Tag: IS

Egypt: HEC cancels news conference, IS in Sinai claims attack on hotel

November 25, 2015

Egyptian High Election Committee (HEC) Tuesday cancelled a news conference following the death of two judges killed in an attack perpetrated by IS in the ... Read More

UK: IS secret female recruiting cell uncovered

November 24, 2015

A secret cell of women sympathetic of IS group has been exposed in London, after an undercover investigation revealed that the women held secret meetings ... Read More

Libya: dialogue agreement text not amendable, Kobler

November 23, 2015

Libyan political protagonists are facing a hard choice or rather left without a choice after UNSMIL new head Martin Kobler said he would not reopen ... Read More

Egypt: Russia confirms a bomb downed plane, 24 militants killed near crash site

November 17, 2015

Head of Russian Intelligence Service, Alexander Bortnikov, confirmed Tuesday that the Russian jet crash in Sinai was an act of terrorism and that a homemade ... Read More

Tunisia: security measures scaled up amidst fears of terrorist attacks

November 2, 2015

The Tunisian ministries of the interior and defence warned of eminent attacks by terrorist groups as intelligence reports indicated the existence of IS training camps ... Read More

Egypt-Russia: Russian officials dismiss IS claims it downed the Russian plane

November 2, 2015

A Russian inter-government aviation official Sunday rejected the IS group’s claims it brought down the Russian passenger plane which crashed Saturday in Sinai leaving all ... Read More

Libya: Mysterious warplanes shell IS’s positions in Sirte

October 30, 2015

Unidentified warplanes carried air strikes on IS’s positions in the Libyan city of Sirte Thursday shortly after mid-night, witnesses said. The air-strikes the second this ... Read More

Tunisia: IS can round up 20, 000 fighters if it wants to attack Tunisia, Expert

October 23, 2015

A Tunisian IS expert and sociologist indicated Thursday that the terrorist organisation can recruit up to 20,000 fighters if it wants to attack Tunisia, a ... Read More

Algeria: Is Belmokhtar Dead or Still Alive? Yes… No…

October 7, 2015

No day passes without the circulation of contradictory information alleging that the most wanted Algerian terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, is still alive or that he was ... Read More

Algeria: One-eyed Sahara Al-Qaeda boss still alive, Al-Qaeda fighter

October 6, 2015

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Sheikh of Sahara, reported dead in June by Libyan authorities, is still alive according to a top Al-Qaeda fighter. Abderraouf Hossam, a top ... Read More