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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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Tajikistan Detains Eleven Alleged Extremist Salafists

Monday, February 9, 2015
Tajik authorities say they have detained 11 people on suspicion of being adherents of a banned branch of Islam.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Law Enforcement

Obama’s Train and Equip Mission is No Magic Bullet for Syria

Monday, February 9, 2015
The author argues that Washington's anti-Assad policy is bound to fail without commensurate diplomatic and political efforts.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Geoffrey Aronson
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Does Islamic State Threaten Central Asia?

Monday, February 9, 2015
A leading expert on Central Asia has told IWPR that even though Islamic State has recruited many fighters from the region, their return home does not automatically mean they will launch a jihad against regional governments.English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Timur Toktonaliev
Publisher / Source: 
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Egypt Sets Retrial Date for Jailed Al Jazeera Staff

Monday, February 9, 2015
Egyptian authorities have set a date for the retrial of jailed Al Jazeera journalists Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The two journalists will appear in court on February 12 after spending 407 days in prison.
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Argentina and China Agree Fighter Aircraft Working Group

Monday, February 9, 2015
The working group, which was discussed during a visit by between Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to Beijing from 2 to 5 February, will look at the possible transfer of a range of military equipment to Buenos Aries. Chief among this equipment is either the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) FC-1/JF-17 or the CAC J-10 fighter aircraft.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Gareth Jennings
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Military Cooperation

Mexico's Drug 'Queen of the Pacific' Freed on Appeal

Monday, February 9, 2015
A Mexican woman known as the "Queen of the Pacific" for her links to drug cartels has been released from prison after winning an appeal.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

France Sends Advisers to Nigeria Border to Coordinate Boko Haram Fight

Friday, February 6, 2015
France has sent military advisers to Niger's southern border with Nigeria to help coordinate military action by regional powers fighting the Islamist group Boko Haram, a French army official said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Niger
Author(s): 
John Irish
Marine Pennetier
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Cooperation

Kazakh Activist Detained After Expressing Solidarity With Closed Magazine

Friday, February 6, 2015
Police in Kazakhstan have detained an activist after he staged a protest to express solidarity with the embattled Adam Bol (Be a Human) magazine.English
Country(s): 
Kazakhstan
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
RFE/RL's Kazakh Service
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

White House to Unveil Call for ‘Strategic Patience’

Friday, February 6, 2015
Critics accuse the administration of being too slow to act in Syria and Russia. In a new strategy document, the White House will say that was the plan all along.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Gopal Ratnam
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

NATO Defense Ministers To Discuss Implementation Of Readiness Action Plan, Georgia

Friday, February 6, 2015
NATO Defense Ministers will also meet in the NATO-Georgia Commission format, together with the Georgian Defense Minister Mindia Janeldidze. According to NATO, they ministers will discuss the implementation of the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package endorsed at the Wales SummitEnglish
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Eurasia Review
Tag(s): 
Militarization

Will Chad’s Military Tip the Balance in Fight Against Boko Haram?

Friday, February 6, 2015
Some analysts say Chadian troops may be the region's best hope to turn the tide against Boko Haram, but others are more cautious. The issue has become a hot topic as African leaders prepare to set-up a 7,500 troop regional force to fight the militants.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Author(s): 
Anne Look
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Cooperation

Special Ops Staying Put in the Horn – For Now

Friday, February 6, 2015
The United States’ top special operations officer raised eyebrows Jan. 27 when he suggested that America might replace its special operations forces in the Horn of Africa, a hotbed of Islamist fighters, with conventional troops.English
Country(s): 
Horn of Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Sean D. Naylor
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

U.S. Moves Pilot Rescue Aircraft to Northern Iraq

Friday, February 6, 2015
The U.S. military has deployed aircraft and troops to northern Iraq to boost its ability to rescue downed coalition pilots, after a Jordanian airman was captured and killed by militants in Syria, a defense official said Thursday.
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Financing
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Nigeria Calls For a Re-think of the Leahy Law

Friday, February 6, 2015
Obama administration sparked a diplomatic row with Nigeria y in autumn when it blocked the sale of Cobra helicopters citing a legal provision to the Arms Export Control Act, called the Leahy amendment. Author argues that Washington fails to see that refusing to enable Nigeria to combat one of the most heinous terrorist groups of the 21st century is in itself a human rights concern. English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Stanley Opeyemi
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Terrorism

Russia, Armenia Continue Wrangling Over Soldier Accused Of Mass Murder

Friday, February 6, 2015
Armenia's chief prosecutor has formally asked his Russian counterpart to hand over a Russian soldier accused of killing seven members of a family outside Russia's military base in Armenia. The request was made just after the two sides apparently had agreed to try the soldier in a Russian military court at the base.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Military

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Announce Presidential Council

Friday, February 6, 2015
Shia rebel group makes "constitutional declaration" in a move that could signal their formal takeover of capital Sanaa.
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Conflict

U.S. to Release Updated Security Strategy

Friday, February 6, 2015
National security adviser Susan Rice will unveil the 29-page document in a speech at the Brookings Institution think tank in WashingtonEnglish
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Publisher / Source: 
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security

Obama's Central American Rescue Plan Will Only Make Life There Worse

Friday, February 6, 2015
But the essence of what the Alliance for Prosperity promises is that more of the same—more local spending on infrastructure to facilitate foreign investment, more corporate tax breaks and free trade zones and more regulatory harmonization—will allow Central America to pull itself up by its bootstraps.
Country(s): 
Central America Regional
Author(s): 
Dawn Paley
Publisher / Source: 
New Republic
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Political Activist Beheaded in Central Mexico

Friday, February 6, 2015
Police found the decapitated body of political activist Gustavo Salgado on a highway in the central Mexican state of Morelos, the People's Revolutionary Front, or EPR, said Thursday.
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Fox News Latino
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kerry Backs Arms Embargo on S. Sudan

Friday, February 6, 2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for a United Nations vote creating an arms embargo on South Sudan in an effort to end the civil war there, a US official said Thursday.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Yahoo News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Tag(s): 
United Nations

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