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UNIPATH STAFF In a massive operation in the fall of 2020, Iraqi security forces captured 115 Daesh fighters, including terrorist leaders, and dismantled a terrorist network in Ninawa governorate. These efforts came after Iraqi Prime…

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…

I would like to extend my thanks to our friends at U.S. Central Command for their kind invitation to introduce this edition of the esteemed Unipath magazine, which includes stories about counterterrorism and expanding security in liberated…

Vice Adm. Fahad Al-Ghofaily has spearheaded the modernization of Royal Saudi Naval Forces  UNIPATH STAFF Admiral” derives from the old Arabic words emir al bahar, which literally mean “commander of the sea.” The title was historically…

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…