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Iraqi defenders withstood nearly a year of Daesh attacks on a strategic oil refinery STAFF COL. ALI SAHAM ALKENANI, IRAQI COUNTER-TERRORISM SERVICE  |  Photos by Getty Images The Battle for Baiji Refinery cannot be summed up in a single…

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…

Jordanian and U.S. troops complete the 8th annual Eager Lion military exercise UNIPATH STAFF Downpours the night before had left the normally dry desert floor laced with muddy trenches. Asked to repel enemy forces trying to slip across…

The Afghan Government Must Improve Public Services to Gain the Loyalty of Citizens AHMAD FARID FAROZI, FORMER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, DEMOCRACY InTERNATIONAL, AFGHANISTAN Empirical evidence has shown positive correlations between the…

A courageous Iraqi Army unit saves an orphaned 4-year-old girl when Daesh massacred her family in Mosul  UNIPATH STAFF The battle for Mosul was raging when the leading edge of the 36th Mechanized Brigade, Iraqi 9th Armored Division,…

A letter captured from a Daesh insider proves how it veered from the path of the Prophet Two things cannot be doubted. The first is that the “caliphate,” with all its structures and agencies, has been wiped from the face of the Earth. The…

Global leaders meet to share best practices against cyber attacks UNIPATH STAFF Sometimes the most exhaustive of cyber defenses fail to account for the simplest of cyber attacks. A good example of this lapse in security is spear…

Central Asian states are building economic, political and security ties with Afghanistan SALTANAT BERDIKEEVA "Central Asian countries clearly feel the influence of Afghanistan. Instability and escalating tensions there affect the…

Oman’s security and prosperity depend on the smooth flow of commerce through the Indian Ocean COMMODORE KHAMIS BIN SALIM AL JABRi, ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN Oman has a long historical relationship with the sea. Its 3,165-kilometer coastline,…