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After months of claiming that investigations did not find any foul play concerning the Russian airplane that was downed over the Sinai desert shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheikh airport on October 31, Egypt hinted without clearly stating it that Read more
Morocco is taking part in the North Thunder joint military drills started on Monday in Hafer al-Batin in northeastern Saudi Arabia, along some 20 Arab and Islamic countries, notably Egypt, Jordan, Gulf Cooperation Council Members, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Yemen. Read more
Russia has reacted to Saudi Arabia’s military deployment plans in Syria, saying it is a “bad” idea that could ignite a permanent war. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told German newspaper Handelsblatt that it is a “bad” idea because “a Read more
After declaring Ramadi in the Anbar province liberated in December, the Iraqi government announced that the city is fully under the control of its forces after militants of the Islamic State (IS) group were forced out of its suburbs on Read more
Russia’s powerful Federal Security Service (FSB) announced it nabbed seven members of the Islamic State who were planning terrorist attacks on Russian soil. The seven members are from Russia and from some Central Asian countries and are led by a Read more
Egypt announced Thursday injection of additional $32 million to improve security in tourism resorts and archeological sites across the country following two attacks on tourists in January. Egyptian Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou announced the series of measures including installation Read more
Jakarta security authorities said Friday they have identified four out the five attackers who assaulted the Indonesian capital downtown on Thursday killing two people. One of the four attackers has been identified as Afif Sunakim by police chief Gen Badrodin Read more
Militants of the Islamic State in Libya attacked the oil ports of Sidra and Ras Lanouf as they try to expand their control in the country towards the east and over oil infrastructures. Their attempt was unsuccessful with both sides Read more
A UK couple fan of London 7/7 bombing has been handed life in prison sentence Wednesday after security investigations revealed that the couple was plotting IS-style attacks on the tenth of London 7/7 bombings. Sana Ahmed Khan, 24 and Mohammed Read more
100,000 security forces will dispatched across the country from December 30 to ward off terrorist attacks planned by IS an attempt to inflict losses to the kingdom, reports say. Morocco daily Assabah relayed by other local media Wednesday indicates that Read more