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Algerian internal security forces have been able to bust 30 terror and recruiting cells over the first ten months of 2016, reports say. The work has been possible thanks to daily and permanent surveillance of websites used by terrorist groups to lure Algerians, local media echoroukonline.com reports. According to Echorouk, security forces have been able […]
Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj has officially announced “the end of military operations” against the Islamic State in the coastal town of Sirte; eight months after the offensive was launched with aerial support from Western countries. He was quick to add that the “the liberation of the […]
Head of Tunisian national security, Abderrahmane Belhaj Ali, has resigned, only one year after he was named to the position, the interior ministry said in a statement. Belhaj Ali was picked by former Prime Minister Habid Essid for his experience and was tasked with reorganizing the country’s internal security services following November 24 attack in […]
Two online movements have called for national unification in front of looming return of Tunisian terrorists fighting in the ranks of terrorist organizations abroad. Thousands of Tunisians have been reported fighting for the Islamic State group (IS), al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The number of Tunisian terrorists abroad has been estimated at over 3,000, […]
Moroccan security forces Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect connected to a terrorist cell arrested in France last month, reports say. The cell, affiliated to the Islamic State group (IS), was dismantled in Strasbourg, north-eastern France, mid-November. The five-man cell made of four French citizens and a Moroccan was planning to stage attacks in […]
A first instance court at Nabeul has sentenced eleven people to fourteen years in prison for attacking a police office and using arms in 2013 at Kelibia as they protested against assassination of Chokri Belaïd, a political figure, a judiciary officer says. The ruling according to Rihab Mhadhbi, spokesperson of the court, was made in […]
Tunisian security authorities announced Wednesday that they busted a terror cell planning terrorist attacks against political figures, media personalities as well security officials. The North Africa country has been since the 2011 revolution haunted by terror groups. The Islamic State group (IS) masterminded three major terror attacks last year in capital Tunis and at resort […]
The Islamic State group has claimed the killing of an Algerian police officer in the eastern district of Constantine on Friday. The officer was killed in a restaurant in Constantine by three gunmen who shot him and ran away with his service weapon. The army acknowledged the officer was killed by a terrorist group but […]
The Islamic State group (IS) Sunday claimed responsibility for the mass stabbings at a Minnesota mall on Saturday which left nine people injured. “The executor of the stabbing attacks in Minnesota yesterday (Saturday) was a soldier of the Islamic State who carried out the operation in response to calls to target citizens of countries belonging […]
The much talked about and strongly criticized anti-terrorism law has been approved by President Sisi on Sunday with the hope that it will help the country curb the terror attacks on government officials and security personnel in the country. The government decided to embark on legal measures to reinforce its fight against terrorism in July […]