Military and Police Aid
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 06:45
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has revealed plans to support the International Peacekeeping and Security Center (IPSC) in western Ukraine until 2020. The decision will see US Army soldiers from Joint Multinational Training Command-U (JMTC-U) provide training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 06:19
An African security expert tells DW that the international community needs to support the Somali government in strengthening its security forces to combat al-Shabab, as weekend attacks in Baidoa claimed dozens of lives.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 06:15
The U.S. military is developing proposals for augmenting the American role in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, senior Pentagon officials said on Monday, as plans take shape for a battle to reclaim the city of Mosul.
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 06:28
There is no question that tensions between Turkey and the US have increased substantially as a result of differences over to what degree the US is supporting the Syrian Kurdish nationalist Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed affiliate, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which are the strongest political and most effective forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) and some of its affiliated groups in Syria.
Monday, February 29, 2016 - 06:16
U.S. airstrikes and gains on the ground by Syrian rebels and Iraqi Security Forces have made major progress in isolating Islamic State strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the top U.S. civilian and uniformed defense officials said Thursday.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 07:47
The Obama administration wants to waive long-standing human rights conditions on aid to Egypt, raising questions from rights groups that say the country is experiencing its worst period of human rights abuses in modern history and lawmakers who point to the recent conviction of a toddler on murder charges.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 07:45
On February 11, the US White House announced that the US will spend USD 4.3 billion in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in 2017 to combat Russia’s aggressive behavior in the region.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 07:12
The United States will spend $4.3 billion in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in 2017 to combat Russia’s aggressive behavior in the region, the White House announced in a press release on February 11.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 06:45
Five years have passed since the start of Arab Spring revolutions when dictators across Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria were challenged by peaceful, popular uprisings. Immense excitement set in as emotionally gripped Arabs, ruthlessly oppressed by autocrats for decades, began to have hope that they may finally live in freedom and dignity.
Friday, February 26, 2016 - 06:41
U.S. Marines and sailors are working with Cameroon’s Fusiliers Marins and Compagnie des Palmeurs de Combat to increase their capabilities to combat illicit activity and increase security in the waterways and borders of Cameroon.