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French interior minister indicated Monday that security authorities have not yet established any link between the lorry driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel and terrorist organizations even though the Islamic State (IS) group Saturday claimed responsibility of the Thursday attack at Nice which caused the death of 84 people. Bernard Cazeneuve told French RTL that it is not […]
Two Egyptian police officers travelling in a patrol Monday lost their lives as a roadside bomb went off in Arish city, capital of the North Sinai province. A statement by interior ministry said three other security forces were wounded in the blast. The officers’ vehicle was hit by the blast of a bomb apparently planted […]
IS-affiliate Islamists killed a Christian priest and two security personnel in turbulent North Sinai in separate attacks on Thursday, authorities said. The Coptic priest named Raphael Moussa, 46, was reportedly gunned down by a militant who shot him in the head as he was standing next to his car in al-Arish, the capital of North […]
Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]
Libya’s UN-backed Premier Sunday called for a unified military command of Libyan armed forces to ensure victory over the Islamic State (IS) group fighters still holding the coastal city of Sirte as unity government forces try to dislodge them. “We trust there can’t be any solution to overcome that organization (IS) apart from a unified […]
Militia forces aligned with the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday pushed back Islamic State (IS) group fighters who had tried to drive out loyal forces making progress into the coastal city of Sirte where the militant group has been reigning, reports say. The pro-GNA forces are still facing fierce opposition from IS fighters […]
The United Nations-sponsored Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) held Wednesday its first official cabinet meeting since it arrived in capital Tripoli late March. Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj chaired the meeting in his provisional offices located in a naval base. The meeting was attended by Serraj’s two deputies, Ahmed Maetig and Fathi Majbri, and 16 […]
French and world cement giant Lafarge paid the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria to maintain its business, French daily Le Monde revealed on Tuesday. Investigations conducted by the French daily indicate that the French company which acquired the Jalabiya cement works, located at some 150 Km northeast of Aleppo, in 2007 entered into a […]
Morocco plays a key role on the regional and international levels in the fight against terrorism, said European MP Gilles Pargneaux during his latest visit to the North African Kingdom. “The relationship between Morocco and Europe is very extremely important”, he added, voicing European MPs desire to see cooperation between the two sides enhanced further […]
Militia fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Tuesday they recaptured two key towns near Sirte; the nerve center of Islamic State in war-torn Libya. The coastal towns of Ben Jawad and Nofliya have been taken back from IS fighters, according to a statement issued by Petroleum Facilities Guard, loyal to […]