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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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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

Iran-Backed Militias Are Getting U.S. Weapons

Friday, January 9, 2015
U.S. weapons intended for Iraq’s beleaguered military are winding up in the possession of the country’s Shiite militias, according to U.S. lawmakers and senior officials in the Barack Obama administration.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Iran
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Financing
Author(s): 
Josh Rogin
Eli Lake
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg View
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

No Alternative: Ankle Monitors Expand the Reach of Immigration Detention

Friday, January 9, 2015
According to Amy Gottlieb, an immigration attorney, while immigrant detention costs approximately $122 a day, supervision by the electronic ankle monitor costs the government about $20 a day.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Kyle Barron
Santos Briones
Publisher / Source: 
NACLA
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy
Migration

U.S.-Cuba normalization talks to take place Jan. 21-22

Friday, January 9, 2015
U.S.-Cuba talks on normalizing ties will take place in Havana on Jan. 21 and 22, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, as Cuba freed six more detainees as part of the two countries' rapprochement.English
Country(s): 
Cuba
Author(s): 
Arshad Mohammed
Doina Chiacu
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (US)
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Boko Haram kills dozens in fresh raids in Nigerian town

Friday, January 9, 2015
Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people and burned down homes in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga in the past two days, in a second killing spree since seizing control there at the weekend.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Ardo Abdullah
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict
Terrorism

A Moment of Optimism on Sudan Peace Fades as New Talks Approach

Friday, January 9, 2015
Negotiations on the Sudan peace talks collapsed in December and the chances of the peace process are regaining momentum later this month. English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Isma'il Kushkush
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations

Burundi: Extrajudicial Killing Cases At Cibitoke

Friday, January 9, 2015
During a confrontation between the Burundian army and armed rebels which took place in Cibitoke Province between 30 December 2014 and 4 January 2015, 95 assailants were killed, 37 cases of which qualified as extra-judicial killings.English
Country(s): 
Burundi
Author(s): 
Lorraine Josiane Manishatse
Publisher / Source: 
All Africa
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict
Extrajudicial Killings

The U.S. military is back training troops in Iraq, but it’s a little different this time

Friday, January 9, 2015
Years after the U.S. military tried to create a new army in Iraq, American trainers have returned to help rebuild the country’s fighting force. But this time, things are different. With the Iraqis dependent on their own logistics, there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition, and the U.S. training is focused on the will to fight.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Program(s): 
Foreign Military Financing
International Military Education and Training
Author(s): 
Loveday Morris
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Eyeing Taliban, Tajikistan Sets Up New Military Base On Afghan Border

Friday, January 9, 2015
Tajikistan's armed forces are setting up a new base near the Afghanistan border in response to the apparent massing of fighters on the Afghan side of the border. English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Josh Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military
Terrorism

Rights monitor says 2,100 people died in Syrian prisons last year

Friday, January 9, 2015
At least 2,100 people died in Syrian prisons last year and the bodies of many showed signs of torture, a monitoring group said on Friday, quoting the families of deceased detainees.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Oliver Holmes
Publisher / Source: 
Rueters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Saudi blogger Badawi 'flogged for Islam insult'

Friday, January 9, 2015
A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights

Pentagon Seeking 20% Cut in U.S. War Funding to $51 Billion

Friday, January 9, 2015
The Pentagon will request about $51 billion in war funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a 20 percent reduction from the $64 billion Congress approved this year and the least since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials and congressional aides said.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Tony Capaccio
Publisher / Source: 
Bloomberg
Tag(s): 
Military
Counterterrorism

Azerbaijan Snubs the West

Friday, January 9, 2015
Anti-American rhetoric from Baku is not unheard of, but its recent intensity, seemingly unprompted, and its reliance on Kremlin talking points suggest a shift toward Moscow.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Author(s): 
Josh Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan promote co-operation

Friday, January 9, 2015
During Karimov's visit, he and his Kazakhstani colleague, Nursultan Nazarbayev, announced plans to step up trade and to fight terrorism and extremism.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Author(s): 
Maksim Yeniseyev
Publisher / Source: 
Central Asia Online
Tag(s): 
Military

Mexico Holding 13 Police Officers in Journalist's Kidnapping

Friday, January 9, 2015
Mexican authorities held 13 police officers for investigation Thursday in the disappearance of kidnapped journalist Moises Sanchez and awaited the results of DNA tests on a body found in the area to determine if it is him.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Peru's Fujimori Convicted of Corruption in Fifth Trial

Friday, January 9, 2015
A three-judge panel in Peru convicted jailed former President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday of funneling more than $40 million in public funds to tabloid newspapers that smeared his opponents during his 2000 re-election campaign.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Franklin Briceno
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Judicial Reform

Uruguay Officials Find Explosive Near Israeli Embassy

Thursday, January 8, 2015
Uruguay's government says security forces found a small explosive device near a building housing the Israeli Embassy, and safely detonated it.English
Country(s): 
Uruguay
Israel
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Torture and Death for Uzbek Muslims in Jail

Thursday, January 8, 2015
About 12,500 political prisoners in Uzbekistan - more than in the Soviet gulags at the height of the Cold War - are subjected to systematic torture: asphyxiation, electrocution, and beatings, human rights groups, former inmates, and researchers say.English
Country(s): 
Uzbekistan
Author(s): 
Mansur Mirovalev
Publisher / Source: 
Aljazeera
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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