First Independent Mena Newspaper
The US defense department once again sounded the alarm over Moscow’s growing interest in Libya, indicating that ties between Russians and head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is evident. After Syria, Moscow and Washington have engaged in another diplomatic showdown in the North African country. General Thomas Tom Waldhauser, who heads […]
The US Defense Department’s military section for Africa, AFRICOM has told Associated Press (AP) that the number of Tunisian terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State group in Libya has fallen from 5,000 fighters to a few hundreds. According to a 2015 UN report, Tunisia was the largest terrorist supplier, as over 5,000 Tunisians had left […]
U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM, together with the Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) and members of armies from sub-Saharan African countries are currently conducting military exercises focusing on performance in mined terrains in Agadir, local press reported. According to a senior official from FAR, the military drills aim notably at enhancing performance in terms of field command, […]
Tunisia has denied reports that it is one of the countries allowing the US army to secretly use one of its military bases to carry out intelligence missions and launch drone attacks in neighboring Libya. Defense Minister Farhat Horchani refuted the reports stating that “we don’t and won’t have a foreign military base in Tunisia.” […]
The United States and Morocco have renewed pledge to use their strong strategic partnership to advance shared priorities of a stable, democratic and prosperous Maghreb, Africa and Middle East. The pledge was renewed during the second session of the United States-Morocco Strategic Dialogue held last Friday in Rabat. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who […]