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In Mali, about 20 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on an army camp in central Mali on Sunday. According to the government, the identity of the attackers was not established yet. “Terrorists” entered the camp near the village of Sokolo, killed the soldiers and caused “significant material damage,” the government said in a […]
Morocco has strongly condemned the “despicable” terrorist act perpetrated Monday outside the National Cancer Institute in Cairo, leaving at least 20 dead and nearly fifty injured. In a note verbale sent by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to the Egyptian embassy in Rabat, Morocco has reiterated its solidarity with sisterly Egypt as well as support to […]
A bomb attack in northern town of Manbij killed Wednesday several people including three US forces whose patrol appeared to be the target of the attack amid beginning of pullout, reports say. The blast claimed by the Islamic State group (ISIS), according reports citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) based in the UK, […]
Libya was hit again this Tuesday by another ISIS terror attack, which targeted the foreign ministry in Tripoli. At least three people were killed and over ten wounded by suicide bombers, according to local security officials. Witnesses said attackers stormed the building and started shooting as heavy gunfire was heard. Explosions were heard and heavy […]
A 30-year old woman blew herself up on Monday near a police patrol in a busy avenue in Tunisia’s capital. Twenty people were injured in the suicide bombing, 15 law enforcement agents and 5 civilians including two children, according to a latest report released by the spokesman of the Directorate General of National Security, Walid […]
An alliance of terrorist groups loyal to Al-Qaeda and led by Malian Jihadist Iyad Ag Ghali claimed responsibility for the simultaneous attacks on the military headquarters of Burkina Faso and the French Embassy in Ouagadougou. The group said that the attack is a retaliation against France, which has launched an operation against terrorists in northern […]
Moroccan authorities have raised security vigilance on its northern borders with Spain after the Barcelona terror attack. The tightening of security measures, especially in the northern region near the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, aims at thwarting any infiltration attempts or smuggling of arms by terrorists, local media reported. Morocco has also reinforced security […]
Two Moroccans were identified among the 39 people killed in the terror attack in Istanbul during New Year’s Eve celebrations. Their bodies will be repatriated at the expense of King Mohammed VI. Four other Moroccans were injured in this barbaric attack and admitted to the hospital, according to the Moroccan foreign affairs ministry. Wielding a […]
The Moroccan government has denounced the car bomb attack that targeted lately a police bus, killing seven officers and four civilians in central Istanbul. In a statement released Wednesday by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the North African Kingdom expressed its full solidarity with Turkey over this despicable criminal act contrary to the universal human values. […]
A terrorist blast hit a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, pushing president Beji Caid Essebsi to declare a 30-day state of emergency and impose curfew in the capital. “They want to make us live with horror but we are going to bring that […]