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A delegation from the U.S. Space Forces Pacific (SPACEPAC) and U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka, led by Lieutenant Colonel Shumpei Fujimura, Head of Security Cooperation for SPACEPAC visited the Western ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Examining the History of Israel-Sri Lanka Ties
Defense cooperation came to a halt in 1970, when Sri Lanka severed diplomatic ties with Israel. However, in the 1980s, when Sri Lanka found itself without military support from its traditional Western ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Why Western Counterterrorism Blind Spots Matter For South Asian Security? – Analysis
A significant strategic turning point for transnational jihadism emerged with the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. This development fundamentally altered the global threat environment in ways ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Islamic Extremism In Sri Lanka: A Rising Threat To South Asian Security – Analysis
Since the onset of Israel’s war on Hamas, the first incident of Israeli tourists facing terrorist threats abroad occurred in Sri Lanka. The war began on October 7 after Hamas attacked Israel, killing ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Sri Lankan government declares “security operation to wipe out underworld”
On August 25, Sri Lanka’s Western Province Senior Deputy Inspector General (SDIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon told the Daily Mirror that the police, in collaboration with its Special Task force (STF), had ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Troops deployed to Jewish community center in Sri Lanka surfing town after U.S. warns of possible attack in area
Sri Lanka deployed troops and increased police patrols around a Jewish community center in a popular surfing town on Wednesday after the U.S. embassy warned American citizens of a possible attack on ...
News Sri Lanka » Western » Security: Sri Lanka: UN Rights Report Details Security Force Abuses
(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including arbitrary detention, torture, and deaths in custody—under President ...