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SALTANAT BERDIKEEVA  Located in a region whose remote mountains and deserts can conceal terrorists, opium traffickers and other criminals, Turkmenistan hosted a workshop in May 2018 dedicated to improved border security. Border…

UNIPATH STAFF Kazakhstan’s Parliament approved a plan to help finance the country’s defense industry and lessen reliance on Russian munitions. The country’s Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry will provide financial assistance…

UNIPATH STAFF Qatar is requiring its young men to serve longer in the military while raising the profile of women in the Armed Forces. The new national service law took effect in April 2018 and requires men ages 18 to 35 to serve a year…

UNIPATH STAFF Jordan has successfully trained 750 Soldiers and civilians to respond to potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives attacks. Soldiers and emergency workers have received years of…

UNIPATH STAFF Kyrgyzstan will offer money for weapons and explosives poached from the military during past conflicts. This security-enhancing measure, announced by the Kyrgyzstani Ministry of the Interior in August 2018, involves police…

UNIPATH STAFF NATO has reiterated its desire for Saudi Arabia and Oman to form a cooperative partnership with the North American-European alliance. NATO opened a regional center in Kuwait in 2017, part of an effort to increase…

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…