Military and Police Aid
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:18
Counterterrorism measures have led to measures that curtail citizens’ freedoms, such as imposition of curfews and roadblocks. Furthermore, people trained in new techniques for fighting terrorism could become security risks to the state.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 06:57
One day after Ukraine announced that U.S. instructors would start training the country’s special forces, President Obama has authorized the provision of up to $20 million to Ukraine via the State Department to fund training and other similar activities.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 06:31
The United States has suspended a critical piece of the troubled program to train and equip Syrian fighters to battle the Islamic State, putting the brakes on bringing the next batch of vetted recruits out of Syria for training.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:27
U.S. Marines, Coast Guardsmen and Senegalese Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando completed a month-long security cooperation exercise together in Dakar, Senegal, Sept. 17, 2015.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:23
Britain is to send dozens of troops to Somalia and possibly South Sudan to train soldiers and boost security in the region, Downing Street said Monday.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 06:00
A Democratic senator is calling for the administration to suspend its program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, after news that one of the rebels handed over equipment to al Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 05:51
Marine leaders are considering expanding the Corps' mission in Ukraine by training local troops who could be tasked with taking on Russian-backed separatists.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 06:16
Iraq needs more equipment, training and intelligence but not ground troops from the U.S. or any other country, Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Friday.
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 05:52
At the heart of the high-stakes U.S. program to train and equip Syrian rebels to fight ISIS is a multimillion-dollar arms deal that the Pentagon farmed out to a tiny, little-known private company called Purple Shovel LLC.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:16
The story of a missing Syrian rebel who may or may not have defected to al Qaeda just got more interesting, thanks to a video obtained exclusively by The Daily Beast which purports to show the first sign of him since his variously explained disappearance in northern Syria this week.