Erdogan: Countries attacking Islam want to relaunch Crusades
The cartoon on the cover of Charlie Hebdo, showed Erdogan sitting in a white T-shirt and underpants, holding a canned drink along with a woman wearing an Islamic hijab.
Month: October 2020
Mali: à Bamako, l’étonnant itinéraire du djihadiste Fawaz Ould Ahmed
Le Mauritanien « Ibrahim 10 » est soupçonné d’être impliqué dans les attentats du restaurant La Terrasse et de l’hôtel Radisson Blu en 2015 dans la capitale malienne.
Mali opens trial over 2015 Bamako attacks on foreigners
Mali has begun the trial of alleged Islamist gunmen accused of killing two dozen people in separate attacks – both targeting foreigners – on a luxury hotel and a restaurant in the capital Bamako, in 2015.
US missionary kidnapped in southern Niger
An American citizen has been kidnapped in a village in southern Niger close to the border with Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility so far.
Philip Walton had been living and working as a missionary in the area of Massalata for a year.
Libya to Release Russians Charged With Vote Meddling
Libya’s internationally recognized government has agreed to release two Russian political operatives who’ve been jailed for more than a year, officials said, signaling a detente with Moscow, which had backed a rival in a devastating civil war.
Erdogan finds advantages for Turkey in France boycott campaign
Relying on Kuwait’s Muslim Brotherhood, Ankara aims to embarrass Saudi Arabia.
The increasing calls in Kuwait to boycott French products seem less a spontaneous action to defend Islam and its Messenger than part of a plan to thrust Kuwait into the centre of a boycott movement aimed at embarrassing Saudi Arabia and showing that its boycott of Turkish goods and products is unjustified.
Mali and France at odds over talks with Islamist militants
Mali’s interim prime minister said on Monday he was open to talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast swathes of the country ungovernable, but former colonial power France signalled opposition to the idea.
Egypt worried about Hamas-Turkey close ties
Egypt has demanded that Turkey stay away from issues the Egyptians are dealing with, including efforts to end the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction.
Mladenov: PA at risk of economic collapse unless ties with Israel renewed
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov urged Israel to lift some of its restrictions on the movement of goods and people between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Lebanese president’s daughter ‘doesn’t mind’ conditional peace with Israel
Claudine Aoun Roukoz, daughter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun and head of the National Commission for Lebanese Women, stressed that she would “not mind” if Lebanon makes peace with Israel, in an interview with Al-Jadeed TV on Sunday.