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An interview with Qatari Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ghanim bin Shaheen al-Ghanim  UNIPATH STAFF Unipath: Qatar is an important model of stability and security in the region. What strategies or policies have led to its success? Gen.…

With deep sorrow, Unipath magazine mourns Maj. Gen. Fadhil Jamil Barwari, commander of the Golden Brigade of Iraqi special operations, who died Thursday, September 20, 2018. He set the example of courage and national unity. He was always…

A multinational task force launches a mission to secure the seas between Yemen and Somalia UNIPATH STAFF  |  photos by COMBINED MARITIME FORCES Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, under the command of Commodore Yusuf Almannaie of the Royal…

Kurdish Soldiers serve with distinction in the Iraqi Armed Forces against Daesh MASTER SGT. WALEED KHALED SALEH MAZOURI BARZANI HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, IRAQI COUNTER-TERRORISM SERVICE I joined the Iraqi…

Granting authority to officers on the ground improves performance in unconventional operations Unipath Staff Lt. Col. Hisham Khaleel Mubarak Al Jarrah, commanding officer of the 77th Royal Jordanian Marine Battalion, recently hosted the…

More than 4,000 women are engaged in the Afghan National Defense Security Forces MARTHA SCHAEFFER NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMPONENT COMMAND-AFGHANISTAN When the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 and the Taliban seized…

International Officers Learn Valuable Lessons at the U.S. Naval War College UNIPATH STAFF When the Royal Navy of Oman decided to hold a major naval exercise with Great Britain’s Royal Navy for the first time in 17 years, it reached out…

Iraqi Lt. Yasser Al-Aboudi was a skilled, courageous and ethical Soldier in the battles to defeat Daesh UNIPATH STAFF  |  Photos by Iraqi CTS Media Office Stories of heroism continue to flow from Mesopotamia. The heroes of the Iraqi…

Hybrid warfare threatens to test the capacities of modern militaries Maj. Gen. ASKHAT N. RYSPAYEV HEAD OF the NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY, KAZAKHSTAN Photos by Reuters The international situation is extremely complex, tense and…

Saudi Arabia hosts the first meeting of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition UNIPATH STAFF Vowing to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth,” Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, His Royal Highness…