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Special Operations Forces Expel Terrorists From Strongholds in Eastern Afghanistan  LT. AMY FORSYTHE, U.S. NAVY In one of the largest joint operations ever conducted between U.S. and Afghan special operations forces, Afghan commandos…

Iraq’s Directorate of Media and Moral Guidance gained skills in countering terrorist propaganda Unipath Staff Daesh adopted misinformation campaigns through its electronic army, which broadcast rumors and twisted facts to sow horror and…

How an Iraqi Grandmother Saved Soldiers’ Lives and Inspired a Nation Unipath Staff It is a tradition among Arab tribes to have a nakhua, or title, for those who make the tribe proud. The nakhua of the al-Jabour tribe is “Akhu Hadla.”…

Eliminating Terrorist Cells in the Iraqi Capital is a Priority After the Defeat of Daesh UNIPATH STAFF Terrorist gangs have focused on targeting the civilian population in the capital, Baghdad, with the aim of destabilizing the city and…

Iraqi defenders withstood nearly a year of Daesh attacks on a strategic oil refinery STAFF COL. ALI SAHAM ALKENANI, IRAQI COUNTER-TERRORISM SERVICE  |  Photos by Getty Images The Battle for Baiji Refinery cannot be summed up in a single…

Jordanian and U.S. troops complete the 8th annual Eager Lion military exercise UNIPATH STAFF Downpours the night before had left the normally dry desert floor laced with muddy trenches. Asked to repel enemy forces trying to slip across…

The Afghan Government Must Improve Public Services to Gain the Loyalty of Citizens AHMAD FARID FAROZI, FORMER DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, DEMOCRACY InTERNATIONAL, AFGHANISTAN Empirical evidence has shown positive correlations between the…

A courageous Iraqi Army unit saves an orphaned 4-year-old girl when Daesh massacred her family in Mosul  UNIPATH STAFF The battle for Mosul was raging when the leading edge of the 36th Mechanized Brigade, Iraqi 9th Armored Division,…

A letter captured from a Daesh insider proves how it veered from the path of the Prophet Two things cannot be doubted. The first is that the “caliphate,” with all its structures and agencies, has been wiped from the face of the Earth. The…

Global leaders meet to share best practices against cyber attacks UNIPATH STAFF Sometimes the most exhaustive of cyber defenses fail to account for the simplest of cyber attacks. A good example of this lapse in security is spear…