First Independent Mena Newspaper
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy charged Algeria and Libya for being sources of the unfortunate spell of violence rocking Tunisia in reference to the two deadly terrorist attacks that stroke Tunisia this year. He made the comments during his visit to Tunisia earlier this week. Nicolas Sarkozy, running as candidate of the French main opposition […]
The Lebanese cabinet will be holding a meeting on Thursday but the atmosphere is already tense and ministerial sources have hinted that Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s efforts to calm the situation did not yield any fruit. The meeting could be suspended before its scheduled end because disputes are expected between rival groups in the cabinet. […]
The European Union is determined to play a new role to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians after it concluded successfully with Iran an “impossible deal”. Chief of EU Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini announced on Monday the creation of an “International Support Group”. European leaders are convinced that if a deal could be reached with […]
Morocco and the United States, Co-chair of the Global Counter-terrorism Forum (GCTF), hold this July 21st, in the Moroccan coastal city of El Jadida, an international conference on borders security, a key component in the global fight against terrorism. The holding of the international conference in Morocco comes as a recognition of the North African […]
A Tunisian delegation composed of senior officials has ended a visit to the United Kingdom with the hope that the travel warning issued after 30 British tourists were killed at the terror attack in Sousse will be lifted. The officials said warnings against non-essential travels to Tunisia would ruin the economy and could push people […]
The Italian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that four of its citizens still in Libya have been kidnapped in the western city of Mellitah on an industrial sites owned by the Italian oil company Eni. The four victims are according to the Ministry statement working for Bonatti Construction Company. They were abducted on Sunday evening […]
The European Union (EU) is planning to impose sanctions on any of the warring parties in Libya that refuses to agree to the U.N-brokered peace deal propelled by Special Envoy Bernardino Leon. E.U foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has already discussed the matter with European foreign ministers and Leon. Details of the possible sanctions have […]
It seems that the jihadist terror groups have carried out their threats launched against Algerian authorities when the Islamist militants attacked lately Algerian army, killing at least 11 soldiers. The deadly assault took place in a forested area of the Ain Defla (240km southeast of Algiers) wherein armed groups are active since the 1990’s Algerian […]
Ahmed Wald Habib al-Rahman, considered to be the Mufti of Mauritania, told President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and other high officials that the country needs to create a Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or religious police, in order to enforce Sharia in Mauritania. During an encounter at the Grand […]
Clashes between the Egyptian army and IS-linked group in Sinai left 7 soldiers and 59 Islamists killed according to army statement released on Sunday. The army said it fought Islamists in Sinai on Saturday killing 59 Jihadists while four of them have been arrested. Seven soldiers have lost their lives during the clashes, said the […]