Around the Region

UNIPATH STAFF Protecting children from radical online indoctrination was a major topic at the Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in February 2020. More than 1,200 participants from government, academia, the…

In between their successes in the field, Lebanese troops are deployed to help citizens in times of need. The Lebanese military’s Directorate of Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC), commanded by Brig. Gen. Eli Abi Rashid, is responsible…

SALTANAT BERDIKEEVA Facing pollution from Soviet-era mining of radioactive metals, Kyrgyzstan has passed a law banning the production of uranium and thorium in the country. The law, signed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov in…

UNIPATH STAFF In what could be a boon to energy-hungry Central and South Asia, Turkmenistan intends to start construction in 2020 on the Afghanistan part of a vital 1,800-kilometer natural gas pipeline. The…

Combing 26,000 square kilometers in Anbar governorate and adjacent regions, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command launched Operation Iraqi Heroes in February 2020 to purge Iraq’s border with Syria and Jordan of Daesh holdouts. By the end of…

Two Pakistan Navy ships, the Moawin and Aslat, visited Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Tanzania as part of the Pakistani military’s overseas deployments to the African region. In…

Kazakhstan strengthened its strategic partnership with the United States during an official visit by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tleuberdi to Washington, D.C., in December 2019. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his…

Since terrorism appeared in Sinai, Egyptian security forces have launched a series of successful anti-terror operations. In February 2020, Egyptian security forces repelled a terrorist attack targeting a military position in North Sinai,…

Qatar has announced its intention to maintain good political, trade, diplomatic and military relations with most of the world’s nations. The nation pays special attention to its relations with its Arab neighbors due, in part, to social,…

His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan consolidated three security agencies in December 2019, merging the General Directorate of the Gendarmerie Forces, the General Directorate of Civil Defense and the Public Security…