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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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Egypt Military Winds Down Sinai Campaign Against IS

Friday, September 25, 2015
Egypt's military announced Wednesday it was winding down its largest campaign in the Sinai against Islamists, following a 16-day operation in which it said scores of Islamic State group jihadists were killed. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Ex-Bissau Military Chief Jailed

Friday, September 25, 2015
A former head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces, held under house arrest for the past month, was transferred to a military prison on Wednesday over his suspected involvement in an aborted plot to kill President Jose Mario Vaz, his lawyer and police said.English
Country(s): 
Guinea-Bissau
Publisher / Source: 
IOL (South Africa)
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations

Saudis Seek to Fend Off U.N. Inquiry on Yemen

Friday, September 25, 2015
As Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies pressed their military offensive against Houthi rebels in Yemen, Saudi diplomats were waging their own battle to fend off calls in the United Nations Human Rights Council for an international inquiry into abuses by all parties to the Yemeni conflict.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Nick Cumming-Bruce
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

Washington Cannot Remain Silent as Tajikistan Becomes a One-Party State

Friday, September 25, 2015
Never a bastion of democracy, the post-Soviet republic of Tajikistan has just become a one-party state.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Edward Lemon
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Corruption

Mexico’s Miserable Year

Friday, September 25, 2015
Even by Mexican standards, however, the past 12 months have been unusually miserable. First, the students went missing in bizarre circumstances. Then the efforts to find them, or their bodies, only unearthed other mass graves. Faith in Peña Nieto and his government plummeted, particularly after a series of political scandals.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Michael Miller
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Corruption
Criminal Organizations

How the People of Burkina Faso Foiled a Military Coup

Friday, September 25, 2015
With arrested leaders reinstated and elections back on track, analysts say the negotiated deal is a victory for democracy. English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Author(s): 
Simon Allison
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Governance
Governance

Yemen Conflict: No End in Sight, Six Months On

Friday, September 25, 2015
Now, six months after Saudi-led air strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels began on 26 March, the war in Yemen has taken a terrible toll on the Arab world's poorest nation, with both sides accused of committing war crimes and most of the casualties being caused by the aerial bombing.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Frank Gardner
Publisher / Source: 
BBC

Uganda Warns of Possible Attack by Somali Militants

Friday, September 25, 2015
Ugandan police warned of a possible attack on mosques including in the capital Kampala by Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants and cautioned the public to be vigilant.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Elias Biryabarema
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Wire Service: 
AFP, EFE, Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Syrian Defector from U.S.-Trained Force Found—With U.S. Hardware

Friday, September 25, 2015
The story of a missing Syrian rebel who may or may not have defected to al Qaeda just got more interesting, thanks to a video obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast which purports to show the first sign of him since his variously explained disappearance in northern Syria this week. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael Weiss
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Time to Get Tough on Azerbaijan

Friday, September 25, 2015
As journalists are jailed, U.S. and EU do little to stop a deteriorating human rights situation.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Richard Kauzlarich
David J. Kramer
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Mexico to Create Prosecutor for Nation's Disappeared

Friday, September 25, 2015
President Enrique Pena Nieto told the families of 43 students who disappeared a year ago in southern Mexico during a meeting Thursday that he would create a new special prosecutor for all of the country's thousands of missing people.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera America
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Judicial Reform

Dozens Injured, Arrested in Student Protest in Uruguay

Friday, September 25, 2015
At least 12 people were arrested and more than 30 others injured, most of them police officers, when a group of students was evicted from the Uruguayan public education administration headquarters, which they occupied last week to protest government education policies, officials said.English
Country(s): 
Uruguay
Publisher / Source: 
Latin America Herald Tribune
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Kyrgyzstan to Take Part in Indestructible Brotherhood 2015 Exercises

Friday, September 25, 2015
Soldiers from Kyrgyzstan will take part in Indestructible Brotherhood 2015 military exercises, which will be held from September 30 to October 4 in Armenia at Baghramyan polygon.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Anastasia Bengard
Publisher / Source: 
24 News Agency (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises
Military Cooperation

Uzbek Police Beat Activist in Cotton Fields

Friday, September 25, 2015
Uzbekistani police this week detained two prominent human rights activists who were documenting forced labor in the country’s cotton fields, Human Rights Watch says.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Transitions Online
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

The Case for Deconstructing Syria

Friday, September 25, 2015
What is needed, in addition to a humane refugee policy, is a fundamentally different approach to the Syrian civil war that holds out the promise not only of defeating the Islamic State and, over time, President Bashar al-Assad but also of relieving as much of the humanitarian tragedy unfolding there as possible — and soon.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael O'Hanlon
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

A Big Leap Towards Peace in Colombia

Friday, September 25, 2015
Nowadays blanket amnesties that grant impunity for crimes against humanity are frowned upon. And such crimes are increasingly broadly drawn: as well as massacres they include the abduction and forced displacement of civilians. For years Colombia’s FARC guerrillas have engaged in such practices.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The Economist
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Russia Taps SCO and CSTO to Counter Islamic State

Friday, September 25, 2015
While the West remains fixated on Moscow’s assistance to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, closer to home Russia and the post-Soviet space are taking the IS threat very seriously.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
John C. K. Daly
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Rwanda, DR Congo Hold Security Talks

Friday, September 25, 2015
Rwanda and DR Congo yesterday launched a fresh round of security talks, a move both countries have described as "a new chapter" in their bilateral relations.English
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Eugene Kwibuka
Publisher / Source: 
The New Times (Rwanda)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Security Upped Amid Al-Shabaab Terrorism Threats

Friday, September 25, 2015
The Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett has said police have credible information that Al-Shabaab terrorists were likely to strike, especially during the Idd-ul-adha festival celebrated by Muslims. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Angira Zadock
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Civil Society

President of Ecuador Reportedly Spent Millions in Public Funds to Remove Critical Videos

Friday, September 25, 2015
Country's intelligence agency contracted Mexican company for nearly $4.7 million, report revealsEnglish
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Amar Toor
Publisher / Source: 
The Verge
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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