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Tunisian security forces killed late Monday four militants in a clash near the Algerian border, the Interior Ministry announced. “Special Forces units killed four terrorists in Ain Jafal region between Sbeitla and Jelma in clashes,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement without giving further details. The information came as London announced some 20 British […]
Former French Prime Minister and front runner in leading UMP opposition party’s nomination for the 2017 presidential elections, Alain Juppé, Monday called on young Tunisians to believe in themselves and have faith in their country which is confronted with several challenges prompting many youth to join terrorist groups. “Be confident in yourselves, have faith in […]
An unidentified warplane struck an IS convoy early Sunday near the town of Bani Walid. The air-strike took place in the early hours of Sunday and did not involve their forces, according to the Tripoli authorities. A military official linked to Tripoli-based Administration pointed out that the raid took place outside the city of Sirte, […]
Leaders of the Tunisian Islamist Party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi Sunday lambasted the Islamic State fighters hitting Tunisia as he called them “incompetent children.” Ghannouchi who was speaking during a regional congress of his party in Sfax said those fighters are useless and good-for-nothing. He also lashed out at the US recent air strikes in Libya […]
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 […]
While Libya is struggling to form a national unity government and the West is eager to intervene in the country to combat the Islamic State group, information emerged that France secretly deployed some of its troop to the country. Bloggers had claimed sighting French troops in eastern Libya since mid-February but Paris is still silent […]
Tunisia Wednesday received strong support from Portugal which vowed to help secure the volatile border with Libya and offered to train army and security forces. “Portugal will significantly contribute to improve the operational capacities of Tunisian security and army forces notably in matters of equipment and training; in the ultimate objective of securing borders,” said […]
Libyan National Army Tuesday announced it liberated the last jihadist-held area of Benghazi after two years of fighting. “We have totally liberated the area of Lithi,” said Fadel al-Hassi, of Libya’s Special Forces. Lithi neighborhood had been a stronghold of militant groups including the Islamic State. Loyalists led by the Libyan Army Chief Commander Khalifa […]
An anti-terrorism operation jointly conducted by Moroccan and Spanish intelligence services in the enclave of Sebta and in the town of Nador led Tuesday at dawn to the arrest of four men suspected for recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terrorist group. According to the announcement made in both countries, the four men built up […]
The Libyan internationally recognized parliament based in Tobruk is due to meet Tuesday to approve the Government of National Accord said to tackle Libya’s numerous problems. After days of tumultuous debates, the House of Representatives (HoR) is finally going to hold a “vote of confidence” on the government list proposed by the Prime Minister-designate Faiez […]