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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: Flight for Life from the World's Most Dangerous Country

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
In 2014, almost 300,000 people abandoned their homes to escape threats or violence and sought refuge in another part of the country. No one knows how many have left the country, but in the first half of 2015 almost 24,000 adults and children were deported back to El Salvador after being caught trying to reach the US. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Nina Lakhani
Publisher / Source: 
The Independent
Tag(s): 
Security
Violence

Ex-Peace Corps Volunteers Unite for U.S. Action on Dominican Immigration Policies

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The U.S. State Department's position toward controversial citizenship and immigration laws in the Dominican Republic is being challenged by an unusual source: Hundreds of former Peace Corps volunteers who served there. English
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Author(s): 
Mariano Castillo
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Immigration
Border Control

U.S. Shelves Its $500M Syrian Rebel Army

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The Obama administration has itself a new proxy force to fight ISIS—but not the rebel army it’s committed half a billion dollars to assemble. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Nancy A. Youssef
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Security

Electric Yerevan Vows Comeback, as ‘Moscow’s Soft Power has been Lost’

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Protests in Armenian capital could soon return, but some warn against shunning Russian influence.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Matthew Luxmoore
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Security
Conflict
Foreign Policy

Jordan to Acquire Nine PC-9M Trainers

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Jordan has ordered nine Pilatus PC-9Ms to meet its future basic and advanced training requirements, the Swiss manufacturer has announced.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Craig Hoyle
Publisher / Source: 
Flightglobal
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military and Police Aid

Open Season: Azerbaijani Journalists Say 'Sense of Impunity' Behind Fatal Beating

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The fatal beating of an Azerbaijani reporter may reflect a growing sense of impunity over attacks on the country's independent journalists.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence
Human Rights

Turkey to Upgrade F-16 Block 30 Aircraft

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Turkey's Air Force and procurement authorities approved a program to upgrade a batch of 25 F-16 Block 30 aircraft, officials here said. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Militarization
Security

Baltics Discuss Value of Joint Acquisitions

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
The Baltic states are discussing whether joint military procurement will produce gains in capability and cost savings. English
Country(s): 
Europe and Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Gerard O'Dwyer
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military

Saudi Arabia And Russia Military Teaming Up? Riyadh Wants Russian Weapons After Years Of Buying From The Pentagon

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Saudi Arabia is looking to scale back its reliance on U.S. weapons and could turn to Russia as an alternative supplier. However, the sheer scale of Riyadh’s defense relationship with the U.S. means that such a move could be more than a decade away. English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Christopher Harress
Publisher / Source: 
International Business Times
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military
Security

Mexican Activist Who Led Search for Missing Students Among 15 Killed in Guerrero

Monday, August 10, 2015
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who helped uncover mass graves around Iguala, was found shot dead inside his taxi on the outskirts of Acapulco. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Violence
Security

Nigeria To Step Up Local Arms Manufacture In Boko Haram Fight

Monday, August 10, 2015
Nigeria said Friday it would step up domestic arms manufacture for the military to cut its reliance on foreign weaponry in its fight with Boko Haram Islamists.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterinsurgency
Military Equipment

Murders on the Rise in Mexico City

Monday, August 10, 2015
If it seems like 2015 has been especially violent in Mexico City, that’s because it has been. The number of murders committed in the capital in the first six months of the year is the highest since 1999, and more than 15 percent higher than last year. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
El Daily Post
Tag(s): 
Violence
Governance

Kyrgyz Border Guard Wounded On Tajik Border

Monday, August 10, 2015
A Kyrgyz border guard has been wounded by gunfire near the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Violence
Border Control

Attack in Mali Sign of Spreading Extremist Violence

Monday, August 10, 2015
The first attack by Islamic extremists in a central Mali town, in which nine people were killed, shows that jihadist aggressions are spreading in the country.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Publisher / Source: 
News24
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
U.N. Peacekeeping
Violence

Uzbekistan Deepens Ties with NATO

Monday, August 10, 2015
Of all the post-Soviet Central Asian nations, Uzbekistan under its president Islam Karimov has pursued the most doggedly independent stance towards Russia.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
John C. K. Daly
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Counterinsurgency

Security, Trade Top Uhuru State Visit to Uganda

Monday, August 10, 2015
President Uhuru Kenyatta began his first state visit to Uganda on Saturday to a 21-gun salute and talks covering security, anti-terrorism, and growing trade between the two eastern African neighbours.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Uganda
Publisher / Source: 
AllAfrica
Tag(s): 
Security
Counterterrorism
Security

Georgia's DefMin Takes Aim At State Defense Industry

Monday, August 10, 2015
Georgia's defense minister has publicly criticized the country's state-owned arms manufacturer, saying it needs closer oversight and calling into question the purpose of its highest-profile product, a domestically produced armored personnel carrier.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Military
Military Equipment
Security Sector Reform

Pro-Government Fighters in Yemen Retake Southern City

Monday, August 10, 2015
Pro-government fighters recaptured a provincial capital Sunday in southern Yemen after three days of intense fighting against Shiite rebels and their allies, military officials said, the latest in a string of battlefield successes by the Saudi-backed troops. English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Ahmed Al-Haj
Publisher / Source: 
ABC News
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Security

Kyrgyzstan Joins Eurasian Union, Takes Leap Into the Dark

Monday, August 10, 2015
After months of stops and starts, Kyrgyzstan is finally becoming a full-fledged member of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union.English
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Author(s): 
Peter Leonard
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Development
Security

Change in Militant Tactics Puts Tunisians on Edge

Monday, August 10, 2015
The attacks have provoked a widening security crackdown, and left Tunisians wondering if their country can withstand the onslaught of terrorism without giving up the tentative freedoms they — alone in the region — earned with their revolution that set off the Arab Spring more than four years ago.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Author(s): 
Carlotta Gall
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military
Security

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