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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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Iraq Militia Fighters Join Battle for Syria's Aleppo

Thursday, September 8, 2016
An Iraqi Shi'ite militia said on Wednesday it had dispatched more than 1,000 fighters to the frontline in neighboring Syria, escalating foreign involvement in the battle for Aleppo, the biggest prize in five years of relentless civil war.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Angus McDowall
Ahmed Rasheed
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Conflict

Colombia's Santos Says Peace Deal Will Pass, More War a Disaster

Thursday, September 8, 2016
Colombians are sure to approve a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels in a referendum next month because they see the enormous economic opportunity and know renewed war would be a "catastrophe," President Juan Manuel Santos told Reuters.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Helen Murphy
Luis Jaime Acosta
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Conflict Resolution
Conflict

Israel MoD Proposes Easing of Restrictions for Defense Exports

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
In an announcement based on a conference address by Dubi Lavi, MoD’s director of the Defense Exports Control Agency (DECA) that was established at US insistence, MoD outlined changes aimed at easing restrictions governing the marketing of non-classified products and services. English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

UAV Incursion Strengthens Israeli Sales Ban with Moscow

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
The incursion of an Israeli-made unmanned air vehicle into that nation’s airspace from inside Syria on 17 July has provided the authorities in Washington with another reason to block future sales of such equipment to Moscow.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Arie Egozi
Publisher / Source: 
Flightglobal
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Poland Seeks U.S. Approval to Buy Patriot Missiles in $5bn Deal

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Poland has announced it will seek formal US approval to buy eight Patriot missile defence systems from weapons maker Raytheon, marking a key move toward closing the estimated $5bn deal.
Country(s): 
Poland
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
AFP, EFE, Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Somalia President Signs Political Parties Bill into Law

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Somalia has legitimised the operations of political parties for the first time in nearly five decades, ahead of this month’s election. English
Country(s): 
Somalia
Author(s): 
Fred Oluoch
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Governance

Kilinto Fire: Ethiopian Government Accused of Gunning Down Political Prisoners as They Flee Burning Jail

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
While the cause of the blaze remains unknown, the Ethiopian government has admitted at least two of the prisoners were gunned down by the authorities as they fled the burning building.English
Country(s): 
Ethiopia
Author(s): 
Adam Withnall
Publisher / Source: 
The Independent (UK)
Tag(s): 
Conflict

Mauricio Funes, Ex-Leader of El Salvador Under Inquiry, Gains Asylum

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
The Nicaraguan government said Tuesday that it had granted political asylum to Mauricio Funes, the former president of El Salvador, who has been under investigation by the Salvadoran authorities for suspicion of corruption.English
Country(s): 
Nicaragua
Author(s): 
Kirk Semple
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Corruption

Colombia Races Clock to Suppress Explosion in Coca Crops

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
A controversy over Colombia's drug strategy reflects an official sense of urgency to reverse booming coca cultivation as the country prepares to end over 50 years of armed conflict with the FARC rebel group.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Drug Policy
Conflict

Drug Traffickers Exploit New Transit Routes Through Argentina

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Drug traffickers have flown cocaine north from the Andes to Central America and the Caribbean for decades, varying their routes to evade law enforcement. But in a more recent twist, they have been flying south into Argentina from Bolivia, outmaneuvering authorities and turning this largely peaceful country into an international narcotics hub.English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Author(s): 
Taos Turner
Publisher / Source: 
The Wall Street Journal
Tag(s): 
Drug Trade

Senate Rejects Defense Bills Again, Foreshadowing CR

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
US Senate Democrats voted down the 2017 Pentagon and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bills on Tuesday for the third time, teeing up a stopgap funding resolution to avert a government shutdown. English
Country(s): 
Global
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Lawmakers seek to stall $1B arms sale to Saudis

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
More than 60 lawmakers in the House are fighting to delay the Obama administration's planned sale of $1.15 billion in arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing the growing number of civilian casualties in Yemen caused by the Saudi-led military coalition.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Juana Summers
Elise Labott
Publisher / Source: 
CNN
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales

Turkey Says Ready to Help Any U.S. Initiative to Capture Raqqa

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Turkey would be ready to join any initiative proposed by the United States to capture an Islamic State stronghold in Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said in remarks published on Wednesday, as Turkish-backed forces took more Syrian land from jihadists.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Daren Butler
Humeyra Pamuk
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters (UK)
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Military Cooperation

App Launches In Egypt to Combat Forced Disappearances

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) has created I Protect, an app that allows Android phone users to key in a code when they are being detained, which sends three text messages to contacts and an email containing the location of their arrest to the ECRF.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Author(s): 
Ruth Michaelson
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Civil Society

Tunisian PM: Fighting Corruption is More Difficult Than Combating Terrorism

Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Tunisian Prime Minister Yousuf Shahed said on Monday that fighting corruption in the country is much more difficult than combating terrorism.English
Country(s): 
Tunisia
Publisher / Source: 
Al Arabiya English (Saudi Arabia)
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Counterterrorism

South Sudan is Fighting Again. Can its Peacekeeping Mission Work?

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Now, with July’s renewed fighting, the international community is hoping that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the country’s peacekeeping mission, can help restore stability. That was the message when, on Aug. 13, the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution reiterating UNMISS’s mandate to protect civilians and adding a controversial new 4,000-person Regional Protection Force.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Nina McMurray
Laura Bosco
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping

British Warship Sent to Libya to Target People-Smugglers

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
A British warship will arrive off the Libyan coast in the next few days in a dramatic attempt to intercept and arrest people smugglers as the flow of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy reaches record levels.English
Country(s): 
Libya
Author(s): 
Chris Stephen
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Nigerian Military: Some Officers Selling Arms to Boko Haram

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country's fight against the Islamic extremists continues despite government efforts to halt graft.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
The Voice of America
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Counterterrorism

U.S. Gives Laos Extra $90 Million to Help Clear Unexploded Ordnance

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The United States announced on Tuesday it would provide an additional $90 million over the next three years to help Laos, heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, clear unexploded ordnance that has killed or injured more than 20,000 people.English
Country(s): 
Laos
Program(s): 
Cooperative Threat Reduction
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Arms Control

Germans Test Air Defences in Latvia as NATO Expands in Baltics

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
German and Latvian troops have begun a joint exercise in Latvia, not far from the Russian border, as part of a broad drive by NATO to shore up air defences against a possible Russian attack. Germany has around 80 troops and 400 tonnes of equipment, including a deployable mobile control centre, for the exercise, which will continue through October.English
Country(s): 
Latvia
Author(s): 
Sabine Siebold
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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