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President Obama has called on Gulf counties to be more cooperative in Libya in order to end the war because military action will not be enough. The war between the two rival governments has been going on alongside negotiations. Groups who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State have also begun operations in the country […]
A coalition of rebel groups in Syria have made major advances on government held areas thereby getting closer to Jordan and Damascus. The developments will be of huge concern to Assad and King Abdullah especially regarding that the hardline extremists were among those leading the offensive charge. Rebels backed by the Al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda […]
libya-extremists-fighters Armed groups loyal to the Tripoli government have clashed with fighters that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in the first known confrontation between the two groups. A statement by the Tripoli-based chief of staff confirmed that the fighting took place in Sirte and claimed that they killed 17 fighters and seized 13 […]
Lebanon will start receiving by the mid of April French armaments destined to enhance the defence capacities of its beleaguered army, challenged by well-equipped Hezbollah group and regional powers. The French-made weapons to be delivered to Beirut includes armoured vehicles, armed vessels, combat helicopters, ammunition and communications equipment Lebanon has purchased these armaments thanks to […]
The European Union recognized the strategic role played by Morocco in anti-terror struggle as indispensable and called for enhanced cooperation between the North African nation and the countries of the Sahel-Sahara region in order to fight more effectively terrorist networks. In a statement released at the end of the 12th Association Council meeting held Tuesday […]
Morocco announced over the weekend it would gradually set up a new anti-terrorism vigilance plan to address the threats endangering the country and to reinforce the protection of Moroccans as well as that of visiting foreigners. The announcement was made by Interior Minister, Mohamed Hassad, on Saturday during a meeting of senior civilian and military […]
Morocco should be advising the West right now on how to go about breaking IS while we all wait for its appalling acts of terror to come to the Maghreb The news which has even reached as far as Lebanon that Morocco is cracking down on its extremists who, despite doing the kingdom a great […]
Algeria’s Defense Ministry has published on its website that it has killed a “terrorist chief” in an ambush in the Kabylie region, around 110 kilometers east of Algiers. The Military stopped short of naming the terrorist chief but described him as a “leading terrorist responsible for many crimes.” Local media has claimed that the militant […]
UNITED NATIONS – “The current crisis in South Sudan, Iraq, and Syria and the outbreak of Ebola are stretching the abilities of the United Nations,” said Bettina Leuscher, Chief Spokesperson of the World Food Program (WFP) on September 21st in a panel discussion organized by the United Nations Foundation in New York. In less than […]