First Independent Mena Newspaper
The Tripoli-based government has welcomed the fourth version of a peace proposal draft by UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon but the internationally recognized Tobruk-based government has stated that it will need time to examine it. Tripoli reacted to the latest draft for a transitional unity government as having “positive proposals that could lead to a […]
Algerian authorities who are in possession of DNA data of the notorious al-Qaeda Maghreb chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar did not confirm the information about the death of the wanted terrorist. Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s death, announced on Sunday by the internationally-recognized Libyan government, has not been confirmed by the Pentagon which is still verifying the information. An Algerian […]
Algerian Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of the most wanted Al Qaeda commanders, has been reportedly killed in a US airstrike carried over weekend in Libya’s eastern city of Ajdabiya. The death of Belmokhtar, a notorious Afghan war veteran, has been announced by the Libyan government recognized by the international community. A Pentagon spokesman Colonel […]
Palestine has become the 180th member of the World Customs Organization (WCO), scoring another diplomatic victory against Israel and marking another major step towards statehood. The Palestinian government said that its membership application has been accepted by the WCO, stressing that the new accomplished feat will help build international momentum for the recognition of Palestinian […]
Fighters of the terror group Isis have captured the city of Ramadi which represents the biggest victory for the terror group in Iraq since government forces and Shiite paramilitary groups began pushing them back last year. Isis already controls large parts of Iraq and Syria in a self-proclaimed caliphate. The fall of Ramadi, the capital […]
The internationally recognized Libyan parliament has preliminary approved the peace plan draft proposed by U.N envoy Bernadino Leon. The Tobruk-based House of Representatives posted the development on its Facebook page. The draft has been rejected by its counterpart in Tripoli although a vote is yet to take place. Leon is hoping that the draft will […]
The newly set up Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has dismantled a jihadist cell at Selouane in the region of Nador, close to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, and arrested six of its members. According to the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior which made the announcement, a seventh individual with close ties with this […]
There are emerging reports that worldwide renowned terrorist group, Al-Qaeda, will soon be disbanding so that its members can be free from their oath of loyalty to the group and join the Islamic State jihadist group. The claims are yet to be confirmed by al-Qaeda but it is believed that the group has lost significance […]
Tunisia has announced that it is mending its diplomatic ties with Syria after more than a three year break but that of Turkey could soon become sour after Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche accused Ankara of facilitating the transit of fighters bound for neighboring Syria and Iraq, where thousands of its citizens have joined the ranks […]
President Beji Caid Essebsi, accompanied by world leaders and amongst them president Hollande of France and Prime Minster Matteo Renzi led Tunisians in a march against terrorism as they also paid respect to the 22people killed during the attack on the Bardo museum on march 18. After the march, Essebsi said the “the Tunisian people […]