In early 2024, gang violence surged in Haiti, putting the U.S. mission and diplomats at risk. To enhance the U.S. embassy‘s security posture in Port-au-Prince, the State Department deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team and DSS Mobile Security Deployments units to augment the Regional Security Office’s efforts.
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Graves of local residents who died during the fighting with Russia are seen in a street behind private houses in an area that Russian-backed separatists claim to control in the Ukraine city of Mariupol.
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