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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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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

A Year Without Justice: The Murder of Ruben Espinosa

Monday, August 1, 2016
Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the grizzly murders of Ruben Espinosa, Nadia Vera, Yesenia Quiroz, Alejandra Navarrete, and Mile Virginia Martin in the Narvarte neighborhood in Mexico City. It has been 12 months of state-sanctioned impunity.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Lucho Granados Ceja
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Extrajudicial Killings

India Cancels Deal for Six Airbus Tankers

Monday, August 1, 2016
India has withdrawn the tender for a much-awaited contract for the purchase of six multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft with Airbus Defence and Space, worth more than $1 billion, on grounds of the planes’ high operational cost. This is the second MRTT aircraft global tender to be cancelled by the ministry of defense since 2006. English
Country(s): 
India
Author(s): 
Vivek Raghuvanshi
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

India To Upgrade Sukhoi Fleet With Russia's Help

Monday, August 1, 2016
India has stepped up negotiations with Russia to upgrade its 194 Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole aircraft with the near fifth-generation level at a cost of more than $8 billion. The upgraded version would be renamed Super Sukhoi.English
Country(s): 
India
Author(s): 
Vivek Raghuvanshi
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

Security Council Approves Two-Week Extension of U.N. Mission in South Sudan

Monday, August 1, 2016
The Security Council today extended for two weeks the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), allowing time for its membership to consider options on adapting the operation’s mandate amid renewed violence in the world’s youngest country.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Publisher / Source: 
UN News Centre
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Conflict

U.S. Should Send Team to Ukraine to Assess Defense Needs - Ex-NATO Commander

Monday, August 1, 2016
U.S. Armed Forces should deploy a team to Ukraine to quietly conduct an assessment of Kiev’s security requirements and structure, former NATO commander Wesley Clark told Sputnik.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Sputnik News
Tag(s): 
Security
Military and Police Aid

Emergency Measures Haven’t Slowed Rising Violence Against Women in Mexico State

Friday, July 29, 2016
Years of pressure from activists and victims over rampant gender-related violence in Mexico State eventually led the government to declare an official "gender alert" in July 2015. One year on, things look even worse.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Alan Hernández
Publisher / Source: 
Vice News
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Human Rights
Civil Society

Criminal Groups Benefit from Mexico's Crackdown on Migrants

Friday, July 29, 2016
Criminal groups and corrupt officials are the main beneficiaries of a US inspired shift in Mexico's policy that is endangering migrants, according to a new report, and the recent US decision to allow more Central American immigrants refugee status will do little to protect them from abuse south of the Rio Grande.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Deborah Bonello
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Criminal Organizations
Immigration
Civil Society

Canadian Company Sold Armoured Vehicles to South Sudan

Friday, July 29, 2016
A Canadian-owned company sold more than 170 armoured vehicles to South Sudan’s military in the midst of a brutal civil war , a United Nations report says. Some of the vehicles were later observed in heavy combat zones, according to a separate report by an arms-control advocacy group.English
Country(s): 
South Sudan
Author(s): 
Geoffrey York
Publisher / Source: 
The Globe and Mail
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Conflict

Sloppy Oversight Alleged in Afghan Army Vehicle-Maintenance Program

Friday, July 29, 2016
Due to sloppy management of an Afghan National Army vehicle-maintenance program, the cost to maintain vehicles has risen significantly and made it difficult for the ANA to carry out military operations, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko finds. English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Jen Judson
Publisher / Source: 
DefenseNews
Tag(s): 
Military Equipment
Security Assistance

Security Council Urges Cooperation Among Countries in West Africa and the Sahel to Tackle Boko Haram

Friday, July 29, 2016
While welcoming recent political developments recently observed in West Africa, the United Nations Security Council today stressed the need to increase military cooperation between the States in the region and Sahel to fight against the terrorist group Boko Haram.English
Country(s): 
Lake Chad Regional
Publisher / Source: 
UN News Center
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
International Community

Afghan Forces Fail to Turn Back Taliban Gains

Friday, July 29, 2016
When President Ashraf Ghani visited the northern provincial capital of Kunduz last fall, after the city had finally been reclaimed after falling to the Taliban, he promised improvements to make sure things never got out of hand again. But nearly eight months later, those three districts are firmly under the control of the Taliban — and, in fact, government forces were never able to clear them and install the new officials.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Najim Rahim
Mujib Mashal
Publisher / Source: 
New York Times
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security Assistance
Security Sector Reform

Japan to Spend $120 Million on Counter-Terrorism in Africa

Friday, July 29, 2016
Japan's foreign minister says his country will spend $120 million to strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.English
Country(s): 
Africa Regional
Publisher / Source: 
ABC
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Counterterrorism

Officials Allege Rampant Nepotism, Cronyism, in Georgian MoD

Friday, July 29, 2016
Two whisteblowers have gone public with allegations that Georgia's Ministry of Defense is loaded with unqualified officials who were appointed only because they were political allies of the minister, and that ministry officials are using their posts to promote the minister's political party. But given the fact that Georgia's partners, particularly the U.S., have focused their security assistance efforts so heavily on reforming the ministry, the claims are likely to dispirit those partners. English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Security Assistance

Egypt Convicts Former Auditor of Spreading 'False News'

Friday, July 29, 2016
Egypt's former top auditor, who was sacked after alleging government corruption, has been given a prison sentence for spreading "false news." Hisham Geneina was fired in March by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi after estimating corruption had cost Egypt $67.6 billion over four years.English
Country(s): 
Egypt
Publisher / Source: 
BBC
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Human Rights

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