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Moroccan security services have announced Wednesday the arrest of two jihadists linked to ISIS terror organization. They were operating in the northern cities of Tetouan and Fnideq. According to the Moroccan Interior Ministry, the arrest of the two militants, made Read more
In a desperate plea to save Aleppo from “total destruction,” UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura warned that at the ongoing rate of airstrikes, the situation could be worse than “Homs multiplied by 50.” He said he is Read more
A meeting organized and hosted by France to discuss the Libyan crisis is being questioned because there were no Libyan officials present. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stated that organizing the event was an “initiative” that he took “on behalf of Read more
The cooperation between Moscow and Washington in the Syrian war has been suspended due to increasing attacks on civilian areas but the US said efforts to de-conflict counterterrorism would continue. Announcing the decision, US Assistant Secretary and State Department spokesman, Read more
Riyadh has reacted to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) by calling on the US Congress that rejected President Obama’s veto “to avoid the serious unintended consequences that may ensue” from the enactment of the law because “the Read more
US President Barack Obama is expected to prolong for a third consecutive month the US air campaign in Libya against the Islamic State (IS) militants, Fox News reported citing US security officials close to the campaign. The US air force Read more
France and the United Kingdom have joined the tense diplomatic tussle between Russia and the US over Syria at the UN Security Council that has dominated the headlines of this year’s General Assembly. British Ambassador to the UN, Mathew Rycroft Read more
After US presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, met with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday, the latter in an interview with CNN said he has “no doubt” that the Republican candidate Donald Trump would make a Read more
The Iranian Armed Forces held a military parade on Wednesday to commemorate the Sacred Defense Week marking the beginning of their war with Iraq in 1980. The highlight of the event was the unveiling of Zolfaqar, a new long-range ballistic Read more
The UN Humanitarian aid agency has suspended its activities in Syria after a humanitarian and relief aid convoy was struck by warplanes on Monday night in the Urum al-Kubra area near rebel-held Aleppo. Dozens of people, most of them aid Read more