Around the Region

Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of United States Central Command, hosted an iftar for Muslim Senior National Representatives (SNRs) during Ramadan 2018. More than 20 officers joined Gen. Votel for the formal dinner on May 30 at U.S. Central…

UNIPATH STAFF  Representatives from more than 20 countries expressed support for a peace process in Afghanistan between the Kabul government and the Taliban. The call for negotiations came at a conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in…

UNIPATH STAFF  The Lebanese Armed Forces opened a Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) center in May 2018 near Marjayoun, where Soldiers can provide educational, health, environmental and humanitarian assistance to civilians in the…

UNIPATH STAFF  Pakistan Navy ship Alamgir rescued a stranded Indian fishing dhow in the Gulf of Aden in April 2018, one of the ship’s many contributions to regional security as part of the Combined Maritime Forces. The fishing boat had…

UNIPATH STAFF  In a nine-day demonstration of tactics by 40 special operations teams from around the world, Jordan’s Annual Warrior Competition 2018 concluded with a triumph by the Black Panthers SWAT team from the Lebanese internal…

UNIPATH STAFF  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all five Central Asian countries — Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — committed themselves to nonproliferation of nuclear materials, denuclearization…

UNIPATH STAFF  With hopes of becoming a strategic trade and transportation hub between Asia with Europe, Turkmenistan opened a major port in the city of Turkmenbashi on the Caspian Sea in May 2018.  Speaking at the opening ceremony,…

UNIPATH STAFF  Before a crowd of dignitaries that included Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Qatari troops showed off a newfound proficiency in airdropping battlefield supplies from C-17 and C-130 military…

UNIPATH STAFF  Reapplying lessons learned in the campaign against Daesh in Iraq, coalition aircraft in Afghanistan are striking drug labs and other illegal sources of revenue that sustain Taliban terrorists. U.S. and Afghan pilots…

UNIPATH STAFF  Police in Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to seize hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of illegal drugs, highlighting the importance of multinational cooperation in policing Gulf…