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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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Saudi-Led Air Strikes on Yemen Capital Resume, Nine Civilians Killed: Residents

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
A Saudi-led military coalition conducted air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday for the first time in five months, residents said, after U.N.-backed peace talks to end the conflict broke down over the weekend. Medics said nine civilians were killed in a strike on a potato chip factory in the Nahda district of the capital.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence

U.S. Air Force Refueling Missions over Yemen Grow by 60 Percent

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
The U.S. has executed a handful of air kills against extremist groups like al-Qaida in Yemen since February, but the Saudi-led air war against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels also has U.S. assets contributing to a much quieter mission.English
Country(s): 
Yemen
Author(s): 
Oriana Pawlyk
Publisher / Source: 
Air Force Times
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Turkey's Erdogan Stages Mass Rally in Show of Strength After Coup Attempt

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than one million people on Sunday that July's failed coup would be a milestone in building a stronger Turkey, defying Western criticism of mass purges and vowing to destroy those behind the putsch.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Humeyra Pamuk
Nick Tattersall
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

MSF Says a Hospital It Supports in Syria Bombed, 13 Killed

Tuesday, August 9, 2016
A hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders and specializing in pediatrics in a rebel-held northern Syria province has been destroyed in a series of airstrikes over the weekend that killed 13 people, including four staff and five children, the international medical charity said Monday.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
AFP, Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Violence

Turkey Arrests Dozens of Special Forces in Post-Coup Purge

Monday, August 8, 2016
Dozens of special forces personnel were reportedly arrested in Turkey on Saturday, the latest development in a sweeping crackdown following last month’s failed coup in the country that killed more than 270 people. Nearly 90 staff members were arrested after being identified by a commission established by the Special Forces Command in the wake of the July 15 overthrow attempt, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Cinar Kiper
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Wire Service: 
AFP, Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

The Israel-Egypt Partnership Deepens

Monday, August 8, 2016
Since the 2011 ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, links between Cairo and Jerusalem have been centered on securing the Sinai Peninsula and on the Gaza Strip. In Sinai, an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate has waged a five-year insurgency that has killed at least 700 people — primarily Egyptian servicemen and police, but also some Israelis — and bilateral intel-sharing is intimate.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Israel
Author(s): 
Oren Kessler
Publisher / Source: 
The Hill
Tag(s): 
Security
Military Cooperation

ISIS in Afghanistan Claims It Has Confiscated Sensitive U.S. Military Equipment

Monday, August 8, 2016
The Islamic State group is circulating photos of potentially sensitive American military equipment and identification cards purportedly confiscated by militants after recent battlefield engagements in Afghanistan.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Andrew DeGrandpre
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Terrorism

Kerry to visit Kenya for talks on Security

Monday, August 8, 2016
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kenya this month for talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta over regional security. Presidential spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said on Sunday Kerry would hold discussions with Kenyatta and Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohammed on the upheaval in South Sudan and security in violence-plagued Somalia.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
News 24
Tag(s): 
Security

African Leaders Warn South Sudan Conflict Represents Regional Security Threat

Monday, August 8, 2016
African leaders of the East African regional bloc, IGAD, have issued a strong worded communiqué, calling on the United Nations and global community to extend support to end conflict in South Sudan. The also warned that a delay to act to avert a deteriorating humanitarian situation represents a security threat to countries in the region.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Sudan Tribune
Tag(s): 
Security

U.S. Military Support for Ukraine is Part of Budapest Memo – U.S. Defense Rep

Monday, August 8, 2016
The US provides military support to Ukraine as part of the Budapest memorandum on Security assurances. This is reported by the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Michael Carpenter in an interview with Voice of America on August 5, 2016.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Michael Carpenter
Publisher / Source: 
Ukraine Today (Ukraine)
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Armenian Soldiers to Train in U.S.

Monday, August 8, 2016
Twenty-five Armenian army sergeants have flown to the United States to take part in a training course which is as part of U.S. efforts to help Armenia increase the number of its non-commissioned officers serving on a contractual basis.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
Asbarez (Armenia)
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

U.S. Proposes U.N. Approve 4,000-Strong Force for South Sudan's Juba

Monday, August 8, 2016
The United States proposed on Sunday that the United Nations Security Council authorize a 4,000-strong force to ensure peace in South Sudan's capital Juba and threaten to impose an arms embargo if the transitional government does not cooperate.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Michelle Nichols
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
United Nations

Taliban's New Commando Force Tests Afghan Army's Strength

Monday, August 8, 2016
An elite new Taliban force is proving its strength in the strategic southern province of Helmand, pointing to the insurgents' ability to refine their battlefield techniques to match Afghanistan's increasingly professional national army.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Mirwais Khan
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Terrorism
Security Assistance

1 Dead, 4 Wounded as Blast Hits U.N. Peacekeepers in Mali

Monday, August 8, 2016
A United nations peacekeeper was killed and four others wounded Sunday in northeastern Mali, when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. A U.N. statement said the blast occurred in the Kidal region and that all of the victims were from Chad.English
Country(s): 
Mali
Publisher / Source: 
VOA News
Tag(s): 
Violence

Security Force of 85,000 Fills Rio, Unsettling Rights Activists

Monday, August 8, 2016
In the face of soaring street crime, the state government has deployed a security force of 85,000 in Rio de Janeiro, among them 23,000 soldiers who stand sentinel at busy intersections or cruise the streets in military jeeps, their weapons aimed menacingly at the sidewalk.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Anna Jean Kaiser
Andrew Jacobs
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations

Honduras Police Reformers Release Details of Online Complaints

Monday, August 8, 2016
The Honduras Police Reform Commission has released a first assessment of the new online denunciation platform in its latest move to try and purge Honduras’ corrupt police, revealing officers were most often accused of abuse of authority and drug related faults.English
Country(s): 
Honduras
Author(s): 
Tristan Clavel
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Security Sector Reform

U.S. to Give Argentina Declassified Papers on America's Role in Military Dictatorship

Monday, August 8, 2016
John Kerry said he will deliver the first batch of declassified documents related to America’s role in Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship, a seven-year period in which thousands of leftwing activists were murdered. English
Country(s): 
Argentina
Publisher / Source: 
The Guardian
Wire Service: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Human Rights

Egypt Commissions Molniya Class Corvette

Monday, August 8, 2016
The Egyptian Navy has commissioned into service the R-32 Molniya class missile corvette Ahmed Fadel, after its crew returned from training in Russia. The vessel was donated by Russia last year. The Egyptian Ministry of Defence announced on 4 August that the vessel was commissioned at the Egyptian Navy base in Alexandria.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
defenceWeb
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Saudi F-15SA Basing and Unit Plans Revealed

Monday, August 8, 2016
The US government has revealed basing and unit plans for the Royal Saudi Air Force's (RSAF's) Boeing F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) Eagle fleet ahead of the commencement of deliveries. The details were disclosed in early August in a Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) request for information (RfI) for F-15SA support that will run from March 2017 until March 2021.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Gareth Jennings
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Military Equipment

Israeli Probe Backs Russian Claims of Accidental Drone Border Breach

Monday, August 8, 2016
Last month’s violation of Israeli airspace by a Syrian-based Russian UAV was “very likely” the result of human error, according to preliminary findings of an Israeli Air Force (IAF) probe published Monday by Israel’s Ha’aretz daily.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Barbara Opall-Rome
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Security

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