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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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Rolls-Royce Offers Joint Production in Turkey

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
A senior procurement official said Rolls-Royce’s proposal involves a production unit in Turkey to manufacture engines for the planned indigenous fighter jet, the TFX, as well as for helicopters, tanks and missiles.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Exclusive: Turkey Purges NATO Military Envoys After Failed Coup

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Turkey has fired hundreds of senior military staff serving at NATO in Europe and the United States following July's coup attempt, documents show, broadening a purge to include some of the armed forces' best-trained officials.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Robin Emmott
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
NATO

U.S. Allows Qatar to Buy F-15s — and Seals a $19B Sale of Jetliners

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The White House’s recent decision to allow the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Qatar helped to seal the $18.6 billion purchase of 100 Boeing jetliners announced Friday by Qatar Airways, according to people with knowledge of the deal.English
Country(s): 
Qatar
Author(s): 
Marcus Weisgerber
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

MEADS Team Looking Toward Contract With Germany in Early 2017

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
The team of Lockheed Martin, MBDA Deutschland and Italy’s Leonardo submitted its complete proposal to the German government to develop the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), hoping to be on contract in early 2017.English
Country(s): 
Germany
Author(s): 
Jen Judson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

German Cabinet Approves More Troops for Air Surveillance of Islamic State

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet on Wednesday approved the deployment of additional German troops to Turkey to help operate NATO surveillance aircraft as part of the U.S-led fight against Islamic State, government sources said.English
Country(s): 
Germany
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

As Helmand Risks Falling to the Taliban, Afghans Blame Graft

Wednesday, October 12, 2016
For the past month, the Taliban have held control over most of Afghanistan's Helmand province, where the majority of the world's opium is grown — and as insurgent attacks intensify around the provincial capital, residents are blaming rampant government corruption for the rising militant threat.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Karim Sharifi
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Corruption

Merkel's Migration Mission to Mali

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The European Union has been training military personnel in Mali for the last three years. Yet despite this international assistance, Islamist terrorists were able to capture the Malian army base in Nampala in mid-July 2016. English
Country(s): 
Mali
Publisher / Source: 
Deutsche Welle
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Military and Police Aid

Ethiopia Withdraws from Somalia El-Ali in Hiran Region

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia's Hiran region, residents say. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC News
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Counterterrorism

Ethiopia Declares State of Emergency as Deadly Protests Continue

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in deaths and property damage across the country, especially in the restive Oromia region.English
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

South Sudan’s Attacks on UN Could Imperil Future Peacekeeping

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
South Sudan’s hostility toward outsiders, and especially the latest attacks on U.N. diplomats and peacekeepers, is making it harder for others, including the United States, to bring an end to the violence that has wracked the country since a fragile unity government burst into renewed and bloody fighting this summer.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Colum Lynch
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Colombia to Start Peace Talks with ELN Rebels on Oct. 27

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Colombia's government and second-biggest rebel group announced on Monday they will start formal peace talks on Oct. 27 in a boost for President Juan Manuel Santos after the rejection of his deal with the larger FARC guerrilla group. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Helen Murphy
Eyanir Chinea
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict

Report Criticizes Mexican Officials for Ignoring 2011 Massacre

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The central accusation of the study on the massacre in Allende is the failure at every level of government, from local police to the federal attorney general’s office, to undertake an investigation of the killings.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Elisabeth Malkin
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement

Peru Renews Military Operations in VRAEM Coca Hub

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Peru's government will once again implement a militarized security strategy for the coca-producing VRAEM region, a policy which will could lead to increased confrontations between authorities and the Shining Path guerrilla group.
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Tristan Clavel
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

Turkey Invites Russian Bid for Air Defense Contract

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Three years after disqualifying a Russian bidder for being too expensive, Turkey invited the same contender into the same contract for the acquisition of the country’s first long-range air and anti-missile defense system. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Kuwaiti Typhoons to Receive Sniper Pods

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to provide Sniper advanced targeting pods for Eurofighter Typhoons used by Kuwait. English
Country(s): 
Kuwait
Author(s): 
Michael Peck
Publisher / Source: 
C4ISR & Networks
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Photos Show Fragments of U.S. Bombs at Site of Yemen Funeral Masssacre

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Multiple bomb fragments at the scene appear to confirm the use of American-produced MK-82 guided bombs. One fragment, posted in a picture on the Facebook page of a prominent Yemeni lawyer, says “FOR USE ON MK-82 FIN, GUIDED BOMB.”English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Alex Emmons
Publisher / Source: 
The Intercept
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Human Rights

Turkey’s President Tells Iraqi Leader to ‘Know His Place’

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
In a speech delivered in Istanbul, Erdogan also said Turkish troops wouldn’t withdraw from a base near Mosul, saying the Turkish army wouldn’t take orders from Baghdad. Turkey is training anti-IS fighters to help retake Mosul from the extremist group.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Diplomatic Divide over Libya Threatens EU Unity on Defense

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
European governments’ new push to cooperate more effectively on defense and security is already being tested in Libya, where France is accused of playing a double game in an ongoing conflict that has exposed divisions within the bloc.English
Country(s): 
Europe Regional
Author(s): 
Jacopo Barigazzi
Publisher / Source: 
Politico
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

EU Officials See No End to Sanctions Against Russia over Ukraine

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Top European Union and NATO officials called on Monday for continued dialogue with Moscow, while maintaining pressure on Russia over its actions in Ukraine and its support for Syria's bombardment of civilians in Aleppo.English
Country(s): 
Europe Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Sanctions

DoD Cracking Down on Payments to Afghan 'Ghost Soldiers'

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The U.S. Defense Department has assured a watchdog agency that a number of efforts are being carried out to track Afghan active-duty security forces, so that American taxpayer dollars are not wasted on so-called ghost soldiers.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Philip Walter Wellman
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Wire Service: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Corruption

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