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Afghan National Security Forces require training and financial support from multinational partners AHMAD MURID PARTAW, FORMER AFGHAN SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND Building Afghan forces that can provide for their own…

Jordan has Successfully Hosted Some of the Middle East’s Largest Military Exercises for a Decade BRIG. GEN. TAWFIQ AL-MARZOUQ, DIRECTOR OF MILITARY TRAINING, JORDAN ARMED FORCES/ARAB ARMY The Jordan Armed Forces/Arab Army enjoys…

Iraqi security forces strive to keep pace with the shifting strategies of Daesh Unipath Staff Iraqi Staff Lt. Gen. Abdulamir al-Shammari was appointed deputy commander of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) in 2020. In that position, he…

Lebanese military units have stepped forward to stop the spread of the coronavirus and limit civil unrest LEBANESE ARMED FORCES DIRECTORATE OF ORIENTATION The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) relies on the slogan of “honor, sacrifice,…

For 10 years Unipath has Provided a Platform for Military and Security Professionals to Share Information Unipath Staff In 2017, in the final Iraqi lunge to drive Daesh fighters from their strongholds in Mosul, troops received a…

Security Requires Anticipating the Actions of Terrorist and Nonstate Actors ISSAM ABBAS AMIN, SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, IRAQI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE How sound is our intelligence in predicting events in our sometimes…

The director of the Jordan Military Center for Counter Terrorism and Extremism describes how his country confronts extremism UNIPATH STAFF Col. Ahmad Bassam Bani Amer leads the Jordan Military Center for Counter Terrorism and Extremism.…

The terrorist group can no longer occupy provinces or conduct large-scale operations IRAQI MAJ. GEN. TAHSIN IBRAHIM AL-KHAFAJI, JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND SPOKESMAN Many wonder whether Daesh has the capability once again to conduct…

Global threats to computer networks require friendly nations to pool resources and share information  BRIG. GEN. JETH REY, DIRECTOR OF COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND Eighteen months after my…

The use of drones by malign actors is the latest in a series of evolving security challenges  UNIPATH STAFF The rise of disruptive technology that alters the nature of the battlefield is a feature of conflicts over the past decade. In…