Eurasia

Algerian security forces destroyed six suspected terrorist bunkers and three homemade bombs in three northern provinces on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The operation, in the provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Jijel and Skikda, was part of the fight against terrorism, the ministry said.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry flew to Washington on Tuesday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting of the international anti-Islamic State group coalition hosted by the United States, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry announced. According to statements by foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, Shoukry is set …

Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel said Saturday in Nouakchott that Algeria in September will host an international conference on democracy in the struggle against violent extremism and terrorism. Speaking during the Arab Foreign Ministers Meeting, preparatory to the 27th Arab Summit in Nouakchott, Messahel …

Algerian counter-terrorism forces on Friday killed a terrorist in the upper woods of Boumerdes province, 55 km east of Algiers, the defense ministry said on Saturday in a statement. The militant was identified as B. Reda, alias Abu Shihab, who joined terrorist fiefs in 2006. An automatic gun, a grenade …

The Malian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency, a day after an attack in the centre of the country left 17 soldiers dead and 35 wounded. The government said the state of emergency would last “for a duration of 10 days” following the attack at at an army …

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Thursday his country was serious about pushing forward peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. “Egypt’s recent serious effort aims to break the deadlock that has hung over peace efforts,” he said in a speech broadcast live on state TV.

Mali’s justice ministry announced on Thursday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of 17 soldiers killed in an attack on their base, as Malians observed the first of three days of mourning. The government declared a state of emergency after two groups – one jihadist, the other ethnic …

The UN refugee agency reports that 26 000 people have fled South Sudan to Uganda this month. Andreas Needham, spokesperson for the UN refugee agency, said on Friday that thousands of South Sudanese have left their country since fighting erupted on July 7 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir …

Libya’s government has summoned the French ambassador amid concern over the French military presence in the country. Three French officers were killed last week in eastern Libya, and the French government acknowledged that special forces are operating there as part of Western efforts to support the unity government.

The UN’s special envoy on Libya on Tuesday called on all the country’s armed groups to unite against ISIS. “The fight against Daesh, which is the number one enemy, must be a Libyan fight and a united fight,” said Martin Kobler, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS, after meeting French …