Omar Hilale

Libya: Washington Sanctions Alleged IS Financial Sponsors

The US Treasury Department Thursday placed sanctions against six high profile terrorists among whom Salmi Salama Salim Sulayman ‘Ammar, known as IS money facilitator and presentative of the Sinai-based IS’s offshoot terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) in Libya. The sanctions are part of US strategies meant to “disrupt the fundraising and support networks of […]

El Salvador Views Morocco as Strategic Partner in Africa and Arab world

Vice President of El Salvador Félix Ulloa has affirmed that Morocco is a strategic partner of his country in Africa and the Arab world. In a statement to Diario El Salvador, Mr. Ulloa said Rabat and San Salvador are working continuously to consolidate the bonds of friendship and cooperation through the exchange visits, permanent consultations […]

Burkina Faso scolds France24 for referring to jihadists as “Islamist rebels”

Burkina Faso’s media watchdog Conseil Supérieur de la Communication (CSC) has given a notice to French media France24 for unprofessionalism after the outlet allegedly reported that government source referred to terrorists who abducted last month dozens of women as “Islamist rebels”. The warning came Tuesday following a hearing which took place last January 24. The […]