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US urges more financial support for Middle East and Africa to confront lurking ISIS threat

ISIS continues to pose a threat in Iraq and Syria despite being considerably weakened in recent year, said US Under Secretary Victoria Jane Nuland. “This year, we are seeking to raise $700 million for critical stabilization activities in communities liberated from ISIS’ control in Iraq and Syria, $350 million for Iraq and $350 million for […]

Amnesty International Calls on Algeria to Release Arbitrarily Detained Journalists

Amnesty International has called on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all arbitrarily detained journalists targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Abdelwakil Blamm, Hassan Bouras and Christophe Gleizes. The call came ahead of the 14 May trial of Abdelwakil Blamm on bogus terrorism charges. The Rights Watchdog has also denounced […]

Tunisia: Two soldiers killed in shoot-out with Jihadists

The Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced Monday two of its soldiers have been killed and four wounded in a clash with Jihadists near the Algerian border as they were on an operation to free a man kidnapped by the militants. During a search operation, jihadists hiding out on Mount Sammama opened fire on the soldiers, […]