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Curious how the U.S. military is responding to the coronavirus? Check out our resource page detailing how Department of Defense resources are being used to fight the pandemic response and the limitation of using military means to respond to a public health crisis. https://securityassistance.org/fact_sheet/resource-page-militarys-response-coronavirus

Resource Page: The Military's Response to Coronavirus | Security Assistance Monitor A collection of resources on the military's role in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of SAM’s Security Assistance in Focus Series, our most recent fact sheet profiles a part of the security assistance that the United States provides Tunisia through the Department of Defense Section 333 Building Partner Capacity program in FY2019. This fact sheet focuses on weapons and equipment provided to Tunisia’s Tier 1 Counterterrorism Company, including rifles, machine guns, G***k handguns, night vision devices, and wrist-mounted GPS units. The amount of security aid provided to Tunisia has grown considerably in recent years, as Tunis works to counter regional instability, the proliferation of armed groups, and conflict spillover from neighboring Libya.
http://securityassistance.org/fact_sheet/security-assistance-focus-tunisias-tier-1-counterterrorism-company

Security Assistance in Focus: Tunisia's Tier 1 Counterterrorism Company | Security Assistance Monitor

Many nations have responded swiftly and critically to the Turkish military operations in Syria that followed President Trump’s withdrawal of US troops. France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, and most recently Canada have instituted bans on arms sales to Turkey that could be used in Syria. The United States might follow their lead as a measure was introduced in the House of Representatives to place sanctions on Turkey and others who provide any type of support to Turkey on Wednesday of this week.

EU governments limit arms sales to Turkey but avoid embargo European Union countries agreed on Monday to limit arms exports to Turkey over i...