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Tag: Anti-terrorism
Burkina Faso Votes Law Backing Vigilantes Fighting Jihadists
A majority of lawmakers in Burkina Faso voted a new law providing for extending funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing ... Read More
Austria: Moroccan Asylum Seeker Nabbed for Membership with Terror Group
A 25-year old Moroccan seeking asylum in Austria has been arrested for membership with a terrorist group planning attacks for end of 2016, reports say. ... Read More
Morocco Ships Security Equipment to Help Madagascar Secure Francophonie Summit
Morocco shipped a military cargo carrying scanners, metal detectors and other security equipment to help Madagascar foster security at the summit of the Organisation Internaitonale ... Read More
Libya: Wife of terrorist Belmokhtar arrested
The Tunisian wife of Algerian terrorist Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been arrested along with another Tunisian woman in East Libya, reports say. Anti-terrorism authorities of Libyan ... Read More
Algeria Foiled IS Attack on Shopping Mall, Other Ramadan Attacks
El Massa, a government newspaper, reported that security forces have foiled a major terrorist attack on the Park Mall in Setif and other planned attacks ... Read More
Tunisia: €230 Million Allocated to Anti-Terrorism Fight
The Tunisian government has allocated €230 to the fight against terrorism and is determined to also tackle smuggling, become a major concern for the country’s ... Read More
Morocco, Russia Boosting Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN,) is visiting Moscow to seal ... Read More
France: Moroccan Informants to Beef up Anti-terrorism Squads
French intelligence agencies are recruiting informants in Morocco and other Maghreb countries part of efforts to beef-up their anti-terrorism squads as terrorist threats continue to ... Read More
Mauritania: Sunni Religious Thinkers Ponder over Anti-Terrorism Solutions
Sunni religious experts of several countries met in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to discuss ways to overcome terrorism which has tarnished the image of Islam, ... Read More
Joint Moroccan-Spanish Operation Nets Four IS Recruiters
An anti-terrorism operation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish intelligence services in the enclave of Sebta and in the town of Nador led Tuesday at ... Read More