Departments

The Jordan Armed Forces opened the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Training City near Zarqa, paid for a with a generous donation by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). By naming the training city after the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and…

Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have agreed to broaden intelligence sharing designed to reduce smuggling, terrorist financing, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the spread of violent extremism.  The agreement in April 2020 to…

UNIPATH STAFF Arabian Gulf states conducted joint security drills in February 2020 meant to foil terrorist attacks, rescue hostages and deactivate bombs. The police-focused exercise — called Arab Gulf Security 2 — occurred over three…

UNIPATH STAFF Stability and security were the major topics of April 2020 discussions between Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Amid talks about trade and security cooperation, Tokayev…

Responding to the United Nations secretary-general’s request in March 2020 for a cease-fire to focus on COVID-19, U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths led separate talks with the warring parties in Yemen. The Saudi-led Arab…

UNIPATH STAFF Bahraini security forces — both military and police units — combined their strengths for an exercise called Homeland Shield 2020.  The Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) invited units from the National Guard and the Interior…

UNIPATH STAFF Afghan security forces underscored their growing proficiency with the arrest of three senior ISIS leaders trying to establish terror networks in the South and Central Asian region after defeats in Syria and Iraq. …

UNIPATH STAFF AU.S. delegation led by David Mount of United States Central Command’s (CENTCOM) program to curb proliferation of weapons of mass destruction visited Turkmenistan in early 2020. The purpose of the visit was to discuss…

UNIPATH STAFF The Royal Navy of Oman opened a lifeline to a section of the country geographically and economically isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Musandam governorate, a mountainous peninsula that juts into the Strait of…

UNIPATH STAFF Terrorists attempting to hide in the rugged triangle formed by Salah al-Din, Kirkuk and Ninevah governorates in northern Iraq were ousted from their lairs during joint operations that began in March 2020. Iraqi forces…