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A militant leader who joined the Islamic State jihadist group was killed in an army operation west of the Algerian capital, a security source said on Monday. Mouloud Baal, also known as Abou El Moundhir, was a former member of the extremist Armed Islamic Front (GIA) which battled the Algiers …

French President François Hollande asserted “his support and solidarity” with Tunisia after the terrorist attack, Monday, in Ben Guerdane, causing deaths among civilians, security and military forces. “The French President stands beside Tunisia which has once more been targeted for being a symbol,” according to a statement posted on the …

Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Arabi has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Ben Guerdane, affirming the Arab organisation’s full support to the government and people of Tunisia in their fight against terrorism.

Algeria and Tunisia are closely cooperating in the fight against terrorism, Algeria’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. “Algeria has always been in the front line of the fight against terrorism with the determined joint security forces,” foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra told reporters following Monday’s terrorist attacks hitting southern Tunisia, near …

he African Union will send a mission to northern Mali in the next few weeks to look into setting up a counter-terrorism force to support vulnerable UN peacekeepers, sources familiar with the matter said. The Bamako government, as well as some officials of the UN force in Mali, MINUSMA, have …

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday recommending the suspension of military aid and assistance to Egypt in light of the “abduction, savage torture and killing” of Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. The resolution was passed by a majority of EU member states, with 558 voting in …

Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel said Thursday, in Cairo, Algeria is for a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Speaking with Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Dairi, on the sidelines 145th session of Arab League’s ministerial council, Messahel recalled Algeria’s position in favour …

US troops took part in a helicopter-borne special forces raid against Shabaab insurgents in Somalia, a US official said on Wednesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the operation overnight on Tuesday to Wednesday as a “US partnered raid” with US troops accompanying Somali forces. The raid …

Morocco has accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of “abandoning neutrality, objectivity and impartiality” during a recent visit to Western Saharan refugee camps in southern Algeria. Morocco’s Foreign Ministry has criticized Ban’s trip in a statement, condemning the use of the term “occupation” in describing the territorial status of the Western …

Fresh clashes in Tunisia’s Ben Guerdane area near the Libyan border left 10 jihadists and a soldier dead as thousands attended funerals Wednesday for victims of a major assault. The assault, launched on Monday on army and police posts and blamed by authorities on the Islamic State group (ISIS), and …