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The Algerian army Tuesday mowed down three terrorists in a fire exchange with a group of terrorists in Jijel governorate, the defense ministry said in a statement. Two terrorists were first killed near the town of El-Ancer, in the governorate while the army was combing Oued Bouayache town as part of anti-terrorism operation to flash […]
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said that police killed 17 terrorists in the al-Obaidat district of the city of al-Arich, in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. Several firearms and explosives were seized by the response forces. Egypt has been facing, for years, insurrections by Muslim Brothers across the country, as well as by a local […]
At least seven people were killed in a new attack launched Sunday near Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two days earlier, twelve bodies had been found following a previous attack, which caused massive displacement of the populations. “Sixty ADF (members of the Allied Democratic Forces group) killed today (Sunday) in […]
At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near a village close to the capital of Borno State, Maiduguri. The terrorists also burned around 30 vehicles, according to a statement from the local government. Despite the presence of African […]
Armed terrorists killed at least 11 civilians on Friday night in the village of Siéwali, Kombori commune, located in the province of Kossi, in north-west Burkina Faso, near the Malian border. In the North of Benin, near the border with Burkina Faso, a Beninese police officer was killed in an attack on a post during […]
Tunisian Defense Minister has warned a parliament committee that around 100 terrorists preparing to sneak into Tunisia are currently hiding in the western mountainous region of the country on the border with Algeria. Abdelkarim Zubaidi told the Parliament Committee on Management and Armed Forces Affairs that the jihadists are planning to enter Tunisia from the […]
Tunisian National Guard forces Sunday trashed one terrorist in the southern city of Sidi Bouzid in a gunfire exchange with a group of jihadists holing up in a building. Another jihadist blew himself up on the second floor of the building during the raid, reports say. The terrorists hid in the building as forces tried […]
The Moroccan Interior Ministry Friday announced it dismantled in the Northern city of Tetuan a three-man cell connected to Daech that was preparing attacks against institutions and security authorities. The operation was led by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the judicial arm of the domestic intelligence service. According to the early investigation findings, […]
Tunisians gathered in front of the parliament, during the weekend, to protest against the government’s policies towards Tunisian nationals returning from fighting for jihadist groups. The protesters urged authorities to adopt a ‘no to freedom for terrorist groups’ by imprisoning them as well as not accepting them to return to the country. The country’s security […]
Some 40% of Tunisian terrorists have a university degree, a group of sociology experts found out after examining a sample of 1,000 cases based on judiciary records. Several thousands of Tunisians across gender, according to a UN working group, have left the country since 2011 to join terrorist organizations in hotbed conflict zones. The numbers […]