Crisis Looms

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
U. S. Presidents will sometimes scheme to preserve a legacy, but the media is strangely silent on the Obama administration's latest move in Haiti. With little fanfare from our shores, Kenneth Merten was appointed as the Haiti Special Coordinator in August 2015. Merten served as the United States Ambassador to Haiti from 2009 to July 2012. English
Country(s): 
Haiti
Author(s): 
Georgianne Nienaber
Publisher / Source: 
The Huffington Post
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

U.S., Senegal Conclude Security Cooperation Training

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
U.S. Marines, Coast Guardsmen and Senegalese Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando completed a month-long security cooperation exercise together in Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 17, 2015.English
Country(s): 
Senegal
Author(s): 
Cpl. Olivia McDonald
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Marine Corps
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Armenia is an Active Contributor to International Security, President Says

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that "despite the escalation on our borders, Armenia’s involvement in international peacekeeping is gradually expanding in terms of geography, quantity and quality”.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
MediaMax (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Envoy Underlines Need to Respect Term Limits

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Term limits are one issue where a pragmatic commitment to stability and a principled commitment to the rule of law clearly align.English
Country(s): 
Great Lakes Regional
Author(s): 
Tom Perriello
Publisher / Source: 
AllAfrica
Tag(s): 
Governance
Governance

Death Toll From Air Strike on Yemen Wedding Party Rises Above 130: Medics

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The death toll from an air strike on a wedding party in Yemen has jumped to 131, medics said on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Yemen's war that drew strong condemnation from the U.N. secretary-general.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Mohamed Ghobari
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Police Rescue 150 Migrants in Truck in Northern Mexico

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Police in northern Mexico on Monday rescued 150 migrants, including 25 children, from the freight compartment of a truck where they had been held under packed conditions. The National Immigration Institute said that the migrants had been in the truck for 14 hours without food or water.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
DW
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Migration
Border Control

Sergey Mukhin: Joint Border Operations – Serious Prevention of Terrorism and Extremism

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
"Joint border operations are serious prevention of terrorist and extremist activities," the head of the group of the Council of Border Troops Commanders on monitoring and analyzing the situation at the external borders of the CIS Sergey Mukhin said to reporters.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Ivan Marchenko
Publisher / Source: 
24 News Agency (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Two Killed in Protest at $7.4-Billion MMG Copper Project in Peru

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Two protesters were shot dead and eight police officers wounded after a group of activists broke into MMG Ltd's $7.4- billion Las Bambas project in a remote Andean region in Peru, the government said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Russian Forces Practiced Air Assault Force Creation in Center-2015 Drills

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Defense Minister said that Russian Armed Forces practiced forming and employing a powerful 150-aircraft-strong air assault force during the Center-2015 military exercises.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises

Mali Among the UN's Deadliest Missions

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali is one of the deadliest missions in the history of the UN blue helmets, with 60 deaths, Stockholm research institute Sipri said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Publisher / Source: 
News 24
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

U.S. to Provide Kiev with Eight Aviation Border Control Systems

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Kiev expects delivery from the United States of two border control systems by the end of this year and another six in 2016, according to the first deputy secretary to Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council, Oleh Hladkovskiy.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Border Control

Armed Groups Roam CAR Capital Following Fatal Clashes

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Christian fighters take to the streets a day after at least 21 were killed in inter-religious violence in Bangui.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Sectarianism
Civil Society

U.N. Rights Chief Alarmed About Arrests, Killings in Burundi

Monday, September 28, 2015
The U.N. human rights chief says dead bodies are found nearly every day on the streets in some neighborhoods of Bujumbura, the capital. English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

UN to Open Human Rights Office in Honduras

Monday, September 28, 2015
Human rights violations in Honduras have skyrocketed since the 2009 coup d'etat against Manuel Zelaya, according to numerous human rights reports. \English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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