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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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The FARC and Drug Trafficking: The Evidence So Far

Friday, June 10, 2016
Colombia guerrilla group FARC made at least $22.4 million with drug trafficking since 1995, according to the country’s chief prosecutor. The Prosecutor General’s Office has been putting together massive criminal files against the Marxist guerrilla group that is currently negotiating an end to more than half a century of war between the state and the rebels.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Author(s): 
Adriaan Alsema
Publisher / Source: 
Colombia Reports
Tag(s): 
Conflict
Peace Negotiations

Turkmenistan Seeks Military Assistance from Russia to Preserve Border Security

Friday, June 10, 2016
Russian media announced that Moscow would provide financial assistance and weapons to Turkmenistan forces, according to EurasiaNet. Turkmenistan has remained neutral, but authorities grow increasingly worried over the growing instability in neighboring Afghanistan. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov stated that he intends to upgrade the military and improve soldier training.English
Country(s): 
Turkmenistan
Publisher / Source: 
Economy Watch
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

United States to turn over “El Güero” Palma to Mexican authorities

Friday, June 10, 2016
Hector Luis “El Güero” Palma Salazar is scheduled to be released from the United States Bureau of Prisons in the coming days. Palma will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is coordinating with Mexican officials his direct return to Mexican authorities.English
Country(s): 
Mexico
Author(s): 
US Embassy in Mexico
Publisher / Source: 
Borderland Beat
Wire Service: 
The Yucatan Times
Tag(s): 
Extraditions
Counternarcotics

Lebanese Army Receives $3.6M Worth of U.S. Military Aid

Friday, June 10, 2016
Lebanon Tuesday received the latest batch of military aid from the United States worth $3.6 million aimed at improving the Army’s mapping capabilities. Interim U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones visited the Army air base at Beirut’s airport early Tuesday to witness the delivery of sophisticated mapping equipment to the Lebanese Army, the U.S. Embassy said.English
Country(s): 
Lebanon
Publisher / Source: 
The Daily Star
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Peru Inaugurates Emergency Response Complex with Help from SOUTHCOM Add Comment

Friday, June 10, 2016
Peru recently inaugurated the Regional Complex for Disaster Preparation and Response in the region of La Libertad. The installation cost more than $2 million and was financed by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The complex will help personnel be prepared for natural disasters. English
Country(s): 
Peru
Author(s): 
Julieta Pelcastre
Publisher / Source: 
Dialogo
Tag(s): 
Military Cooperation
Military and Police Aid

Report Details Hierarchy of Guatemala's Sex Trafficking Rings

Friday, June 10, 2016
A new report provides details on the different levels of sophistication with which criminal groups run sex trafficking rings in Guatemala, shedding light on the business side of a highly lucrative criminal industry. English
Country(s): 
Guatemala
Author(s): 
David Gagne
Publisher / Source: 
InSight Crime
Tag(s): 
Human Trafficking
Criminal Organizations

Amnesty Accuses Nigerian Army of Killing at Least 17 Unarmed Biafran Separatists

Friday, June 10, 2016
Amnesty International said on Friday that Nigeria's army last month killed at least 17 unarmed members of a group calling for secession from Africa's most populous nation, but the military dismissed the allegations as unfounded.English
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Tag(s): 
Civil-Military Relations
Violence

The South Caucasus: United, and Divided, by NATO

Friday, June 10, 2016
Amidst the disputes that arose over the efficiency of the missile defense system, Montenegro’s accession to NATO and Russia’s new military build-up, the new engagements of the South Caucasus states with NATO that are seemingly underway were somewhat overshadowed. Three rather interesting moves, linking NATO even more closely with the region, could lead to changing realities in the wider Black Sea region and inherently provoke Russia to be even more belligerent.English
Country(s): 
Eurasia Regional
Author(s): 
Eduard Abrahamyan
Publisher / Source: 
The National Interest
Tag(s): 
NATO

Kenya Fires 302 Police Officers as it Fights Corruption

Friday, June 10, 2016
A national commission in Kenya announced Thursday it has fired 302 police officers who refused to be vetted as part of reforms of the police force.English
Country(s): 
Kenya
Author(s): 
Tom Odula
Publisher / Source: 
The Associated Press
Tag(s): 
Corruption
Security Sector Reform

After More Than $1.6 Billion in U.S. Aid, Iraq’s Army Still Struggles

Friday, June 10, 2016
Senior U.S. and Iraqi military leaders say foreign assistance since then has helped correct, at least temporarily, some of the Iraqi army’s weaknesses, but, many of these problems remain chronic and threaten to undermine even the narrowly focused goals of the U.S. and allied training effort. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Author(s): 
Loveday Morris
Missy Ryan
Publisher / Source: 
The Washington Post
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

AMTEC Awarded $84 U.S. Million Military Defense Contract in Iraq

Friday, June 10, 2016
AMTEC, which is part of the National Defense Corporation (NDC) has been awarded a $84,546,877 firm-fixed-price military sales contract in Iraq for 40mm grenade systems. English
Country(s): 
Iraq
Publisher / Source: 
Rebuilding Iraq
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Security Assistance
Military

Exclusive: Obama Approves Broader Role For U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

Friday, June 10, 2016
President Barack Obama has approved giving the U.S. military greater ability to accompany and enable Afghan forces battling a resilient Taliban insurgency, in a move to assist them more proactively on the battlefield, a U.S. official told Reuters.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Phil Stewart
Publisher / Source: 
Reuters
Wire Service: 
AFP, EFE, Reuters
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid

Senators Seek Halt to U.S. Bomb Sales for Saudi War

Friday, June 10, 2016
Two senators on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee are pressing ahead with their fight to limit American bomb sales to Saudi Arabia in protest for Riyadh's conduct of its military intervention in Yemen's civil war.English
Country(s): 
Saudi Arabia
Author(s): 
Joe Gould
Publisher / Source: 
Defense News
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Legislation
Human Rights

Revamp the International Officer Training Program Before Inviting Nations Like Myanmar

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Although the program’s funding is relatively small, it could have an outsize impact on the United States’ military-to-military relations with many nations. Yet IMET today is in need of significant reform. English
Country(s): 
Global
Program(s): 
International Military Education and Training
Author(s): 
Joshua Kurlantzick
Publisher / Source: 
Defense One
Tag(s): 
Military and Police Aid
Military and Police Aid

Don't Be Scared to Squeeze Pakistan

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Pakistan returned to the headlines last month, after a U.S. air strike eliminated Afghan Taliban commander Mullah Mansour inside Pakistani territory. Washington has touted the drone strike as an important victory for the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. However, it will prove symbolic and short-lived unless it prompts more fundamental reform of America’s Pakistan policy. To effect real change, Washington must increase pressure not just on the Taliban residing in Pakistan, but on Pakistan itself.English
Country(s): 
Pakistan
Author(s): 
Jeff M. Smith
Publisher / Source: 
The National Interest
Tag(s): 
Security Assistance

U.S. Donates Vehicles to Tajik Border Guards

Thursday, June 9, 2016
The United States Embassy in Dushanbe, working in conjunction with the Export Control and Related Border Security program (EXBS), has provided seven new, all-purpose, 4-wheel drive, double cab pickup trucks to the Government of Tajikistan to enhance border security operations and prevent the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Embassy said on June 7.English
Country(s): 
Tajikistan
Publisher / Source: 
The Times of Central Asia (TCA)
Tag(s): 
Border Control

Colombia: Striking Rural Workers Warn of Looming Crackdown

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Reports of violent repression by Colombian police takes place as lawmakers consider a controversial legislation that would violate civil liberties.English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
TeleSur
Tag(s): 
Human Rights
Conflict
Security

The Enduring Toll of Civilian Harm

Thursday, June 9, 2016
The U.S. military was too slow to realize the full cost of “civilian harm”—the military’s term for killing innocent civilians and causing political, social, and economic disruption—in its war in Afghanistan. By the end of 2008, the United States and its allies caused nearly 40 percent of all civilian fatalities, according to UN data. Afghans judged them harshly: they expected the Taliban to be brutal, but international militaries, with their technology and “precision” weapons, should not have been doing such damage.English
Country(s): 
Afghanistan
Author(s): 
Rachel Reid
Publisher / Source: 
Open Society Foundations
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

Nigeria Waiting for U.S. to Approve Super Tucano Sale

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Nigeria is waiting on the green light from U.S. officials to complete the sale of Super Tucano jets to replace some of the aging jets currently employed by the Nigerian Air ForceEnglish
Country(s): 
Nigeria
Author(s): 
Jeremy Binnie
Publisher / Source: 
IHS Jane's 360
Tag(s): 
Arms Sales
Military Equipment

Artsakh Parliamentarian Briefs U.S. Legislators on Azerbaijani Aggression

Thursday, June 9, 2016
Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) parliamentarian Lernik Hovhannisyan briefed Members of Congress and their senior aides regarding Azerbaijan’s recent escalation of violence against Artsakh and Armenia, during a full day of meetings on Capitol Hill on June 7.English
Country(s): 
Armenia
Publisher / Source: 
The Armenian Weekly
Tag(s): 
Human Rights

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