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After the spate of setbacks it suffered recently, the drumbeat of bad news for the Polisario and its self-proclaimed Sahrawi republic seems to be continuing as Jamaica has announced this week that it withdraws its recognition of the Sahrawi entity. In an official document of the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, dated […]
The UN has voiced fears over a full-blown war in the Sahara after the Polisario sent armed militiamen to the buffer zone in the border area of Guergarat standing at a distance of 120 meters from Moroccan forces near the border area of Guerguarat. Tensions have flared in the area after the Polisario sent troops […]
The United States has warned Moroccan and Spanish authorities of eminent terror attack plans floating over Spain-ruled enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, reports say. The US intelligence services’ warnings, according to Moroccan Arabic Al Massae newspaper, indicate that a cell of the Islamic State group is secretly operating on the two enclaves and is proceeding […]
Tunisia’s defense minister Tuesday in Paris warned his country may be retreat terrain for the Islamic State group militants fleeing the Libyan coastal city of Sirte as militiamen aligned with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) tighten their grip around the terrorist group. “The danger is real. Those who leave Sirte are heading south to […]
Head of the Libyan National Army backed by the east-based government opposed to the UN-sponsored Libyan unity government has scorned US decisive aerial intervention in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign in Sirte and said that the intervention is illegal, reports say. Speaking in an interview to Russian Sputnik early this week, General Khalifa Hafter indicated that […]
Three Tunisian military personnel Monday lost their lives in an ambush laid by terrorists in the mountainous region of Douar Ben Njeh, near the Algerian border, Defense Ministry spokesman told reporters. The three soldiers were killed as their tank hit landmines, Belhassen Ouslati indicated adding that the soldiers were further targeted by rifle shots and […]
Several foreign officials and media outlets have highlighted the importance and timeliness of the speech delivered by Morocco’s king Mohammed VI on the 63rd anniversary of the Revolution of the King and the People, wherein he called on monotheists to pool efforts to fight the scourge of terrorism, which is sparing no community and no […]
King Mohammed VI stressed the need for closing ranks in order to counter the scourge of extremism and terrorism that targets innocents and hinders efforts towards coexistence, social progress and prosperity. “As ignorance spreads in the name of religion, Muslims, Christians and Jews have to close ranks in order to tackle all forms of extremism, […]
The terrorist attacks that struck Tunisia in 2015 have scarred the country’s reputation as a holiday destination and left it struggling to win its share of the Mediterranean tourist market back. This year, Russians and Algerians are saving the tourist season after ISIS attacks deterred tourists from the traditional markets of France, Britain, Germany and […]
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested Tuesday morning four members of a terrorist cell that was planning terror acts in metropolis Casablanca. A statement from the Interior Ministry announced the arrest of the four individuals whose terrorist cell was active between Casablanca and Kenitra, some 40 Km north of Rabat. According to the […]