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United States President Obama conceded he does not expect a peace accord between Palestinians and Israelis before the end of his tenure as US President but renewed his support to the two-state solution. “I am not that hopeful that it’s going to happen in the next nine months. It’s been 60 years; it’s not going […]
The Tunisian army and security forces have killed seven suspected terrorists Tuesday in a deadly raid near the border with Libya, Interior Minister said on Tuesday. “During a raid at Guerdane, security forces and the army eliminated five terrorists around Benniri,” the minister said in a press release. According to local reports, the raid follows […]
The UN Human Right Commission Thursday found all Libyan rival camps guilty of “war crimes” and urged the world organization to prosecute authors of these ugly crimes. Presenting the report on the situation of human rights in Libya between 2014 and 2015, the UN Right Commission head Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein painted a dramatic situation as […]
Morocco has been a beacon of stability in a region beset with strife, said NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow during his trip to the country last week. The North African Kingdom has gone further than most to thwart the chaos and violence that seized so many countries in North Africa and the Middle East, […]
Tunisian forces on Monday clashed with a group of militants in the Gabes region killing at least two of them and suffering one casualty. The confrontation took place during what the Interior Ministry calls “counter-terrorism operations” as the country is at grips with mounting terrorism since Libya became a training ground for Tunisian terrorists. Tunisia’s […]
US President Barack Obama Thursday expressed his determination to tackle IS in Libya following Pentagon’s announcement of possible military action against the terrorist group in former Libyan ruler Gaddafi’s country. President Obama convened his National Security Council to discuss with his security aids the Libyan issue which is taking a serious turn following recent gains […]
The Pentagon is carefully studying military intervention options in Libya against self-style IS, a US official told reporters. “We’re looking at military options, a range of other options as… the situation in Libya unfolds,” said Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook. Cook also explained that the expansion of the terrorist group is a major concern to […]
Libyan reports based on sources from Derna Sunday rejected the US claims that an American F-15 fighter jet killed the IS leader in Libya, Abu Nabil Al-Anbari. Sources from the Libyan Eastern city pointed out that Abu Nabil Al-Anbari, aka Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al-Zubaydi, was not killed in the strike and that the Iraqi-born […]
Turkish security authorities said Sunday first indications of the investigations suggest that ISIL was behind the deadly twin bomb-blasts that disrupted a peaceful demonstration in the Turkish capital on Saturday. Initial signs suggested ISIL was behind the attack which bore a striking similarity to a July suicide bombing in Suruç near the Syrian border, also […]
Sweden’s plans to recognize the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic has sparked widespread anger in Morocco where the Islamist-led government and all political parties denounced Stockholm’s political hostile move. All Moroccan political actors in the North African nation are in shock. They cannot figure out why some Swedish political parties are taking such a perilous stand instead […]