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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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Libya Loyalist Forces Battle ISIS in Benghazi

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Libyan pro-government forces on Monday battled jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in second city Benghazi, where five pro-government fighters have been killed in two days of violence, media said.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Mass Grave Found in Northern Mexico

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
A mass grave has been found in northern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday, as a rights group indicated it could contain 31,000 bone fragments corresponding to at least 31 bodies.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations

ISIL Brandishes U.S. Weapons in Iraq

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
US arms were delivered to Iraq to help combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group, despite fears that the weapons could inadvertently land in the hands of extremists. That appears to be exactly what happened, as new video depicts IS fighters training with American-made M16 assault rifles.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Arms Control

Paraguay Security Forces in Disarray Amid Guerrilla Attacks

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
There are increasing signs that Paraguay's security forces are in upheaval, enabling a small guerrilla group to carry out high-profile kidnappings and attacks on infrastructure.
Country(s): 
Paraguay
Author(s): 
Arron Daugherty
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

U.S. Army Sinks $2.2M in Half-Finished Afghan Command Center

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) paid a contractor more than $2 million for a partially-built command and control facility at Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan, a government watchdog said in a press release.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Tajik-American Cooperation Discussed in Dushanbe

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan, Nizomiddin Zohidi, has met with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia at the U.S. Department of State, Daniel Rosenblum, on Wednesday, reports the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

U.S. Launches Secret Drone Campaign to Hunt Islamic State Leaders in Syria

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The CIA and U.S. Special Operations forces have launched a secret campaign to hunt terrorism suspects in Syria as part of a targeted killing program that is run separately from the broader U.S. military offensive against the Islamic State, U.S. officials said.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Greg Miller
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Drones
Military

Khadija Ismayilova's Final Words to Court: 'I Might Be in Prison, But the Work Will Continue'

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
A prominent Azerbaijani investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor has made a defiant closing statement in a courtroom in Baku, saying her trial on economic crimes charges has failed to crush her spirit or stop her work.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Charles Recknagel
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Human Rights
Human Rights

Alleged Police Beating of Bearded Tajik Student Prompts Outrage, Investigation

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Tajik police are investigating claims that a bearded university student was left in coma after being beaten by several police officers.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Farangis Najibullah
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Tajik Service
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Policing
Corruption

New Foreign Minister Lays Out Priorities

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Making full use of Georgia’s potential in east-west transit route is “vitally” important to “fully implement” Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration goals, newly appointed Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said on September 2.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Civil Georgia

Karimov Says No Foreign Military Bases in Uzbekistan

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Uzbek President Islam Karimov has ruled out the establishment of any foreign military base in his country.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Uzbek Service
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Young Hands in Mexico Feed Growing U.S. Demand for Heroin

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
As heroin addiction soars in the United States, a boom is underway south of the border, reflecting the two nations’ troubled symbiosis. Officials from both countries say that Mexican opium production increased by an estimated 50 percent in 2014 alone, the result of a voracious American appetite, impoverished farmers in Mexico and entrepreneurial drug cartels that straddle the border.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Program(s): 
DEA Operations
Author(s): 
Azam Ahmed
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

El Salvador Reports 51 Violent Deaths in a Day

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The small nation of El Salvador has recorded another milestone in criminal violence: At least 51 people were killed in a single day this week, the National Civil Police force said Friday.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Violence
Criminal Organizations

How the US Periodically Reveals the Locations of Special Operations Missions

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Some very classified, top-secret special forces activity went down in Tunisia last week.
Country(s): 
Middle East and North Africa Regional
Tunisia
Author(s): 
David Cenciotti
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Intelligence

Pakistan Denies Haqqani Insurgents Use Its Territory as Base

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Pakistan on Monday denied that a key Afghan insurgent group was using it as a base, responding to statements by the U.S. national security adviser about the group’s links to Pakistan.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Saeed Shah
Qasim Nauman
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

The Scandal That May Save Guatemala

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
At the height of the commodities bonanza, Latin Americans seemed willing to shrug at officials with sticky hands. Now tolerance is thinning as regional gross domestic product is expected to expand by just 0.4 percent this year, the worst performance since 2009. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Mac Margolis
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg View
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Governance

Islamist Militants Attack African Union Base in Southern Somalia

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union (AU) base in southern Somalia early on Tuesday, the Islamist group and residents said, and said they had killed dozens of soldiers. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Feisal Omar
Abdi Sheikh
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Ecuador’s Political Eruption

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
There is a strange connection between volcanoes and political crises in Ecuador: They seem to erupt together. English
Country(s): 
Ecuador
Author(s): 
Martin Pallares
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times

Armed Forces Assistance Fund’s Assets Jump

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Assets of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces Assistance Fund, a security fund based of voluntary donations, have risen by AZN 59,339 over the last month, APA reports.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
News.Az (Azerbaijan)

Uhuru Kenyatta to Revive Ailing African Peer Review Mechanism

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is leading efforts to give a fresh impetus to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which was initiated 12 years ago to institutionalise good governance and democratic leadership on the continent. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Trevor Analo
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Corruption

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