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Tunisian authorities’ attention was drawn Thursday on the living conditions of inmates in the country’s prisons that the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory likens to mediaeval era life. The NGO described inmates’ life unbearable as conditions fail to meet international standards due to increase in the number of the inmates. The number has increased two-fold, the […]
A Tunisian court has sentenced to death 31 convicted for 2014 terror attacks against then interior minister, a judicial official says. The accused at large were condemned in absentia, Sofiene Sliti, judiciary spokesperson, said, adding that some of them are believed dead. The ruling was pronounced on Friday but was only made public on Monday. […]
The tourism industry in many North African countries was affected this year by the terror threats as travelers avoid popular destinations such as Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey…targeted by terrorists. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, Egypt is one of the worst hit places, with tourist arrivals down nearly 50 pc so far this year. […]
The Third Field Army killed two alleged terrorists in two separate incidents, in central Sinai while a top security official has been injured in a roadside bomb attack in the northern part of the restive peninsula, it was officially announced on Wednesday. One of the “terrorists” was killed in Wady Gerba after hurling a hand […]
Algerian Defense Ministry Monday announced its forces killed four Islamists and seized weapons and ammunition in El-Oued, near the Tunisian border. The four terrorists were killed by a detachment of the army in Bir El-Kasira area of El-Oued in the desert near the Tunisian border, said the Defense Ministry in a statement published on its […]
An Italian newspaper has revealed that Moroccan intelligence services had sent warnings to Belgian authorities about terrorist attacks at sensitive places including nuclear facilities one week before the Brussels attacks which killed 31 people. Milan-based Libero Quotidiano revealed that Moroccan secrete services, on the basis of intelligence from a source based at the border between […]
Following the Sunday attack in Ankara which killed more than 30 people, Turkey’s President vowed to defeat terrorists who are wreaking havoc on his country, become one of their targets because of instability in the region. After a briefing with his Interior Minister Efkan Ala, Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was in Istanbul condemned the attack […]
Tunisian security forces killed early Monday 13 terrorists and arrested 6 others after assailants launched twin attacks against a military barrack and security check points at Ben Guerdane, in the governorate of Medenine. The Defense Ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati told reporters that forces took control of the situation after a group of terrorists launched coordinated […]
Tunisian security forces have killed five “militants” near the border with Libya and the commander of the forces has been injured in the clash, the Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. “Five terrorists holed up in a house in El Aouija were killed by troops and police,” the ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati said. A civilian who […]
Libyan National Army Tuesday announced it liberated the last jihadist-held area of Benghazi after two years of fighting. “We have totally liberated the area of Lithi,” said Fadel al-Hassi, of Libya’s Special Forces. Lithi neighborhood had been a stronghold of militant groups including the Islamic State. Loyalists led by the Libyan Army Chief Commander Khalifa […]