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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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Georgians protest Russia-Abkhazia province deal

Monday, November 17, 2014
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Georgia's capital on Saturday to protest a planned agreement between Russia and Georgia's separatist province.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Misha Dzhindzhikhashvili
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
AP
Tag(s): 
Military
Politics and Security

JTF-Bravo Leaders Share Vision with Honduran Key Leaders

Monday, November 17, 2014
The commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo and major subordinate commanders welcomed more than 40 key leaders from the Republic of Honduras who participated in Honduran Leaders' Day, Nov. 14. English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Staff Sgt. Heather Redman
Publisher / Source: 
Joint Task Force-Bravo Public Affairs Office
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

Why the International Response in CAR Can’t Contain the Violence

Monday, November 17, 2014
Despite a cease-fire in July and a United Nations mission in September that raised hopes of restoring order, the crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) flared up again last month.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
David Klion
Publisher / Source: 
World Politics Review
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict

Israel Air Force Hones Patriot Batteries for UAV Defense

Monday, November 17, 2014
With newly war-tested batteries of drone-killing Patriots, air defenders of Israel Air Force (IAF) Wing 168 are earning equal footing with F-16s in guarding the skies against new and growing unmanned threats.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Palestinian Territories
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Sudan Denies U.N. Access to Darfur Village to Check Rape Accusations

Monday, November 17, 2014
Sudan has refused to let U.N. and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of mass rape for the second time this month, saying it was skeptical about the motives for the visit.English
Country(s): 
Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Civil-Military Relations
Human Rights

UPDATE: Egypt Reveals Air Defence Upgrades

Monday, November 17, 2014
Egypt has acquired new or upgraded versions of its Russian-made Buk medium-range and Tor short-range surface-to-air missiles systems, a video of a recent air defence exercise that the Ministry of Defence released on 2 November has revealed.English
Country(s): 
Russia
Egypt
Author(s): 
Jeremy Binnie
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

U.S. Weighs Expanded CIA Training, Arming of Syrian Allies Struggling Against Assad

Monday, November 17, 2014
The Obama administration has been weighing plans to escalate the CIA’s role in arming and training fighters in Syria, a move aimed at accelerating covert U.S. support to moderate rebel factions while the Pentagon is preparing to establish its own training bases, U.S. officials said.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Author(s): 
Greg Miller
Karen DeYoung
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Equipment
Terrorism

U.S., Japan, Australia Agree to Deepen Security Ties

Monday, November 17, 2014
Eyeing Chinese assertiveness, President Barack Obama and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia committed Sunday to deepen their military cooperation and work together on strengthening maritime security in the Asia Pacific.English
Country(s): 
Japan
Australia
Author(s): 
Julie Pace
Publisher / Source: 
Chron
Tag(s): 
Military

Pentagon to Send 2,100 Troops to Fight Ebola in Africa

Monday, November 17, 2014
The Pentagon has authorized 2,100 Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers to be sent to West Africa to help with international efforts to stop the spread of Ebola. English
Country(s): 
West Africa Regional
Author(s): 
Kristina Wong
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill

PM Heads to Brussels for Talks with EU, NATO Officials

Monday, November 17, 2014
PM Irakli Garibashvili will participate in an inaugural session of the EU-Georgia Association Council on November 17 in Brussels, where he will also meet senior EU officials, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Civil Georgia
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

U.S. to Speed Training of Iraqi Security Forces

Monday, November 17, 2014
U.S. defense officials say they are taking steps to more quickly boost the capabilities of Iraqi security forces to counter Islamic State militants, including using American troops already in Iraq to open new training bases.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Julian E. Barnes
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Terrorism

In Blow for Tokyo and Washington, Okinawa Elects Governor Who Opposes Military Base

Monday, November 17, 2014
Voters in Okinawa have, by a landslide, elected a governor who vows to block the relocation of a controversial Marine Corps air station, delivering a setback to both Tokyo and Washington by throwing a wrench into their defense alliance.English
Country(s): 
Japan
Author(s): 
Anna Fifield
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military

Burkina Faso Names Ex-Diplomat as Interim Leader

Monday, November 17, 2014
After days of intense political wrangling, a committee of political, military, religious and traditional authorities in Burkina Faso named a former foreign minister and veteran diplomat on Monday to oversee a transition to new elections following the ouster of President Blaise Compaoré.
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Author(s): 
Herve Taoko
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations

Yemen’s a Model All Right—For Disaster

Friday, November 14, 2014
Guns, drones, and special forces were not enough to stabilize Yemen, and they won’t be enough to stop ISIS. Remember the so-called “Yemen model,” the seeming success story for a U.S. policy targeting terrorists that President Barack Obama pointed to a few months ago? Well, it’s not a model anyone would want to point to anymore.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Iraq
Syria
Author(s): 
Michael Shank
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Beast
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism
U.S. Policy
Counterterrorism

Egypt Officially Receives Russian Missile Systems

Friday, November 14, 2014
Egypt has officially received Antey-2500 anti-ballistic missiles from Russia, according to Russia Today website.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Russia
Author(s): 
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Publisher / Source: 
Egypt Independent (Egypt)
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Top U.S. General Says He’s Open to Using Ground Troops to Retake Mosul

Friday, November 14, 2014
President Obama’s top military adviser said Thursday that he would consider deploying a limited number of United States forces to accompany Iraqi troops on complex offensive operations to retake Mosul and other areas under control of Sunni militants.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Helene Cooper
David D. Kirkpatrick
Rick Gladstone
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
U.S. Policy

France Mulls Military Deployment in Jordan for Islamic State Fight

Friday, November 14, 2014
France will decide in the coming weeks whether to send fighter jets to Jordan to strike Islamic State militants in Iraq in an effort to increase the number of missions and reduce the cost, the army spokesman and officials said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
France
Jordan
Iraq
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Conflict

Chorus of Criticism Accompanies Azerbaijan’s Exit from Council of Europe Stage

Friday, November 14, 2014
Azerbaijan wrapped up its chairmanship on November 13 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, one of the continent’s leading human rights organizations. Civil society activists used the occasion to lob verbal brickbats at Baku, assailing the Azerbaijani government for accelerating a domestic crackdown on dissent during its tenure at the helm in Strasbourg.English
Country(s): 
Azerbaijan
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Burkina Faso Civilians, Army Agree on Transitional Plan

Friday, November 14, 2014
A member of Burkina Faso’s civil society says the agreement on a plan for transitional government is a tribute to the citizens of the country who took to the streets to demand the ouster of President Blaise Compaore.English
Country(s): 
Burkina Faso
Author(s): 
James Butty
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations

President Margvelashvili Meets Alasania

Friday, November 14, 2014
President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with ex-defense minister Irakli Alasania in the presidential palace on November 13.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Publisher / Source: 
Civil Georgia
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

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