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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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How’s the Fight Against the Islamic State Going? Depends Which Official You Ask

Friday, February 27, 2015
Members of the Obama administration were on Capitol Hill this week to push for a new authorization to use military force against the Islamic State, but hours of confusing and often conflicting testimony about the dangers posed by the group and the status of the U.S.-led campaign wound up muddying the waters and making it even more difficult for the White House to win over skeptical lawmakers.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
David Francis
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Venezuela's Military Can Now Legally Use Firearms Against Demonstrators

Friday, February 27, 2015
Venezuela's Ministry of Defense has authorized the military to use firearms against demonstrators as a last resort in the demonstrations taking place in the country.English
Country(s): 
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Belinda Milazzo
Diana Navarrete
Publisher / Source: 
Global Voices Online
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Human Rights

Kurds Blocking Return of Arabs to Disputed Iraq Areas

Friday, February 27, 2015
Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad’s objections, a report said Thursday.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
Refugees

They knew! More Details On The Ayotzinapa “Disappearances”

Friday, February 27, 2015
Milenio — a generally pro-government newpaper — has unearthed military records that indicate the Army was aware of the events in Iguala the night of 26 September, but either failed to act, or… though negligence or design, released students to be taken by the police and gangsters.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Mexfiles
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Civil-Military Relations

Senate Democrats Balk At $1-billion Aid Plan For Central America

Friday, February 27, 2015
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unexpectedly challenged the Obama administration's plan to pour $1 billion into Central America to try to slow the flow of unaccompanied minors and others who enter the United States illegally.English
Country(s): 
Global
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Paul Richter
Publisher / Source: 
LA Times
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Pakistan’s Musharraf Sees Role for Taliban in Afghanistan

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, whose administration once backed the Taliban in Afghanistan, said Kabul must share power with the extremist group and block Indian influence if it wishes to see peace. English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Nathan Hodge
Saeed Shah
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security

Turkey Goes Back to Other Missile System Bidders as China Drags Feet

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Turkey is pressing ahead with talks with U.S. and European firms over its first long-range missile defense system, as the preferred Chinese bidder has yet to meet all requirements for the multi-billion dollar project, two officials said on Thursday.
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Orhan Coskun
Tulay Karadeniz
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

UAE Military Buys Two Boeing C-17s as Part of Record IDEX Spend

Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Middle East’s largest arms expo ended on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announcing it had spent a record amount at the event, signaling continued spending on defense in a region where security is of rising concern.
Country(s): 
United Arab Emirates
Author(s): 
Stanley Carvalho
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Chilean Army And Navy Complete Majority Of Humanitarian Demining Plan

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Special teams from the Chilean Army and Navy have been deployed throughout the country with a goal of intervening in 22 mined areas and destroying 19,000 terrestrial explosives in 2015.English
Country(s): 
Chile
Author(s): 
Carolina Contreras
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

Saakashvili Spearheading Push For U.S. Military Aid To Ukraine

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Saakashvili's efforts notwithstanding, the White House remains undecided about supplying Ukraine with the weapons it wants, and the military is preparing assessments about what an aid package could look like. "I think that we have to be cognizant that if we arm the Ukrainians, it could cause positive results. It could cause negative results. But what we're doing right now is not changing the results on the ground," said General Philip Breedlove, NATO's top commander, in congressional testimony on Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet

Brutal LRA Rebel Group in Crisis

Thursday, February 26, 2015
The reign of terror by Uganda's once brutal rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), could be drawing towards an end after it suffered mass desertions, a leading rights group has said. English
Country(s): 
Uganda
Author(s): 
Godfrey Olukya
Publisher / Source: 
The Africa Report (France)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: Tide Turned Against Boko Haram

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said the tide has "definitely turned" against militant Islamists as regional forces recapture territory. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Egypt is Becoming An Expanded Cult

Thursday, February 26, 2015
A week ago, Egypt's customs services in Alexandria port confiscated 400 copies of a book that documents the Egyptian revolution through graffiti. A government official told a local paper the book was confiscated because it "contains elements that give advice on confronting police and army forces" and, therefore, a cause for concern.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Unmade in the USA

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Less than three years after independence, South Sudan collapsed into bloody civil war. Could the United States, a crucial backer of the young African state, have prevented the violence?English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Ty McCormick
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Central Asians Arrested in US for Conspiring to Support ISIS

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Three Central Asian men have been arrested in the United States and charged with conspiring to support the Islamic State. The charges underscore the threat of lone wolf attacks by people inspired to fight for the Islamic State without ever having traveled to the Middle East, American officials say.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Cuban President Raúl Castro Honors Spies Jailed In U.S. As National Heroes

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Cuban President Raúl Castro awarded medals to five men on Tuesday, calling them national heroes for their espionage work in the U.S. English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Publisher / Source: 
Time Magazine
Tag(s): 
Security

Petition Calling "War Criminal" Armenian President Submitted to UN

Thursday, February 26, 2015
The campaign, which has been initiated in Azerbaijan, seeks to reveal the horrors which Armenia's officials conducted against Azerbaijan in the 1990s. Launched in January the petition succeeded in collecting over 100,000 signatures, thus calling for the UN to hold Armenia's incumbent president liable for the war crimes he committed.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Azernews
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

US Military Trains African Armies

Thursday, February 26, 2015
The annual 'Flintlock' counter-terrorism exercises are a decade-old US-sponsored initiative to bolster African nations' ability to fight militant groups operating in the vast ungoverned spaces of the Sahara with training.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
News24
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism

IACHR Expresses Deep Concern Over The Situation Regarding The Rule Of Law In Venezuela

Thursday, February 26, 2015
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its deep concern over the situation regarding the rule of law in Venezuela and its consequences for the full observance of human rights. English
Country(s): 
OAS Headquarters
Venezuela
Author(s): 
Maria Isabel Rivero
Publisher / Source: 
Organization Of American States (OAS)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Some NATO Countries Cutting Defense Spending

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Despite stern talk and solemn pledges from NATO, a British-based think tank says some alliance member nations are cutting their spending on defense.
Country(s): 
Global
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military

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