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Syria: Several US forces die in terror attack as pullout commences

A bomb attack in northern town of Manbij killed Wednesday several people including three US forces whose patrol appeared to be the target of the attack amid beginning of pullout, reports say. The blast claimed by the Islamic State group (ISIS), according reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) based in the UK, […]

Libya Closes borders as War Clouds Gather in Mali

The newly formed Libyan government has ordered the temporary closure of the country’s borders with four of its neighbors and declared the southern region a restricted military zone. The land borders with Chad, Niger, Sudan and Algeria were shut in a bid to better control and fight “illegal immigration and illicit activities such as arms […]

Somalia to Open Embassy in Rabat, Consulate in Dakhla

Somalia announced Friday in New York its decision to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla. “Somalia decides to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla,” said the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abshir Omar Jama, after a meeting with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, on the […]