Around the Region

UNIPATH STAFF The General Department of Anti-Narcotics in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) thwarted a plot to smuggle 8 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and a kilogram of cannabis into the country in September, one of dozens of such…

UNIPATH STAFF President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan hosted U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie in October 2020 to discuss military cooperation and the peace process in Afghanistan. Of particular concern was…

UNIPATH STAFF After 17 years of drilling with U.S. and British forces during regular Steppe Eagle peacekeeping exercises, Kazakhstan’s Armed Forces flew solo in October 2020 by organizing the country’s first comprehensive peacekeeping…

LT. COL. QUENTIN MCCART, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT DIVISION, THIRD ARMY/U.S. ARMY CENTRAL Unable to gather in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic, intelligence officers from Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the…

UNIPATH STAFF Iraq launched phase three of Operation Iraqi Heroes in June 2020 to sweep 4,483 square kilometers of Salah al-Din governorate in search of Daesh remnants. The goal was to capture terrorists, destroy their bunkers, remove…

In far-flung villages and under complete darkness, strong winds and torrential rains whipped the armed personnel carriers of the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces.  Oman dispatched troops to Dhofar governorate, centered on the city of…

UNIPATH STAFF Working together to solve a regional security issue, the armed forces of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan held a counterterrorism exercise called Commonwealth 2020 in March 2020. During the four-day exercise at Fakhrobod…

UNIPATH STAFF They are unknown Soldiers, engaged in a war no less devastating than traditional wars, employing the same methods and approaches, tracking enemy activities and collecting information to foil adversaries’ plots to kill…

UNIPATH STAFF Kyrgyzstan has enlisted the help of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to strike a balance between reintegrating ex-foreign fighters and ensuring these one-time terrorist sympathizers don’t undermine Kyrgyz…

UNIPATH STAFF The fighter squadron’s roar broke the silence over the North Sea, leaving vapor trails that drifted away on a pleasant breeze of early summer. Qatari pilots sat behind the controls of Eurofighter Typhoons, advanced fighter…