Libya: GNA Forces Regain Strategic Crossroads Leading to Sirte

Forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) claimed Tuesday they retook control of the Abu Grein crossroads, south of Libya’s third city Misrata, where the coastal highway meets the main road south into the desert interior. The crossroads laying 140km west of Sirte where IS has established its stronghold has been overrun […]

Germany: Three Iraqi refugees stand trial for plotting terror attacks

The German justice Monday began in Hamburg the trial of three Iraqi men charged of plotting terror attacks against non-Muslim believers. The defendants were arrested in January in the northwestern state of Schleswig-Holstein. The prosecution charged two of them, both aged 23, for trying to manufacture explosives using black powder from firework. The third, aged […]

Moroccan Mehdi Choukri makes U-turn, renounces joining Israeli team

Cyclist Mehdi Choukri who made history after becoming the first Moroccan sportsman to join an Israeli team has made a U-turn and instead moved to French cycling team of AC Bisontine, Be-Celt reports. The 23-year Swiss-born athlete has resigned from the Israeli Cycling Academy because of family issues, the online media says. The former member […]