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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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Taliban Gains Pull U.S. Units Back Into Fight in Afghanistan

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Afghanistan — Months after President Obama formally declared that the United States’ long war against the Taliban was over in Afghanistan, the American military is regularly conducting airstrikes against low-level insurgent forces and sending Special Operations troops directly into harm’s way under the guise of “training and advising.”English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Azam Ahmed
Joseph Goldstein
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. now sees Russia directing Ukraine's rebels

Thursday, April 30, 2015
The United States now sees the Ukrainian rebels as a Russian force. American officials briefed on intelligence from the region say Russia has significantly deepened its command and control of the militants in eastern Ukraine in recent months, leading the U.S. to quietly introduce a new term: "combined Russian-separatist forces." English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Bradley Klapper
Ken Dilanian
Publisher / Source: 
U T San Diego
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Security

Pakistan Drops Case Against Ex-CIA Station Chief Over Drone Attack

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Pakistani police dropped a case that was recently registered against a former CIA station chief and a former agency lawyer over a 2009 drone strike that killed two people in a tribal region, police said Thursday. Since 2004, the U.S. has carried out nearly 400 suspected drone strikes in the country, according to the New America Foundation's International Security Program, which tracks the American campaign. English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
US News
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Drones

Nigerian Army Says Rescues More Women and Children from Boko Haram

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Nigeria's military rescued another set of women and children who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram militia and were being detained in Sambisa forest where the Islamist group has been holed up, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Helen Nyambura-Mwaura
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

French Army Investigates an Allegation of Sex Abuse in Central African Republic

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Amid an uproar over a leaked United Nations inquiry into allegations of child sexual abuse by French troops posted in the Central African Republic, France confirmed on Wednesday that it was looking into whether some of its soldiers had abused children in its former colony, but said nothing about whether or when they might face prosecution.
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
Somini Sengupta
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Burundi Blocks Social Media Sites

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Social media has been inaccessible in Burundi as protests against the re-election bid of the incumbent President, Pierre Nkurunziza, entered the fourth day.
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Edwin Musoni
Publisher / Source: 
AllAfrica
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kenya: Parliament Announces New Security Measures

Thursday, April 30, 2015
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi announced new security measures a day after a staffer suspected to be working with al Shabaab to bomb Parliament was arrested.
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
David Mwere
Carole Maina
Publisher / Source: 
The Star
Tag(s): 
Security

Campaign Against Glyphosate Steps Up In Latin America

Thursday, April 30, 2015
After the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared glyphosate a probable carcinogen, the campaign has intensified in Latin America to ban the herbicide, which is employed on a massive scale on transgenic crops.
Country(s): 
Argentina
Paraguay
Author(s): 
Fabiana Frayssinet
Publisher / Source: 
Inter Press Service
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

U.S. Pledges $600M In Aid For Colombia

Thursday, April 30, 2015
The United States government pledged $600 million to Colombia over the next five years, deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Mexican Police Free 92 Migrants Held Near U.S. Border

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Mexican police freed 92 migrants from a safe house in the city of Reynosa on Mexico's northeastern border with the United States, the government said on Monday.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Dave Graham
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Immigration

The FARC In Venezuela Up To 4,000 Combatants

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Here we are in 2015 with a Venezuelan governor saying there are as many as 4,000 FARC combatants in his state. On one hand, that is an incredibly large number, about half of what Colombia estimates are the active number of FARC combatants. The size of the claim is why some Colombian analysts are skeptical.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Jim Wyss
Publisher / Source: 
The Miami Herald
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.S. Allies in Middle East Ramping Up Support for Rebel Forces in Syria

Thursday, April 30, 2015
U.S. allies in the Middle East have ramped up their support for rebels fighting against Syrian forces in recent months, potentially widening a gulf over strategy between the Obama administration and its regional partners.
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Karen DeYoung
Liz Sly
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post

Besieged Yemeni City Sees Worst Fighting Yet: Residents

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Arab air strikes and artillery fire rocked the southern Yemeni city of Aden overnight as combatants battled for control of the main airport in fighting described by residents as the worst in over a month of war.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Mohammed Mukhashef
Noah Browning
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Coalition Debates Expanding ISIS Fight

Thursday, April 30, 2015
The Islamic State’s efforts to expand its reach beyond Iraq and Syria have spurred a debate within the coalition that the United States has assembled to confront the group about whether it needs to broaden its campaign.
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael R. Gordon
Eric Schmitt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Saudi Arabia Trains Yemeni Tribal Fighters in War Against Houthis

Thursday, April 30, 2015
Saudi Arabia is providing military training for hundreds of Yemeni tribesmen to fight the Iranian-allied Houthi militia, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. A Saudi-led alliance has been bombing the group from the air for over a month, but it remains Yemen's dominant force.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Amena Bakr
Mohammed Ghobari
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Pentagon Donates Patrol Boats, Vehicles To Uzbekistan Border Guards

Thursday, April 30, 2015
The Pentagon will provide Uzbekistan with patrol boats and vehicles worth up to $6.2 million to help the country in its counternarcotics efforts, the U.S. embassy in Tashkent has announced. In the last few years the U.S. has eased the restrictions on military aid to Uzbekistan, most notably with the donation of more than 300 armored vehicles English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

Egypt Sentences 69 to Prison for Church Attack: Judicial Sources

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
69 suspected Muslim Brotherhood supporters were each sentenced to 25 years in prison in Egypt on Wednesday for attacking and burning a church in a village near Cairo in 2013, judicial sources said. However, "there is no proof against the defendants... even the church's priest said he didn't see any of the defendants after the incident," Hany El-Sayed, a defense lawyer for some of the defendants, told Reuters.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Mahmoud Mourad
Ahmed Tolba
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

U.N. Slams ‘Dire Conditions’ at Libyan Detention Centers

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The United Nations on Tuesday deplored “dire conditions” at migrant detention centers in Libya and said it was helping some of the 1,242 people rescued from sea over the past 10 days.
Country(s): 
Libya
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Russian Cyberwar Advances Military Interests in Ukraine

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
A report out of Arlington, Va.-based cyber security firm Lookingglass reveals a cyber campaign, allegedly Russian, waged against Ukrainian targets, such as the government, law enforcement, and military. The purpose of the state-sponsored espionage has apparently been to gather intelligence on its adversary, bolstering Russian war efforts.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Robert Hackett
Publisher / Source: 
Fortune
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Sends Ship, Planes as Iranians Seize Commercial Ship

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
The U.S. sent a Navy destroyer to the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian patrol boats seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship amid signs Tehran is stepping up harassment of commercial traffic in the gateway to the Persian Gulf, American officials said.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Dion Nissenbaum
Julian E. Barnes
Asa Fitch
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

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