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Tag: Islamist
Tunisia: Three IS Propagandists Pinned down
Tunisian security forces have netted three young Tunisians suspected of promoting the Islamic state group (IS) on the island of Djerba visited by thousands of ... Read More
Morocco: Interpol Alerts Authorities on 6,000 IS Fighters Using Fake Passports
Moroccan authorities have been warned to keep eyes open at the country’s airports in order to nab Islamic State (IS) fighters believed to be travelling ... Read More
Algeria: Boutelika Proposes Collaborator Derbal to Lead Independent Election Monitoring Body
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has proposed to appoint former Islamist figure and aid, Abdelwahab Derbal, as the chairman of the High Independent Election Monitoring Body. In ... Read More
France: Wanted ex-GIA Islamist Nabbed in Switzerland
Swiss justice authorities Thursday pinned down Merouane Benahmed, former member of the Algerian Armed Islamic Group, on the run from French authorities that had put ... Read More
Morocco Thwarts another Deadly Terror Plot
Moroccan security services said Wednesday they have averted and foiled terrorist attacks in the North African country thanks to the recent arrest of three extremists ... Read More
Morocco: March in Casablanca against Instrumentalization of Islam in Politics
Some 40,000 people flocked Sunday to Casablanca to participate in a demonstration against the “Islamization” of the State and the instrumentalization of Islam in politics. ... Read More
Libya: British MPs Pin Libyan Debacle on Cameron
A House of Commons committee has put the blame of Britain’s failed intervention in Libya on former Premier David Cameron and accused him of leading ... Read More
Egypt: Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Informant at Checkpoint
Gunmen Sunday killed an informant and two soldiers in the province of Menoufia, north of capital Cairo, in an attack at a security check-point, reports ... Read More
Morocco Denies Visa to Leader of Kabylie Autonomous Movement
Ferhat Mhenni, the leader and founder of the Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylie (MAK), was denied an entry visa on Friday by a Morocco’s ... Read More
Libya: Ousted Gaddafi’s Forces Saved US Staff in 2012 Attack against Benghazi Diplomatic Mission, US Report
A U.S. report released by House Select Committee on Benghazi investigating the September 11, 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi notes that ... Read More