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The Moroccan security services have dismantled 168 terrorist cells since September 2011, a figure which shows Morocco’s relentless war against terrorism. About fifty of the dismantled cells are linked to hotbeds of tension, particularly Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and the Read more
The Tunisian parliament Tuesday greenlighted the creation of a commission tasked to probe into the networks sending Tunisians to terrorist groups in hotbed conflict zones. A heated debate on the return of Tunisian foreign fighters from Libya, Syria and Iraq Read more
Moroccan security services have foiled this Friday another terror plot with the arrest of a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic extremist group ISIS. The seven-member cell was active in several Moroccan cities including El Jadida, Salé, El Gara, the Read more
Lieutenant General Abdul Ghani Al Assadi is hopeful that taking over the western side of Mosul will not be as difficult as the eastern part. It took the Iraqi army and its allies three months to take over almost all Read more
The target of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce the total output by 1.2 million barrels per day is expected to be missed as a source within the oil cartel revealed that “compliance (regarding the agreement to Read more
Iraq’s Ambassador to Turkey Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi said “the Mosul campaign is to wrap up in three months” and the visit by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to Baghdad during the weekend was “a success” and “provided the positive Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has stressed that Iraq “will not accept anything other than the complete withdrawal of the Turkish troops from the Bashiqa base” before its relations with Ankara can go back to normality. Turkey claims that its forces Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said terrorism has grown into “a global problem” and “no longer has a nationality.” In an interview with Der Spiegel online, the Prime Minister called for intensive global efforts to combat the scourge and prevent Read more
Tunisian security authorities have stepped up investigations and arrests as authorities face returns of jihadists who fought abroad in the ranks of terrorist groups including al Qaeda and the Islamic State group (IS). Seven terror cells have been dismantled so Read more
Iraqi first vice president Nuri al-Maliki who is on a working visit to Iran expressed his country’s readiness “to form a strong front against the enemies to confront possible plots after the ISIL.” Maliki met with Ali Akbar Velayati, a Read more