First Independent Mena Newspaper
The two-day working visit of the head of national security and foreign policy committee of the Iranian parliament, Alaedin Boroujerdi, to Syria during which he met with prominent officials such as President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi, and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem ended on Thursday. Addressing the press before leaving for Tehran, Boroujerdi said […]
Syrian authorities have said that their air forces have shot down what they described as “a hostile US surveillance aircraft in Latakia” province, the stronghold of Bachar al-Assad in north-west of Syria. The state-controlled Syrian news agency said “air defences brought down a hostile US surveillance plane in northern Latakia”, stressing that the hit aircraft […]
Two US top diplomats, State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon and David Thorne a senior advisor to the Secretary of State, are in Egypt to widen the cooperation ventures between the two countries. Relationship between Washington and Cairo was tense when the former decided to suspend some of its military aid to the North African country […]
There are suspicions that Fajr Libya (Dawn of Libya), a coalition of Islamic fighters, is planning to carry out a terrorist attack using airplanes at the Tripoli International Airport. North African countries including Nigeria have all raised their alert because of fears that the 11 missing commercial aircrafts could be used to launch an attack. […]
Iraq could soon be forcing the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to retreat as military weapons from Russia begin to arrive. A visit by Defense Minister Saadun al-Dulaimi to Moscow on Wednesday is expected to have fast-tracked the delivery period due to the failure of the army in halting the […]
The relations between Nouakchott and Washington with regards to the fight against terrorism have been boosted with a $21million worth of military aircraft equipment to counter the growing threat of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Mauritania is considered as a strategic location to fight against terrorism in the Maghreb and its soldiers also have […]
Reports concerning Libya have claimed that a “veteran associate of Osama bin Laden” for more than a decade has taken over a secret U.S military training base in Libya. Tripoli and Washington have not commented on the issue even though the training camp is located only 27kilometers away from the Libyan capital. The base used […]
Russia could be on the verge of signing an agreement with Egypt as reports claim that a delegation of advisers is in Cairo to meet with officials. Egypt is expected to buy 24 advanced MiG-35 fighter jets as part of its switch towards using Russian military hardware. Negotiations have reached advanced stages. The MiG-35 jets […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco who is on a four-nation tour in Africa, the second in less than a year, launched on Monday a heartfelt call for boosting inter-African cooperation, rebuilding Africans’ trust in their own potentials, overcoming Afro-pessimism and unleashing the continent’s intellectual and material potential. “Africa should learn to trust Africa… and African […]
While South Sudan is witnessing a rebellion and possibly the onset of a civil war, Western nations have airlifted their citizens from Africa’s youngest country. At the same time, French soldiers are patrolling the streets of the Central African Republic (CAR) along with African peacekeepers flown in from Burundi and Cameroon among others. 3700 African […]