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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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Sierra Leone Army Confines Troops to Barracks amid Political Crisis

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Sierra Leone's army chief on Monday ordered soldiers to remain in their barracks and warned them to steer clear of a political crisis that has erupted following the controversial dismissal of the West African nation's vice-president.English
Country(s): 
Sierra Leone
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Security

Uganda Shuts Down 5 Madrassas Over Training Extremists

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
According to Ugandan officials five madrassas across Uganda have been shut down over allegations they are training students to become extremists. Police link the madrassas to the Allied Democratic Forces, a Congo-based armed group whose fugitive Ugandan leader is wanted by Interpol.English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Publisher / Source: 
Stars
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Tajik IS Militants Threaten 'Jihad' At Home

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
CIA chief Brennan noted that -- even though IS has been weakened in Syria and Iraq -- the group's reach is extending beyond Iraq and Syria and that it will take a combined and extended international effort over the next decade to repel the threat.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Author(s): 
Joanna Paraszczuk
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

After Ebola

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
A year after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it is fading. But the disease has cut a deep gash through neighborhoods such as this one in Monrovia. More than 4,200 Liberians are dead. The economy is barely sputtering back to life following months in which panicked investors fled and residents deserted fields and factories.English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Kevin Sieff
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Iraq Request for U.S.-led Tikrit Air Strikes 'Imminent': Diplomat

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for air strikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents is "imminent", a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition told Reuters on Tuesday.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Richard Mably
Samia Nakhoul
Ned Parker
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters

Militants in Iraq Siphon State Pay

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Islamic State militants are skimming tens of millions of dollars a month from salaries paid to Iraqi government employees in occupied areas such as Mosul, and Baghdad continues to send the cash to maintain local support.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Damian Paletta
Adam Entous
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Yemen Was Washington’s Counterterrorism Success Story. Not Anymore.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The sudden departure of U.S. special operations forces from Yemen marks a devastating blow to a counterterrorism campaign that Barack Obama’s administration had heralded as a success story, officials and experts say, as Washington suffers another intelligence reverse in the fight against the al Qaeda group that poses the greatest threat to Americans.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Sean D. Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Analysis: Boko Haram Loses Ground, but Remains in the Fight

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Nigeria and its allies appear to be making headway in the fight against Boko Haram. However, these initial victories may not mean that the region is closer to ending its fight against violent radical Islam.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Laura Grossman
Publisher / Source: 
The Long War Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Military Operations

Yemeni Minister Urges Gulf Arab Military Intervention Against Houthis

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Yemeni foreign minister, Riyadh Yaseen, has called for Gulf Arab military intervention to halt advances by Houthi fighters, a move that could draw neighbouring states into the country’s deepening power struggle.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Ghani Wants U.S. Troops to Stay in Afghanistan Longer

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan is expected to urge President Obama in a White House meeting on Tuesday not to pull American military forces out of his country as quickly as planned, requesting an extension of assistance in combating a tenacious Taliban insurgency.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Micael D. Shear
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times

Ukraine Says Rebels Moving Tanks Up, Attacks Persist

Monday, March 23, 2015
Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russian-backed separatists of moving tanks, weapons, and fighters closer to the line of contact with government forces in the east of the country.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Military

Egyptian Official Says Protester, Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, Died in Shooting Because She Was Too Thin

Monday, March 23, 2015
A poet and activist hit with a blast of birdshot from a police shotgun during a march to lay flowers in Tahrir Square in Cairo died because she was too thin, a spokesman for Egypt’s medical examiner said late Saturday.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
David D. Kirkpatrick
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Policing

Tens of Thousands March Against Government in Georgia

Monday, March 23, 2015
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, demanding the government step down. Scores of former top Saakashvili officials have been arrested over the last two years for alleged wrongdoing. English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Conflict

Slow Start Revives Doubts about Congo Campaign Against Rwandan Rebels

Monday, March 23, 2015
The faltering start to the highly-anticipated campaign in North Kivu province has revived doubts about the will and capacity of Congo's army to defeat a group at the heart of two decades of conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region.English
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)
Author(s): 
Aaron Ross
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.K. to Help Train Syrian Opposition Against ISIS; Stops Short of Airstrikes

Monday, March 23, 2015
Britain plans to participate in a U.S.-led effort to train Syrian opposition troops, according to people familiar with the matter, but it will stop short of joining its closest ally in conducting airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Nicholas Winning
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Ukrainian Ambassador: ‘We Are Still Way Off From Being a Leading Fighting Force’

Monday, March 23, 2015
The White House announced a new program to train 750 Ukrainian troops in the western city of Yavoriv near the Polish border.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
John Hudson
Reid Standish
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy

Relocation of U.S. Personnel From Yemen

Monday, March 23, 2015
In light of the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, the United States government has decided to relocate all remaining personnel out of Yemen. President Hadi has been informed of the decision.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Jeff Rathke
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Deparment of State
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Nigerian Army Noticeably Absent In Town Taken From Boko Haram

Monday, March 23, 2015
Boko Haram’s black flag is everywhere in the town of Damasak, deep in Islamist-held territory in northern Nigeria: It is painted on former administrative buildings and schools, and on the side of abandoned gas stations. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Adam Nossiter
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Boko Haram Exploits Army's Decline

Monday, March 23, 2015
Fifteen years ago, Nigeria’s military was regarded as one of the most proficient in Africa and served as a stabilizing force in the region. Today corruption and limited resources hinder its ability to respond to the growing threat posed by Boko Haram, which wants to establish a caliphate in Nigeria.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Eleanor Whitehead
Publisher / Source: 
Mail and Guardian
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Military

Afghanistan and Pakistan: The False Promise of Rapprochement

Monday, March 23, 2015
The Afghan government is hoping Pakistan will help facilitate dialogue with the leaders of the Afghan Taliban, whom Pakistan has long harbored and enabled. Pakistan, for its part, has asked Kabul’s assistance against the leaders of the militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (T.T.P.), the so-called Pakistani Taliban, whose leaders are said to be hiding in eastern Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Mohammed Umer Daudzai
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy
Counterterrorism

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