The Darwish Forest is located somewhere in proximity to the border of the U.S.S.R. and Finland. The Darwish Forest was one of the points along the route that Steve Austin took to infiltrate the nation where Leon Jackson and his son Alex were residing. Jackson had defected to that nation(presumably the U.S.S.R) but wanted to return to the United States. Oscar Goldman's instructions to Steve Austin were as follows: (Divided Loyalty)