Around the Region

UNIPATH STAFF Broadening its deployments to include the Red and Mediterranean seas, the Pakistan Navy guided missile frigate PNS Zulfiquar called on the Jordanian Port of Aqaba in late 2020. The warship’s visit was meant to emphasize…

UNIPATH STAFF As part of the continued cooperation between security forces and civil institutions in Jordan, the Public Security Directorate and the University of Jordan signed an agreement in January 2021 to protect the environment,…

UNIPATH STAFF The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has added 100 British-made armored cars to its defensive arsenal, equipment that will boost the capabilities of troops guarding the border with Syria. Called the Land Rover RWMIK, the…

UNIPATH STAFF Kuwaiti security forces disrupted a major terrorist attack planned for New Year’s Eve that targeted places of worship and commercial complexes.  The authorities identified an Iraqi Daesh recruiter and intercepted his…

UNIPATH STAFF Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College in Doha, Qatar, graduated 158 officer cadets in January 2021 in a ceremony attended by high-ranking officers from Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Pakistan, as well as Qatar. “Today a new…

An Omani cadet was named top international student at Great Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The Sandhurst commandant awarded Omani Officer Cadet Al Azhar bin Zahir Al Zakwani the Overseas Sword in August 2020. The award is…

Qatar’s investment in maritime security is paying off with the delivery of a new naval ship from a Turkish shipyard in October 2020. The Al Doha QTS-91, built at Anadolu Shipyard in Istanbul, is one of the largest training ships in the…

UNIPATH STAFF The Jordanian government has reinstated military conscription for 25- to 29-year-old men lacking job, family or educational prospects. The reintroduction of the draft required enlistment of 5,000 men in 2020 and will…

Saudi security services announced the capture of Iranian-trained terrorists armed with guns, bombs and improvised explosive devices. Ten extremists — three of whom received military training from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard…

Egypt hosted a multinational coalition to conduct an air and naval exercise on the Mediterranean Sea in late 2020. The weeklong joint exercise, named Medusa 10, occupied waters off the coast of Alexandria and drew participants from…