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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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U.S. Arms Flow to Iraq Ahead of Planned Mosul Offensive

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Some 10,000 U.S. M-16 rifles and other military supplies worth about $17.9 million arrived in Iraq this week as U.S. troops pushed ahead with training and supplying Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State fighters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
David Alexander
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Carter Discusses Progress With Leaders During Afghanistan Visit

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
U.S. and coalition troops have a new mission in Afghanistan but the same strong commitment to sustaining an enduring partnership, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today during a joint press conference with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Kabul.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Cheryl Pellerin
Publisher / Source: 
Defense.gov
Tag(s): 
Military

US Reluctant to Provide Lethal Equipment to Nigeria for Fight Against Boko Haram, Interview Former Top US Diplomat for Africa

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Johnny Carson said President Goodluck Jonathan's request for US support is not likely to be met with the supply of lethal equipment over concerns about human rights abuses. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Daniel Finnan
Publisher / Source: 
RFI
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Human Rights

Defense Chief Vouches for U.S. Strategy on ISIS

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The new defense secretary, Ashton B. Carter, said Monday after meeting with senior American military and diplomatic officials in Kuwait that the Obama administration had “the ingredients of the strategy” to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael S. Schmidt
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Regional Transport Strategy: Key to Afghan Stability

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
In the future, the size of U.S. aid to Afghanistan should be comparable to the money being received by Israel, i.e. $ 11.5 billion a year. The IMF estimates, however, that Afghanistan will require $ 68 billion just to train its army and police forces. The country’s own GDP is $ 18 billion, so international assistance will be indispensable. In 2011, only three percent of the cost of maintaining the Afghan police force was contributed by the Afghan government itself. In 2012, the figure reached seven percent while, in 2013, six percent had been spent by the government itself on maintaining the Afghan police — in 2014, the figure dropped to 5.2 percent.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Times
Tag(s): 
Governance

Israel Buys More 14 More F-35s as U.S. Denies JSF Sales to Gulf States

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer announced Sunday that the U.S. would not yet sell F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Arabian Gulf region nations on the same day Israel confirmed it would buy 14 additional F-35s.
Country(s): 
Israel
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Sales
Author(s): 
Michael Hoffman
Publisher / Source: 
Military.com
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Egypt's Sisi Issues Decree Widening Scope of Security Crackdown

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Michael Georgy
Mahmoud Mourad
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kazakhstan, U.S. Advance Strategic Partnership by Signing Key Treaty

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Askhat Daulbayev, Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, and Bruce C. Swartz, U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, signed the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLAT) on Feb. 20 at the U.S. Department of Justice. The treaty, after it is ratified by both countries’ legislatures, will significantly boost cooperation between the nations and aid them in tackling crime more effectively.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Daniel Massow
Publisher / Source: 
The Astana Times (Kazakhstan)
Tag(s): 
Law Enforcement

Ukraine Signs Defense Deal With UAE

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal for unspecified military and technical cooperation with the UAE on Tuesday, and said negotiations are ongoing with the United States and unspecified European nations.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Military

Crime and the State: Latin America’s Season of Scandal

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
In Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, major scandals have highlighted the murky links between serious crime and the political arena. Why have hopes of reform been dashed?English
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Ivan Briscoe
Publisher / Source: 
Open Security
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Criminal Organizations

Ukrainian President Signs Memorandum to Cooperate With UAE

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Ukraine's president says his country has signed an agreement to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates on military and technical issues as he kicked off a visit to the Western-allied Gulf nationEnglish
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

OPINION: Can the Violence in Honduras Be Stopped?

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Honduras is one of the most violent nations in the world. The situation in the country’s second largest city, San Pedro Sula, demonstrates the depth of the problem.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Lisa Haugaard
Sarah Kinosian
William Hartung
Publisher / Source: 
Inter Press Service
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence
Drug Policy

Qatar’s Ties to Militants Strain Alliance

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
During President Barack Obama ’s first term, some members of his National Security Council lobbied to pull a U.S. fighter squadron out of an air base in Qatar to protest the emirate’s support of militant groups in the Mideast.
Country(s): 
Qatar
Author(s): 
Jay Solomon
Nour Malas
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Guatemalan Kaibiles, U.S. Special Forces Promote Security through Partnership

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
According to a 2012 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, transnational organized crime in Guatemala comes at a price and is usually in the form of violence.English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
Sgt. Osvaldo Equite
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo Americas
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Georgia, U.S. Expand Maritime Cooperation

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The U.S. and Georgian maritime experts gathered in Tbilisi for a five-day seminar about the role of a new Georgia-U.S. The new Joint Maritime Operations Center, which was built at the Coast Guard Supsa Radar Station on the Black Sea coast, was established under the Coast Guard Department of Georgia's Internal Ministry and equipped with joint management, control, communications and maritime surveillance systems.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Mushvig Mehdiyev
Publisher / Source: 
Azernews
Tag(s): 
Security

A Catch-22 in Kenya: Western Terrorism Alerts May Fuel Terrorism

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Kenya’s coastal tourism is collapsing, and part of the reason — a big part of the reason, Kenyan officials say — is Western travel warnings issued after a round of violence last summer in a remote coastal area. The American warning is perhaps the strictest, barring embassy personnel from setting foot anywhere on the coast, unless special permission is granted. English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Jeffrey Gettleman
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Top Panama Judge Moncada Pleads Guilty to Corruption

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The former president of Panama's supreme court, Alejandro Moncada, has pleaded guilty to charges of illicit enrichment. Moncada was suspended from his post in October when he came under investigation by Panama's Congress.English
Country(s): 
Panama
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Corruption

Kenya Anti-Terror Laws: Court Scraps Main Clauses

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Kenya's High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition. The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform
Counterterrorism

Afghan Security Officials Defend Drone Strategy As Necessary, Effective

Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Despite the controversy that has surrounded them, U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan and across the border in the Pakistani tribal belt have been crucial in weakening militant groups and reducing their safe havens in the more inaccessible parts of the region, Afghan security officials have said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Ratib Noori
Publisher / Source: 
Tolo News
Tag(s): 
Drones

Life After El Chapo: Kingpin's Arrest Spells New Era In Mexican Drug War

Monday, February 23, 2015
The arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán on 22 February 2014 was hailed by the Mexican and US authorities as the one of the biggest blows to the drug trade in decades. But a year on, the core business of Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel seems hardly affected. “As long as there are people who want the drugs this will never stop, whoever goes to prison,” the seer said. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Jo Tuckman
Publisher / Source: 
Borderland Beat
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade
Judicial Reform
Military Operations

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