Mellila: Illegal armed migrants assault on border checkpoint

Egypt: Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Informant at Checkpoint

Gunmen Sunday killed an informant and two soldiers in the province of Menoufia, north of capital Cairo, in an attack at a security check-point, reports say. Security authorities are combing the area -80 km north of the capital, in search of the attackers, who managed to flee, Reuters reports. Egyptian security forces have been facing […]

Libya: UN-brokered gov’t retakes three cities from Haftar’s forces

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has gained significant territory in fighting west of the capital, Tripoli. A government spokesman said GNA forces took control of three key cities on the Mediterranean coast on Monday, as they expelled troops loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) of General Khalifa Haftar. The army seized the […]

Libya: Has Gadhafi’s Son, Saif al-Islam, Been Released?

Saif Al-Islam, the son of former Libyan dictator Moamar Gadhafi, has been reportedly released by a Libyan militia after more than five years in captivity. According to Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, Seif Al-Islam was freed Friday, under an amnesty law promulgated during the Muslim […]