Tag: Military

Algeria: Bouteflika clan hands 5 year sentence in prison to former head of counter-terrorism agency

November 27, 2015

Former head of the Algerian counter-terrorism agency General Hassan was handed a five-year prison sentence by a military court in a behind closed doors trial. ... Read More

Egypt, Spain bolster military cooperation

October 26, 2015

Egypt’s Chief of Staff flew to Madrid on Sunday to hold high level military talks initiated by both countries to strengthen their military cooperation and ... Read More

Riyadh, Cairo to increase their cooperation and deepen their foothold in the region

July 31, 2015

Egypt and Saudi Arabia demonstrated Thursday their shared determination to close cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the quest for stability in the Middle ... Read More

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood clashes with security forces, Morsi encourages more actions

July 18, 2015

Clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces after the prayers of Eid al-fitr have left six people dead and at least 15 ... Read More

Tunisia, Algeria to Step Up Coordination in the fight against terrorism

July 15, 2015

Tunisia and Algeria agreed to enhance their cooperation in the fight against terrorism affecting North Africa, wherein the Islamic state is expanding its deadly operations ... Read More

Iran-US: Obama smooths over critics but threatens to veto any rejection by the US Congress

July 15, 2015

US President Barack Obama hailed the watershed deal between world powers and Iran and tried to convince critics of the deal but warned to oppose ... Read More

Washington Looking for Drones Base in North Africa

July 13, 2015

The United States is holding talks with North African countries to set up drones base to monitor the Islamic State in Libya wherein the terror ... Read More

Algeria: President orders to crackdown on ethnic unrest “with diligence and severity”

July 9, 2015

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has issued orders to crackdown on the ethnic unrest that has shaken to southern city of Ghardaia following violent clashes between ... Read More

Libya: Rival governments review military strategy

July 7, 2015

The Tripoli based government has announced that it is restructuring its military and a statement from Prime Minister Khalifa Ghweil stated that it was part ... Read More

Israel: ISIS invites Israel to war with three Grad rockets

July 5, 2015

Fighting between the militants of the Sinai Province group and Egyptian forces has been going on for days but it seems to be taking a ... Read More