Burkina Faso and Niger plan regular joint operations to regain lost grounds
The G5 Sahel was created in 2014 to restore order and security in the Sahel region. However, its results are hardly convincing. Faced with the...
Month: August 2022
Mozambique’s jihadi rebels launch new offensive in North
A new offensive by Mozambique's Islamic extremist rebels in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado has increased the number of displaced by 80,000 and...
Mass graves discovered in Libya
Libyan authorities said Monday that seven unidentified bodies were found in the western town of Tarhuna, where scores of corpses have been discovered in mass...
Hamas and Islamic Jihad agree on coordination of anti-colonial struggle
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad in Palestine have agreed to "continue to coordinate" their efforts in the anti-colonial struggle against the...
Taliban impose ‘harsh’ limits on Afghans’ religious freedom
Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after...
Hezbollah attack on gas field may spark war
Israel on Monday warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah any attack on its gas assets could spark war, after the terrorist organization threatened to “sever” Israel’s hands if...
Gulf of Aden security review
Yemeni President Rashad al Alimi met with unspecified UAE officials in Abu Dhabi on August 17. The UAE reportedly demanded that Alimi withdraw all Yemeni...
Houthi restrictions on child vaccination campaigns threaten spread of epidemic diseases
Yemen’s Minister of Information Muammar Al-Eryani warned against the Houthis’ continued restrictions on child immunization programs in the capital of Sanaa and other areas under...
Why Afghanistan matters little to the west
Absent a major, credible transnational terrorist threat, Afghanistan has returned to where it should have always been: a peripheral concern of the United States and...
Taliban circulates video of Haqqanis plotting 2010 suicide raid against U.S. troops
The Taliban released a video showing its deputy emir and interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani and other top terrorist commanders finishing preparations for a large-scale suicide...
Hostages freed after Al-Shabaab hotel attack kills 20
Somali police commissioner Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar later told reporters that more than 100 people, including women and children, had been rescued during the siege.
U.S. concerned about violence on Syria-Turkey border
Washington is "deeply concerned" about a recent flare-up of violence along Syria's northern border with Turkey, a State Department spokesman said Monday.