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The Algerian police announced the arrest of the leader of the local branch of the Islamic State group (IS) and former commander of al Qaeda in the country, which was responsible for several attacks against tourists and security forces. A Read more
Saudi Arabia and its allies, which have severed ties with Qatar, have added nine individuals from Qatar, Yemen, Kuwait and Libya as well as nine other organizations from Yemen and Libya to their list of terror entities and individuals with Read more
UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura, acknowledged in an interview with Sputnik that intra-Syrian talks to end the Syrian crisis are progressing. World powers have been concerned about the six-year old war and Mistura is convinced that the Read more
“After a continuous struggle against terrorism and its agents that lasted for more than three years… we announce to you the liberation of Benghazi from terrorism,” Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army (LNA) stated in a TV Read more
A royal decree published by the Saudi Press Agency has announced changes in the royal establishment with prince Mohammed bin Nayef being relieved from his position and replaced by King Salman’s young son Prince Mohammed bin Salman who become the Read more
Head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar has charged Qatar for alleged backing of terror groups in Libya as the small gulf country undergoes regional pressure following last week diplomatic tension. Haftar, who is linked to the United Arab Read more
The US military carried out its second known raid in Yemen on Tuesday at a place believed to be a hideout for militants of Al-Qaeda in the Peninsula (AQAP). The raid in al-Sirim, Maib province, was carried out with the Read more
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday a tour in the Gulf and the Middle East as of this May 23 with Saudi Arabia as his first stop in a move to warm up ties with the Arab world. The tour, Read more
The Islamic State group (IS) Monday came forward to shoulder responsibility for the Sunday bomb attack that targeted a police station in the Algerian eastern city of Constantine. Algerian security authorities Sunday said a policeman managed to foil the bomb Read more
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army expressed hope that his LNA will get the support of the USA in helping to lift the “unjust” UN arms embargo imposed on the country. In an interview with French media Read more