Around the Region

SALTANAT BERDIKEEVA Uzbekistan has removed thousands of its citizens from blacklists containing names of people accused of extremism. Since 2017, Uzbekistan has rehabilitated or cleared the names of more than 18,000 citizens, providing…

Iraq and Jordan signed a military cooperation agreement in August 2018 to improve joint security in the post-Daesh era. Then Iraqi Defense Minister Irfan Mahmoud Al Hayali signed the bilateral deal in Amman with Jordanian Chairman of the…

UNIPATH STAFF Counterterrorism, freedom of navigation, the Yemeni conflict and arms smuggling were discussed during a July 2018 visit to Washington by Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi. He met with top officials, including U.S.…

UNIPATH STAFF  |  Photos by Bahrain Defence Force Sheikha Aisha bint Rashid Al Khalifa — the first Bahraini woman to graduate from the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst — has established another first for her country. In…

UNIPATH STAFF Egypt has built a counterterrorism center to coordinate military action and law enforcement with dozens of its African neighbors. The 14,000-square-meter center in Cairo, which Egypt financed with $5.6 million, will serve…

UNIPATH STAFF  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reinforced its troop presence in Afghanistan as part of the 39-nation coalition battling terrorists intent on destabilizing the country. For much of the past decade, the UAE has…

UNIPATH STAFF  Kazakhstan approved an agreement with NATO to use the Central Asian country’s Caspian Sea ports of Kuryk and Aktau as transit points for nonmilitary cargo to Afghanistan. The deal amends an agreement signed by NATO and…

UNIPATH STAFF  A truck contaminated with potentially hazardous radiation attracted the scrutiny of Kuwaiti and U.S. troops in a scenario that played out in the Kuwaiti desert in April 2018. The weapons of mass destruction drill was…

UNIPATH STAFF  Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have begun the process of eradicating mines on their mutual border with the goal of reducing fatal accidents and opening more land for productive use. Separate sections of the…

UNIPATH STAFF  U zbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has pledged to improve human rights, reduce restrictions on travel, and make government more responsive to citizens. Human Rights Watch, a New York-based advocacy group,…