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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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Who is paying for America's plan to train and equip Syrian rebels?

Friday, December 5, 2014
The US House of Representatives passed an annual defense bill on Dec. 4 that makes it clear that US allies will pick up a sizable part of the tab for President Barack Obama's plan to train and equip vetted rebels in Syria.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Julian Pecquet
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Monitor
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism
Military and Police Aid

Peru Counterfeit Dollars Feed Venezuela, US Markets

Friday, December 5, 2014
Police in Peru have disbanded a criminal organization that manufactured counterfeit dollars for markets in Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, and the United States, highlighting efforts by counterfeiters to take advantage of tight currency controls that have spurred thriving black markets.English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Kyra Gurney
Publisher / Source: 
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NATO Officials In Georgia Setting Up Training Center

Friday, December 5, 2014
NATO officials are in Georgia doing the preliminary work to set up a training facility, an official from the alliance said on a visit to Tbilisi. The establishment of the joint training facility, announced in September, was the main component of the "substantial package" that NATO had long promised Georgia for continuing to be a good ally. English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Impunity Remains Largest Hurdle for Human Trafficking in the Americas, Says UN

Friday, December 5, 2014
There are more laws on the book than ever in Latin America criminalizing human trafficking, but these laws rarely lead to prosecutions or convictions, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.English
Country(s): 
Western Hemisphere Regional
Author(s): 
Zach Dyer
Publisher / Source: 
The Tico Times (Costa Rica)
Tag(s): 
Human Trafficking

International Criminal Court Withdraws Charges Against Kenyan President

Friday, December 5, 2014
The International Criminal Court in The Hague announced on Friday that its chief prosecutor has withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity against President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Alan Cowell
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
International Criminal Court

Pentagon Issues Report on Killing of a General

Friday, December 5, 2014
An investigation by the United States military into the death of the first American general killed in Afghanistan criticized Afghan officials for not cooperating completely with investigators, but praised the rapid response of soldiers around the general for preventing further casualties.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Rod Nordland
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Military Operations

Georgia in U.S. House Resolution Condemning Russia’s ‘Aggression’ Against Neighbors

Friday, December 5, 2014
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on December 4 with 411 votes to 10 a resolution condemning Russia’s “continuing political, economic, and military aggression” against Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Ukraine
Moldova
Publisher / Source: 
Civil Georgia
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Prominent Azerbaijani Journalist Sent To Two-Month Pretrial Detention

Friday, December 5, 2014
English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Sudan Puts Tighter Controls on U.N. Peacekeepers

Friday, December 5, 2014
Sudan has imposed tighter controls on a massive, troubled U.N. peacekeeping force while trying to pressure it to leave the country, and it claims allegations of a mass rape in Darfur that have strained relations have been found to be not true.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Author(s): 
Cara Anna
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

Ghana Announces Plans for Combat, Trainer, Transport Aircraft Buys

Friday, December 5, 2014
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama says his government has set aside $300 million for the purchase of new combat, trainer and transport aircraft to support United Nations peacekeeping operations.English
Country(s): 
Ghana
Author(s): 
Oscar Nkala
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Chad Denies Funding Boko Haram

Friday, December 5, 2014
The Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Isah Braimah, yesterday, exonerated his country of funding or arming the Boko Haram insurgents.English
Country(s): 
Chad
Author(s): 
Laide Akinboade
Publisher / Source: 
Vanguard
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Throwing Good Money after Bad in Iraq

Friday, December 5, 2014
There is nothing new about Obama’s approach to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State. U.S. counterterrorism policy of the last decade of carrying out “targeted” air or drone strikes and training and equipping local forces has been a failure in all times, in all places.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Theo Sitther
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
U.S. Policy
Terrorism

Russia Supplies US $70 Million of Military Hardware to Kyrgyzstan

Friday, December 5, 2014
Russia has supplied Kyrgyzstan with $70 million worth of military equipment, Kyrgyz Defense Minister, Abibilla Kudaiberdiyev stated on December 4, according to Akipress.
Country(s): 
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Author(s): 
Joe Peerson
Publisher / Source: 
Silk Road Reporters
Wire Service: 
AKIpress (Kyrgyzstan)
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Pandemonium in Nigeria

Friday, December 5, 2014
There has been chaos and confusion in the Nigerian cities of Kano and Maiduguri as Boko Haram carried out a series of suicide bombings.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Gamal Nkrumah
Publisher / Source: 
Al-Ahram
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Tough New Laws for War Against Terror

Friday, December 5, 2014
Terrorism suspects may be held by police for longer periods before being taken to court, held incommunicado and denied bail once charged if tough new security laws are passed to aid the war against terrorism.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Caroline Wafula
Publisher / Source: 
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism

Kenya: KDF Must Review Somali Strategy to Tackle Al Shabaab

Friday, December 5, 2014
But, once gain, I am sure, little attention will be paid to trying to understand the attacks themselves beyond a lazy assumption that al-Shabaab is ‘evil’ and that they want to incite religious war for the sake of it. Such attitudes will not take Kenya very far. What is al-Shabaab’s strategic goal? And what is Kenya’s strategy to counter it?English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Ben Rawlence
Publisher / Source: 
African Arguments
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

U.S. Moves Ahead with Plan for Extra Troops in Afghanistan Until Allies Finalize Plans

Friday, December 5, 2014
The Obama administration plans to keep hundreds of extra troops in Afghanistan on a temporary basis next year, above the force of 9,800 that President Obama had previously announced for 2015, in another sign of the challenges the United States faces as it extricates itself from a 13-year war.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post

Egyptian NGO Urges President Not to Ratify 'Terrorist Entities' Law

Friday, December 5, 2014
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) issued a statement Wednesday criticising a new anti-terrorism bill and urging the president not to ratify it, describing it as "unconstitutional."English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
AhramOnline (Egypt)
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Counterterrorism

Does Uhuru Kenyatta Know Kenya is Burning?

Thursday, December 4, 2014
The fact is, it is not that Kenyatta's government was disinterested in security. It is that its understanding of what constitutes a national security threat is radically different from what most Kenyans would expect.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Al Jazeera
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism

Turkey Frustrated at European Reluctance for Deeper Defence Co-operation

Thursday, December 4, 2014
Turkey's desire to foster stronger links with the European defence establishment is being frustrated by an apparent reluctance from the European Union (EU) to fully engage with the country, a senior government official said on 2 December.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Gareth Jennings
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Military

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