Tunisian Sentenced to Year in Prison for Pledging Allegiance to ISIS
A court in Tunis sentenced a Tunisian man to a one-year prison after being accused of pledging allegiance to the terrorist organization ISIS and planning attacks inside Tunisia.
Niger: plusieurs dizaines de soldats tués dans l’attaque d’une garnison à Inates
Cette attaque est la plus meurtrière jamais enregistrée dans cette zone frontalière avec le Mali. Selon un bilan du ministère nigérien de la Défense, au moins 71 militaires ont été tués dans l’attaque et un « nombre important d’assaillants neutralisés ».
Former soldier who fled to Syria arrested on her return to Ireland
Lisa Smith, 38, moved to Syria in 2015 to live under Isis rule after converting to Islam.
A former member of the Irish defence forces who moved to Syria to live under Islamic State has returned to Ireland and been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences.
Denmark: 3 Men Guilty for Buying Drones for ISIS
A Copenhagen court found on Thursday three men guilty of helping a terror organization by buying drones and components on behalf of ISIS.
ISIL is not dead, it just moved to Africa
Illegal armed groups are opportunistic by nature. They usually start their operations and recruit followers in countries where there is poverty, corruption, religious conflict or ethnic strife, and where the security forces are unable to keep the public safe and illegal formations under control.
Burkina Faso Seeks to Defend Gold Sector Against Militants
Burkina Faso is facing a challenge on how to protect its gold industry against a wave of jihadist violence that last month left scores of mining employees dead in a single attack.
Egypt says Qatar supported Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt has cut ties with Qatar as a result of the Gulf state’s “support to terror groups [Muslim Brotherhood],” Egyptian representative at the International Court of Justice said yesterday.
‘Qatar has failed to honour obligations’
The UAE and Saudi Arabia on Monday accused Qatar at the UN high court of failing to honour its obligations amid a two-year diplomatic spat locking a Saudi-led bloc and Doha.
Norway’s Top Cop Seems Baffled by Free Speech – but Not by the Inviolability of the Koran
Norwegian police chief Benedicte Bjørnland is unable to rid from her mind the certainty that mistreating a copy of the Koran is wrong and that she and her fellow flatfoots should, under some statute or other, have the power to do something about it. In short, for the Norwegian police, the Koran is, in a way, as holy as it is for Muslims.
‘MINI SCHENGEN’: A BALKAN BREAKTHROUGH OR POLITICAL STUNT?
Can a plan to replicate the EU’s freedom of movement in the Balkans transform the region — or is it all about political posturing?
A week before the European Union dashed the EU hopes of Albania and North Macedonia back in October, the prime ministers of those countries met with Serbia’s president and unveiled a regional initiative that was quickly dubbed the “mini Schengen”.