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After nearly two months of intense combat, Puntland forces in Somalia claim to have successfully pushed back Islamic State (IS) militants, dealing significant blows to the terror group in the region. However, despite recent victories, experts warn that the IS may attempt to regroup and continue its operations across the Horn of Africa. The offensive, […]
Burkina Faso announced an extension of the emergency measures for another year as the war against terrorist groups seems yet to be won. The measures include summoning people aged 18 to fight and entailed curbing freedoms and forming local defense groups. Terrorist activity worsened under-development in the poor country and pushed 2 million people out […]
The fight against terrorism, climate change and migration-related issues were at the center of the European Union-Arab League ministerial meeting held Monday in Brussels. The two sides reviewed ways of enhancing the partnership between Europe and the Arab world and promoting multilateralism. They also discussed issues of migration, the crisis in Libya and the situation […]
The European Police Office (Europol) foiled in Rotterdam port an attempt at trafficking a considerable cargo of arms to terrorists in the Spanish-occupied cities of Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco, Moroccan newspaper al Ahdat reported. The seized weapons comprised pistols and machine guns and were intended to be smuggled through Sardinia to North Africa, […]
The US embassy in Cairo Monday instructed its staff to avoid religious sites outside Cairo as attacks against Coptic Christians multiply. The embassy said on its website that risk for possible additional attacks is still high. “Terrorists have attacked targets associated with the Christian community in Egypt. Incidents have occurred in both urban and isolated […]
Spanish security services announced on Monday the arrest of two Moroccan nationals having links to the terror ISIS organization. According to a press release issued by the Spanish Interior Ministry, the two men, residing in the southern Spanish city of Murcia and the northern city of Valladolid, were planning to carry out an attack in […]
A man armed with a knife went on rampage Wednesday night killing a woman in her 60s and stabbing five others in Russell Square, central London. The police, which rushed to the scene within five minutes, arrested the suspect, 19, after using a Taser electric shock gun. London Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told […]
Morocco’s main tourist cities of Marrakech and Agadir saw French tourists’ reservation drop significantly in the aftermath of the Nice terrorist attack which left 84 dead on July 14. According to figures released by the French Travel Agencies’ Union, reservations by French tourists fell by 38% in Marrakech and Agadir since the attack took place, […]