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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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Dispatches: El Salvador Court Sends a Message to Proponents of Impunity

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
On July 13, El Salvador’s Supreme Court overturned a 1993 amnesty law that prevented prosecutions of those responsible for grave human rights abuses committed during the country’s decade-long armed conflict.English
Country(s): 
El Salvador
Author(s): 
Dr. Jose Miguel Vivanco
Publisher / Source: 
Human Rights Watch
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Judicial Reform

Airstrikes Said to Kill 2 Taliban Leaders

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Afghan airstrikes have killed two Taliban leaders and more than two dozen guerrillas in southern Helmand province, officials said Tuesday.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Philip Walter Wellman
Publisher / Source: 
Stars and Stripes
Tag(s): 
Conflict

FBI to Join Probe Into Journalist Sheremet's Murder - Ukrainian National Police Chief

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Ukrainian law enforcement and security agencies are putting together a task force to investigate journalist Pavel Sheremet's killing, and this task force will include officers from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Ukrainian National Police chief Khatia Dekanoidze said.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Publisher / Source: 
Interfax - Ukraine
Tag(s): 
Politics and Security

Boost to Military Reform in Georgia

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
A new military assistance deal with the United States has given Georgia the chance to move forward with a long-anticipated plans for army reform.English
Country(s): 
Georgia
Author(s): 
Giorgi Tskhvitava
Publisher / Source: 
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Tag(s): 
Security Sector Reform
NATO

Afghan Officials Report Taliban Attacks, Uptick in Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The Taliban launched multiple attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, including on a strategic tunnel in the Hindu Kush mountains that links the capital, Kabul, with the country's north and south, officials said.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Lynne O'Donnell
Publisher / Source: 
Military Times
Wire Service: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Terrorism

Obama Prioritizes War in Europe Over War on People of Color

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
President Obama’s true priorities were on full display this past week as he attended the NATO Summit in Poland’s capital of Warsaw. For while Obama met with other NATO heads of state to discuss raising troop levels, bringing more military hardware into Eastern Europe and to the doorstep of Russia, and generally heightening tensions with a nuclear power, America found itself in crisis.English
Country(s): 
Central and Eastern Europe Regional
Author(s): 
Eric Draitser
Publisher / Source: 
Counter Punch
Tag(s): 
Military Exercises
Security Assistance
NATO

Syrian Rebels Once Supported by U.S. Appear to Behead Child in Video

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Members of a Syrian rebel group that was once supported by the U.S. appeared to behead a child in a pair of videos that surfaced online Tuesday. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Nabih Bulos
Publisher / Source: 
LA Times
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance
Terrorism

British Teachers Caught Up in Turkey Crackdown as Erdogan Bans Academics From Leaving Country and Orders Those Overseas to Return

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country after cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup crackdown escalated to "exceptional proportions". English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Josie Ensor
Publisher / Source: 
The Telegraph
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Kenya Disappearances Linked to Counterterrorism Operations

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Dozens of people have disappeared in the past two years at the hands of counterterrorism forces in Kenya, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Publisher / Source: 
Voice of America
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Counterterrorism

This Time, Post-War Iraq Needs a Real Plan With Real Money

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Iraqi government forces and their U.S.-led coalition partners have logged significant military victories in recent months against the Islamic State, or ISIS, from recapturing Ramadi in February to wresting control of Fallujah last month. Preparations are underway for a far larger operation in Mosul, the country’s second-largest city, which ISIS seized as it swept across northern Iraq in 2014. But military triumphs are unlikely to lead to an enduring peace without an essential component that isn’t as impossible as it sounds: reconciliation. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Nancy Lindborg
Sarhang Hamasaeed
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Terrorism
Security Assistance

EU Launches Two-Year Military Mission in the Central African Republic

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The European Union has announced the launch of a two-year military training mission in the Central African Republic to be based in the capital Bangui.English
Country(s): 
Central African Republic
Author(s): 
Ismail Akwei
Publisher / Source: 
Africa News
Tag(s): 
U.N. Peacekeeping
Violence

Weapons of the Syrian War: Advisors

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Many governments have dispatched troops, trainers, and advisors to the Syrian warzone to help out their favored combatants. English
Country(s): 
Syria
Author(s): 
Ben Watson
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

U.S. Marines Train With Cameroonian Soldiers

Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Soldiers from the U.S. Marine Corps recently completed an in-country training with Cameroonian soldiers that focused on tactics to effectively counter the trafficking of humans and arms in the country.English
Country(s): 
Cameroon
Publisher / Source: 
Defence Web
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military Exercises

Vast Purge in Turkey as Thousands Are Detained in Post-Coup Backlash

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The Turkish government’s crackdown after a military coup attempt widened into a sweeping purge on Monday, cutting a swath through the security services and reaching deeply into the government bureaucracy and the political and business classes.English
Country(s): 
Turkey
Author(s): 
Tim Arango
Ceylan Yeginsu
Ben Hubbard
Publisher / Source: 
The New York Times
Tag(s): 
Policing
Human Rights

Colombia High Court Approves Plebiscite for Peace Accords

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
A Colombian high court on Monday ruled in favor of using a plebiscite to approve a peace deal being negotiated with Marxist FARC rebels that seeks to end more than five decades of war.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Helen Murphy
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Peace Negotiations
Conflict

Rio Olympics Continuing Trend of Host-Country Human Rights Abuses

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Major sporting events like the Olympics often lead to major human rights violations, and the situation unfolding ahead of the Summer Games next month in Rio de Janeiro is shaping up as a depressing replay, human rights activists warn.English
Country(s): 
Brazil
Author(s): 
Jessie Fox
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Times
Tag(s): 
Civil Society
Human Rights

Court Ruling Stirs Controversy Over Colombia's 'Para-Economy'

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
A recent ruling by Colombia’s Justice and Peace Court that mentioned Postobón called for employees of the iconic soft drink company to be investigated for possible past collaboration with a paramilitary group but did not explicitly implicate the company itself, court documents show. English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Dan Alder
Michael Lohmuller
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Corruption

With New Deployment, Russia Aims at Air Dominance over Black Sea

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Russia has announced the deployment of more advanced air defense systems to Crimea, a move to protect the region from what one official called NATO's "air hooligans."English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Joshua Kucera
Publisher / Source: 
EurasiaNet
Tag(s): 
Militarization
NATO

Mexican Air Force Engaged in Fight against Drug Trafficking

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
In 2006, after taking assuming Mexico’s presidency, Felipe Calderón took the bold initiative to declare war on the cartels controlling drug trafficking. The security forces were no longer able to fight the cartels which were disputing control of an illegal market that is still moves billions of dollars annually.
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
Kaiser David Konrad
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Militarization
Counternarcotics

Trump Campaign Guts GOP’s Anti-Russia Stance on Ukraine

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform won’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington.English
Country(s): 
Ukraine
Author(s): 
Josh Rogin
Publisher / Source: 
Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

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