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Tel Aviv gives leeway to Egyptian army to crackdown on Jihadists in military banned northern Sinai

Israel has not only offered condolences to Egypt after the deadly coordinated Islamist attacks in the Sinai Peninsula but also gave a free hand to the Egyptian army on Thursday to do whatever it wants in northern Sinai to stem the Islamist resistance despite a ban from the 1979 Camp David peace accords. Tel Aviv […]

Moroccan Security Forces Crackdown on Smugglers on Mauritanian Borders

Morocco mobilizes its security forces along with customs services in a clampdown on smugglers in the southernmost tip of the country on the borders with Mauritania. A statement issued by Dakhla regional authorities said that the operation started on August 14 in Guerarat on the borders with Mauritania with the aim of clearing the region […]

Tunisian PM designate: We are running out of time

Prime Minister designate Habib Essid seems convinced that the newly formed cabinet will get the vote of confidence from the parliament as he signaled that “we have no more time to lose, we are in a race against the clock.” The Ennahda Islamist party has finally joined the cabinet where it is holding a ministerial […]