Around the Region

Kuwaiti and U.S. security forces conducted emergency response drills to defend against hypothetical chemical and radiological attacks from terrorists. The Watan 1 exercise in May 2019 brought together elements from the Kuwaiti Army,…

COL. A. ZIA KARIMI, AFGHANISTAN’S SENIOR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND In the span of a few years, the Afghan National Army (ANA) has become an effective, trustworthy force capable of assuming its place in the…

UNIPATH STAFF After treating thousands of patients in Sudan’s Darfur region, Pakistani military field hospitals have been acclaimed the “Pearl of UNAMID” by their grateful beneficiaries. UNAMID is the abbreviation for the United…

UNIPATH STAFF Reiterating their commitment to counterterrorism, Bahraini officials attended the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) Task Force conference in Washington, D.C., in June 2019. Dr. Nasser Al Balushi, political and…

UNIPATH STAFF Food security — ensuring the proper production, procurement and processing of food — has become the focus of a new national strategy in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE government launched the National Strategy for Food…

UNIPATH STAFF Kyrgyz-Kazakh relations have improved over the past 2½ years after a brief chill. Both nations have expressed a greater willingness to strengthen military, security, economic, trade and cultural ties.  An April 2019…

UNIPATH STAFF Qatar has boosted the effectiveness of its Air Force with the formation of the Al Adiyat fighter jet squadron. Al Adiyat has its origins in the country’s purchase of French Rafale fighter jets, the first of which were…

UNIPATH STAFF The discovery of sophisticated Iranian weaponry aboard a Yemeni dhow in February 2020 replicates a pattern of Iranian arms smuggling that has enflamed violence in the Arabian Peninsula.  A boarding party from the U.S.…

UNIPATH STAFF Egyptian security forces killed 16 militants in a raid on two hideouts in the northern city of el-Arish in March 2019. According to the Egyptian Interior Ministry, the militants were planning to carry out a series of…

UNIPATH STAFF The Yemeni government is addressing concerns that the country’s civil war is endangering pregnant women and newborn babies. Despite a planned withdrawal of troops from the Red Sea port of Hodeidah — a break in hostilities…