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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’s Return to a Peacetime War

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
This March the National Civil Police (PNC) recorded 481 homicides as El Salvador continued its steady regression to levels of violence once hoped confined to the country’s ultraviolent past. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Rohan Chatterjee
Publisher / Source: 
The London Economic
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Violence

Azerbaijan: Preparing for the Aliyev Games or the European Games?

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ran through the streets of Baku with an Olympic torch. But its intended symbolism was much broader – Azerbaijan, once again, is playing the big time, and international criticism should be checked at the door.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Giorgi Lomsadze
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet.org
Tag(s): 
Governance
Human Rights

Cuba Trade Embargo Fate Hinges on Havana Human Rights Progress

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
President Obama’s policy shift on Cuba could soon lead to the opening of a U.S. embassy in Havana, but analysts and congressional insiders say it could be years before the decades-old embargo on trade with the communist island is lifted, despite mounting pressure from U.S. business groups. English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Guy Taylor
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Free Trade

Central Asia: UN Leader, on Visit, Should Press Rights Issues

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Central Asia trip is a key opportunity to mark UN concern at the highest level about the alarming state of human rights throughout the region and press for concrete improvements.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights Watch
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Governance

Forget Ivory, Africa’s al-Shabaab Terrorists Are Getting Rich on Coal in Somalia

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
False portrayals of the terrorist group's role in the ivory trade could leave us with both more terrorists and fewer elephants in Africa. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Jessica L. Anderson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Azerbaijan Orders OSCE To Close Baku Office

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says Azerbaijan has given it one month to halt its operations in the country and that Baku provided "no explanation" for the decision.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Governance

Army and FARC Begin Landmine Removal in North Colombia Village

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The Colombian military, with the help of FARC guerrillas, has begun clearing landmines in a small town in the north of the country where the number of explosives exceed the number of inhabitants.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adriaan Alsema
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Arms Control
Civil Society
Peace Negotiations

Obama on Iraq Troop Training: ‘We Don’t Yet Have A Complete Strategy’

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The president said in a press conference from the G-7 meeting Monday that the Pentagon is still waiting on 'commitments' from the Iraqi government. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Rebecca Nelson
Nora Kelly
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Egypt Preparing to Receive FREMM Frigate

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
In two weeks time the Egyptian Navy will receive a FREMM frigate from France, where Egyptian sailors are currently undergoing training on the vessel. English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Attach Human-Rights Conditions to Aid for Egypt

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The connection between curbing Cairo’s abuses and U.S. interests in the region is not so much hidden as ignored.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Neil Hicks
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Human Rights
Governance

How U.S. Cluster Bombs Banned by Most Countries Ended Up in Yemen

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Fighter jets from the Saudi Arabia-led coalition have been carrying out strikes against Houthi rebels since late March, when Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi fled the country. Now, according to two recent Human Rights Watch investigations, they are also using cluster munitions, some supplied by the United States.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Bryan Schatz
Publisher / Source: 
Mother Jones
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Conflict
Violence

Mexico Loosening Rules for Armed U.S. Agents

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
After decades of forbidding foreign law enforcement officers from carrying weapons on Mexican soil, the Mexican government is on the verge of allowing U.S. agents to carry guns in places where they help speed the flow of goods between the two countries. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Julian Aguilar
Publisher / Source: 
Texas Public Radio
Wire Service: 
The Texas Tribune
Tag(s): 
Policing
Border Control

Islamic State Used U.S.-Made Anti-Tank Missiles Near Palmyra

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
In a new video released by the Islamic State, the jihadist group shows the capture of the ancient city of Palmyra, also known as Tadmur in Arabic. During the video, at least one U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile is seen being used against Syrian regime troops near the city.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Caleb Weiss
Publisher / Source: 
The Long War Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Equipment
Violence

Islamic State Threatens Central Asia

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
A trained-in-Russia-and-America veteran of brutal Tajik government operations, Khalimov has the qualifications. And Tajikistan, a desperately poor country ruled by a venal elite, is a vulnerable target. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Deirdre Tynan
Publisher / Source: 
International Crisis Group
Tag(s): 
Security
Terrorism
Conflict

A Raid on ISIS Yields a Trove of Intelligence

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
American intelligence agencies have extracted valuable information about the Islamic State’s leadership structure, financial operations and security measures by analyzing materials seized during a Delta Force commando raid last month that killed a leader of the terrorist group in eastern Syria, according to United States officials.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Eric Schmitt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Intelligence

How Many Neo-Nazis Is the U.S. Backing in Ukraine?

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Not all the members of the Ukrainian ultranationalist militias the U.S. is training have SS tattoos, and not all espouse fascism. But enough do to be worrisome.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Will Cathcart
Joseph Epstein
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security
Violence

Peru Reopens Forced Sterilization Case Against Ex-President Fujimori

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Peruvian authorities have reopened the forced sterilizations case involving over 300,000 mostly indigenous women, and will investigate further the testimony of former President Alberto Fujimori and three of his Health Ministers.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Rick Kearns
Publisher / Source: 
Indian Country Today Media Network
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Somalia: UN Envoy Applauds Successes as Country ‘Comes Together’

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The top United Nations official in Somalia today lauded the progress made in the Horn of Africa country amid military and political gains.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Publisher / Source: 
UN News Centre
Tag(s): 
United Nations
Terrorism

Nigeria's Buhari Tries New Strategy in Boko Haram War

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has hit the ground running after assuming office, meeting his military chiefs and the leaders of neighbouring Niger and Chad, countries which have been helping in the fight against Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Tomi Oladipo
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

El Salvador's Gang Violence: The Continuation of Civil War by Other Means

Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Personal accounts of citizens from Nuevo Israel, a marginal community located just northwest of central San Salvador. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Roberto Lovato
Publisher / Source: 
The Nation
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Civil Society

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