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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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U.S. Enhances Counterterrorism Cooperation With Central Asia

Thursday, August 4, 2016
The United States is enhancing counterterrorism cooperation with Central Asia's five "Stans" countries, including some of the world's most repressive governments.
Country(s): 
Central Asia Regional
Author(s): 
Bradley Klapper
Publisher / Source: 
Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Counterterrorism

Turkish, German, Malaysian Firms in Armor Venture

Thursday, August 4, 2016
ANKARA, Turkey — Armor industry manufacturers from Turkey, Germany and Malaysia have joined forces in an effort to expand into local and external markets. Turkey’s BMC, Germany’s Rheinmetall AG and the Malaysia-based Etika Strategi announced that they launched a Turkey-based joint venture with a view to cooperation in armored solutionsEnglish
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Burak Ege Bekdil
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation

U.S. Tactics to Accelerate Mosul Campaign Not Yet in Place

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Beginning in April, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and the White House announced a number of tactics to accelerate the campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS, but few have been implemented, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Richard Sisk
Publisher / Source: 
DoD Buzz
Tag(s): 
Military Operations
Counterterrorism

Turkish Lawyer Files Complaint Accusing U.S. Generals of Aiding Coup Attempt

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Barely a day after the Pentagon's top official arrived in Turkey in a bid to cool growing tensions between Ankara and Washington, a Turkish lawyer filed a criminal complaint against him and two other senior U.S. officials. It accused them of conspiring with the plotters behind the July 15 coup attempt, which ended only after a rebellious faction of the military had bombed parliament and turned their weapons on civilian protesters.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Ishaan Tharoor
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Governance

Case Against El Salvador’s MS13 Reveals State Role in Gang’s Growth

Thursday, August 4, 2016
A massive operation that has bared the finances of El Salvador’s MS13 gang offers compelling evidence to support of a long suspected theory: Government benefits extended the country’s gang leaders in connection with a 2012-2013 truce were used to strengthen their criminal organizations. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Hector Silva Avalos
Bryan Avelar
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Corruption

What New F-35 Jets Mean for Israel’s Air Force

Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Israeli air force will be the first air force outside the United States with an operational Stealth squadron. In the United States, the Navy has already made the F-35 serviceable and announced its Initial Operating Capability status. The US Air Force will reach this same milestone in the near future.
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Ben Caspit
Publisher / Source: 
Al Monitor
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

U.S., Dominican Republic Strengthen Partnerships While Building Hospitals

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Military civil engineers and medical professionals use this opportunity to train on planning, preparing, deploying and performing their jobs outside of the U.S. French
Country(s): 
Dominican Republic
Author(s): 
Mallory Chenzira
Publisher / Source: 
DVIDS
Tag(s): 
Development
Military Cooperation

Colombia Busts Over 100 FARC Cocaine Labs

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Colombia has destroyed over 100 cocaine laboratories and stripped a FARC faction of $10 million in potential earnings, exposing the huge criminal finances that promise to keep many guerrilla fighters in the field even if a peace deal is reached in the near future.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Mimi Yagoub
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics

South Sudan Security Forces Killed, Raped Civilians -U.N.

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Government soldiers and security forces in South Sudan executed civilians and gang-raped women and girls during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month in the capital Juba, the United Nations said on Thursday.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Civil-Military Relations

U.S., Israel Close Many Gaps in Defense Aid Talks, Hope for Deal Soon

Thursday, August 4, 2016
The United States and Israel have closed many of the remaining gaps in negotiations over a new multibillion-dollar military aid package for Washington's top Middle East ally, and the two sides hope to reach a deal soon, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Matt Spetalnick
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

African Spy Chiefs in Kigali to Debate Security Violations on Africa

Thursday, August 4, 2016
African chiefs of intelligence services are gathering in Kigali, Rwanda Thursday to debate on ways to counter indictments by Western countries that subject Africans to non-African jurisdiction.English
Country(s): 
Rwanda
Author(s): 
Robert Mbaraga
Publisher / Source: 
The East African
Tag(s): 
Security
International Community

Army Cadets Experience Djiboutian Military Culture and Intense Heat

Thursday, August 4, 2016
More than 30 U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets are in Djibouti attending a three-week culture, understanding and language proficiency (CULP) course. English
Country(s): 
Djibouti
Publisher / Source: 
Geeska Afrika
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Cooperation

U.S. Pumps Millions More Into Namibia’s Anti-Poaching War

Thursday, August 4, 2016
In an attempt to fight wildlife crime, the United States government on Monday availed more than N$7 million to assist Namibian authorities in their anti-poaching efforts.English
Country(s): 
Namibia
Author(s): 
Albertina Nakale
Publisher / Source: 
New Era
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Military Cooperation

Armed Forces 'Pacified' Rio's Slums, But as Olympics Approached, the Gangs Came Back

Monday, August 1, 2016
In 2010, as Brazil prepared to host the World Cup and Olympics, armed forces invaded the sprawling Complexo do Alemão group of favelas, or slums, which were controlled by drug gangs. The effort was part of a citywide police program known as “pacification.” But now, with the Olympiad fast approaching, those days feel very far away to favela resident Rene Silva. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Vincent Bevins
Publisher / Source: 
LA Times
Tag(s): 
Civil Society
Criminal Organizations

Spokesman: U.S.-Backed Forces Win Control of Most of Syria's Manbij From Islamic State

Monday, August 1, 2016
U.S.-backed forces have now seized control of almost 70 percent of Manbij in northern Syria from Islamic State after making rapid advances over the past two days, a spokesman said on Sunday. Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) have pushed back the ultra hardline Sunni militants into the old quarter after seizing most of the western, eastern and southern sectors of the city.English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

El Salvador Says a Brutal Gang Laundered Money Through Motels, Brothels, Taxis

Monday, August 1, 2016
The raids began before dawn. A thousand police fanned out across El Salvador’s wrinkled landscape, busting down doors at used-car lots, intercepting cross-country buses and surprising customers at a drive-in motel called the Three Aces. Authorities seized dozens of businesses, claiming they belonged to the Mara Salvatrucha, the country’s largest gang. English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Sarah Esther Maslin
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Criminal Organizations

Israel's RT Develops High-Altitude Surveillance Blimp

Monday, August 1, 2016
Israeli aerostat manufacturer RT LTA Systems announced on 26 July that it was launching a new family of platforms under the name 'SkyGuard' that are designed to carry far heavier payloads for longer periods than its existing SkyStar family. RT said its new Aero-T subsidiary will develop and produce the SkyGuard family and has already completed development of the SkyGuard 1.English
Country(s): 
Israel
Author(s): 
Yaakov Lappin
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

The Olympics are Being Held in a Country With a Pre-9/11 Notion of Security

Monday, August 1, 2016
Here in Brazil, it’s not unusual to hear bloodcurdling screams in the airport; they’re usually just the sounds of teens playfully chasing each other through the terminal. It’s also not unusual to see suitcases sitting near the boarding gates, left by travelers who wandered off to get coffee. English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Shannon Sims
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Counterterrorism
Security

Jordanian M28 Skytruck to Be Modified

Monday, August 1, 2016
A Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) PLZ Mielec M28 Skytruck short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft will be modified by the U.S. company Sierra Nevada Corp under a USD 10.2 million contract announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on 29 July.English
Country(s): 
Jordan
Author(s): 
Jeremy Binnie
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment

Colombia Town Anxious Ahead of Peace Plan's Experiment in Coca Substitution

Monday, August 1, 2016
Overnight, the municipality of Briceño went from being a forgotten town nestled in the mountains of northern Antioquia to one of the main reference points for Colombia's post-conflict future. Its inhabitants now live between skepticism and optimism.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Ricardo Cruz
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Counternarcotics
Conflict

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