February, 2018

• 22 February

  Iran ready to cooperate with UN to solve Yemen crisis: Envoy

  Iran’s UN envoy announced on Wednesday that Tehran is ready to cooperate with Martin Griffiths, the United Nations’ new Special Envoy for Yemen, to halt the three-year Yemeni crisis.

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• 22 February

  Rouhani: Iranians rightly believe defense power is nonnegotiable

  President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday criticized “purposeful commotion” created over Iran’s missile program by certain countries, saying the Iranian nation’s mind is fresh with the “bitter” memories of Saddam Hussein’s missile attacks on Iranian cities in the 1980s and they believe that Iran’s defense capability must not be open to …

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• 20 February

  Iraqi security forces arrest senior IS commander in central Ramadi

  Iraqi security forces arrested on Monday night a senior Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda commander in central Ramadi, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Baghdad Today news website on Tuesday, the source said, “Adnan al-Marawi, a senior leader in the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups, was …

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• 20 February

  France, Egypt hold joint naval exercises

  The Egyptian army on Tuesday announced the launch of joint naval exercises with France in the Red Sea. Dubbed “Cleopatra 2018”, the drill officially kicked off Tuesday and will continue until Friday, Egyptian military spokesman Tamer al-Rifai said in a statement.

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• 20 February

  Libyan army says to sign deal to unify military establishment

  Libya’s eastern-based army spokesman Ahmad Mismari said Wednesday that an agreement will be signed soon to unify the military establishment in Libya under Egyptian auspices. “The meetings to unify the military establishment will continue tomorrow in Cairo, to complete the final consultations in particular,” Mismari said in a press conference …

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• 20 February

  Libyan Army holds military maneuver east of Misrata

  The Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council, Ahmed Maitiq, attended Saturday a military exercise with live ammunition at the Military Nemwa Airbase in the district of Sadada, east of Misrata. Several officials from the Libyan Armed Forces attended the exercise including Chief of Staff of Air Force, Major General Ali …

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• 20 February

  Two algerian soldiers killed near Tunisian border by explosion

  Two Algerian soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Monday following the explosion of a roadside bomb not far from the Tunisian border, reported local media. Citing local security sources, TSA news website reported that two soldiers were killed in the locality of Cherchar, within the province of Khenchla.

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• 20 February

  Three Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai campaign

  Egypt said on Monday three of its soldiers had been killed in the Sinai Peninsula during a wide-ranging operation against the local branch of the Islamic State group. Four “extremists” were also killed, the military said in a statement. It was the first military death toll announced since the army …

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• 20 February

  US says airstrike in Somalia kills 4 members of al-Shabaab

  The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabaab extremist group. A statement on Friday from the US Africa Command says the strike was carried out on Thursday about 50km northwest of the port city of Kismayo. The statement says …

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• 19 February

  Middle east events and news

  ISIS-Affiliated Nasher News Announces New ISIS Internet Radio Domain On February 13, 2018, the Telegram channels of the Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated Nasher News published a link to the new domain of the ISIS Internet radio station Al-Bayan. Pro-ISIS Telegram Channel Circulates Russian ISIS ‎Android App On January 24, 2018, a …

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