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Four Pakistani helicopter pilots rescue British mountaineers at death-defying heights MAJ. MUZAFFAR AHMED, PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES It was a calm, sunny day on May 29, 2018, when three seasoned climbers — Bruce Normand, Timothy Miller and…

Top Qatari official speaks in Doha at the Forum on Returning Foreign Fighters  INFORMATION OFFICE, QATARI MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani…

Nations need treatment plans to rehabilitate children brainwashed by Daesh terrorists DR. HUSSEIN ALLAWI, CEO, THE AKKAD CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AFFAIRS AND FUTURE STUDIES Humanity today continues to face dangers, though these dangers…

Traditional weapons can only do so much to defeat the scourge of terrorism UNIPATH STAFF When researchers with the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism interviewed 100 former Daesh members in places such as Iraq and…

The training and advising role benefits Afghan security by helping to marginalize violent extremists AHMAD MURID PARTAW, FORMER AFGHAN SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001,…

UNIPATH STAFF Oman was honored for having one of the most reliable police forces in the world. In the World Economic Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Report,” released in October 2018, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) ranked fifth in the…

The Jordan Armed Forces has developed a cutting-edge counterextremism curriculum UNIPATH STAFF Three indispensable factors are necessary to defeat terrorism: a professional army skilled in fighting, an accurate intelligence apparatus,…

Tehran pushes its radical political and ideological agenda in the Middle East MAJ. GEN. MOHAMMED ZAYED MAHMOUD IBRAHIM. YEMEN’S MILITARY ATTACHÉ IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Iran, formerly known as Persia, today is called the Islamic…

An analysis of Daesh’s exploitation of social media to spread its malign message DR. MARLEEN HORMIZ, Isra’ University College Daesh has transformed Twitter into its electronic province. It orders its followers and supporters to post on…

Middle Eastern Marines gather at the Regional Marine Symposium in Abu Dhabi UNIPATH STAFF The Middle East offers no shortage of arenas in which regional marine forces are necessary. These specialized troops — traditionally adept at…