First Independent Mena Newspaper
Armed forces of Pakistan and Morocco started Monday in Cherat (Northwest Pakistan) their 3rd joint training in counter-terrorism operations, Pakistan’s military news service said. This year’s exercise brings together the Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army and the Special Forces of the Moroccan Army, strengthening the ties between the two countries’ military forces. […]
Morocco’s special forces will receive $18 million dollars as part of a US administration plan worth hundreds of millions of dollars to equip allies in the MENA region to counter the IS threat as the group seeks to relocate its terrorist activities from Iraq and Syria to Africa. The news was relayed by Al Monitor […]
Few days after Tunisia lifted the state of emergency decreed in July, the interior ministry announced on Tuesday that police neutralized three recruiting “cells” for the Islamic State and arrested 11 people. The statement released by the interior ministry said the dismantled three cells were recruiting youths and sending them to Libya to join the […]