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UNIPATH STAFF Egypt has built a counterterrorism center to coordinate military action and law enforcement with dozens of its African neighbors. The 14,000-square-meter center in Cairo, which Egypt financed with $5.6 million, will serve…

I am very grateful to our U.S. Central Command friends for inviting me to present this special edition of Unipath, which addresses Iraq’s defeat of Daesh. I was honored to command the joint forces fighting these terrorists from 2014 to the…

UNIPATH STAFF  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reinforced its troop presence in Afghanistan as part of the 39-nation coalition battling terrorists intent on destabilizing the country. For much of the past decade, the UAE has…

UNIPATH STAFF  Kazakhstan approved an agreement with NATO to use the Central Asian country’s Caspian Sea ports of Kuryk and Aktau as transit points for nonmilitary cargo to Afghanistan. The deal amends an agreement signed by NATO and…

UNIPATH STAFF  A truck contaminated with potentially hazardous radiation attracted the scrutiny of Kuwaiti and U.S. troops in a scenario that played out in the Kuwaiti desert in April 2018. The weapons of mass destruction drill was…

UNIPATH STAFF  Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have begun the process of eradicating mines on their mutual border with the goal of reducing fatal accidents and opening more land for productive use. Separate sections of the…

UNIPATH STAFF  U zbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has pledged to improve human rights, reduce restrictions on travel, and make government more responsive to citizens. Human Rights Watch, a New York-based advocacy group,…

UNIPATH STAFF  Egypt conducted two separate military exercises with Arabian Gulf partners in April 2018. Khalifa 3 was a bilateral exercise held in early April with the naval and air forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The forces…

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…