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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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Committee to Protect Journalists: Azerbaijan is the largest prison for journalists in Europe

Monday, January 12, 2015
According to the international organizations, Baku violates all possible paragraphs, articles and international conventions on freedom of speech and press. “Unfortunately, in Azerbaijan the public opinion is at a very low level. Most people who can raise their voices and express their opinion are subjected to pressure and threats. English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
Panorama (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

Losing Marijuana Business, Mexican Cartels Push Heroin and Meth

Monday, January 12, 2015
Heroin and meth are far easier to transport and conceal than marijuana. Especially worrisome to U.S. officials is a growing trend of more border-crossing pedestrians carrying the drugs strapped under their clothing or hidden in body cavities. English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Nick Miroff
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Border Control
U.S. Policy
Drug Trade
Drug Trade

U.S. airstrike in Syria may have killed 50 civilians

Monday, January 12, 2015
A U.S.-led coalition airstrike killed at least 50 Syrian civilians late last month when it targeted a headquarters of Islamic State extremists in northern Syria, according to an eyewitness and a Syrian opposition human rights organization.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Roy Gutman
Mousab Alhamadee
Publisher / Source: 
McClatchy
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Terrorism

Bahraini protesters clash with police over opposition leader's detention

Monday, January 12, 2015
Dozens of Bahraini protesters on Friday clashed with security forces who fired bird shot and tear gas to disperse them during an anti-government rally over the detention of an opposition leader, a Reuters witness said.English
Country(s): 
Bahrain
Author(s): 
Farishta Saeed
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Cairo 'debauchery' bath house men acquitted

Monday, January 12, 2015
An Egyptian court has cleared 26 men arrested after a raid on a bath house in Cairo last month and charged with "inciting debauchery".English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Abadi criticizes ‘slow’ support for Iraqi army

Monday, January 12, 2015
U.S.-led international coalition, whose main task is to launch airstrikes against Islamic militants, is “slow” in providing military support to Iraq’s army, the country’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Sunday during his visit to Egypt.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
AFP
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Terrorism

In War-Torn Libya, It’s Life on the Edge

Monday, January 12, 2015
Lately Libya has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Civil war continues to rage.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Mohamed Eljarh
Publisher / Source: 
Foreign Policy
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

Russia’s Waning Soft Power in Central Asia

Monday, January 12, 2015
Russian language abroad is a point in Russia’s 2009 national security strategy, Moscow is apparently steadily if somewhat unobtrusively failing to achieve its goals. And this testifies to a continuing failure to actualize Russia’s soft power despite an enormous state investment. English
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Russia
Author(s): 
Stephen Blank
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Foreign Policy

Millions of Iraqis displaced by ISIL

Monday, January 12, 2015
Throughout 2014, more than two million Iraqis were forced to seek refuge in other areas of the country.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Suadad Al-Salhy
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Terrorism
Refugees

Suicide bombing kills 12 in Iraq: officials

Monday, January 12, 2015
A suicide car bomb killed 12 Shiite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers Monday in a town north of Baghdad, authorities said, sparking a battle between security forces and fighters with the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya News
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Tajikistan Bans 'Extremist' Islamic Fundamentalists Salafia

Monday, January 12, 2015
Tajikistan's Supreme Court ruled to ban delivery and distribution of literature and other materials propagating Salafite ideas, including restricting access to the movement’s website. English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
ITAR-TASS News Agency (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Boko Haram crisis: Nigerian archbishop accuses West

Monday, January 12, 2015
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

I am Charlie, but I am Baga too: On Nigeria’s forgotten massacre

Monday, January 12, 2015
If you thought 17 dead in Paris was bad enough for one week, you were wrong. In Nigeria, more than 2,000 people are feared dead after Boko Haram launched its deadliest-ever attack on a strategic north-eastern town.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Simon Allison
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Maverick
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Boko Haram Kills 'Too Many to Count' in Nigeria

Monday, January 12, 2015
According to Amnesty International, the group's assault on a Nigerian border town may be its "deadliest act" yet.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Adam Chandler
Publisher / Source: 
The Atlantic
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Police Kill 6 Suspected Drug Traffickers in Shootout in Brazil

Monday, January 12, 2015
Six suspected drug traffickers were killed in a shootout with police in a "favela," or shantytown, in Niteroi, a city outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian police said Sunday.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Publisher / Source: 
Fox News Latino
Tag(s): 
Security

What Now for Afghanistan

Monday, January 12, 2015
The political and economic future of Afghanistan is fragile and uncertain. The recent budget deficit, over-reliance on U.S./NATO military assistance, a divided corrupt elite, high rates of corruption, and the growing insecurity and resurgence of Taliban are all credible threats to the future of a stable and peaceful Afghanistan. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Tamim Asey
Publisher / Source: 
The Diplomat
Tag(s): 
Security

China to start deployment of 700 peacekeeping troops to South Sudan

Monday, January 12, 2015
The Chinese People's Liberation Army will shortly start deploying a 700-strong infantry battalion to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan peace-keeping and stabilisation, marking the first ever international deployment of Chinese combat troops with the UN in Africa.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defense Web
Tag(s): 
Foreign Aid

Azerbaijan sends peacekeeping force to Afghanistan

Monday, January 12, 2015
Thirty-nine peacekeepers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, who are serving under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, have been sent to the country on a rotating basis, the Defense Ministry said. English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Afghanistan
Publisher / Source: 
AzerTAg (Azerbaijan)

Kiyonga tells Somalia to build own army

Monday, January 12, 2015
Somalia must build its own national army if the war ravaged country is to have meaningful stability, Uganda’s Defence minister Crispus Kiyonga has said.English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Stephen Kafeero
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Terrorism

Azerbaijan’s president says double standards policy behind unresolved Karabakh conflict

Monday, January 12, 2015
In 1988 a war broke out there between Azerbaijani troops and Armenian residents, which resulted in the region's de facto independence. In 1994 a ceasefire was reached but the relations between the two states are still strained.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
ITAR-TASS News Agency (Russia)
Tag(s): 
Conflict Resolution

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