January, 2015

• 5 January

  French President rules out intervention in Libya

  French President Francois Hollande said today that France would not intervene unilaterally in Libya and urged the international community to take action to stem the deepening crisis in the country. “We are acting to contain terrorism in the south, but France will not intervene in Libya because it’s for the international community to …

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• 5 January

  Egypt forms ‘crisis cell’ to release nationals kidnapped in Libya

  A “crisis cell” to “secure the lives of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya” and work on their release was formed Monday, upon the orders of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Over the past week, 20 Egyptians, all of them Christian, were kidnapped in two separate incidents. The crisis cell convened and discussed …

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December, 2014

• 19 December

  Algeria, Egypt relations on positive trend, says Egyptian ambassador to Algiers

  The Algerian-Egyptian relations witness “substantial” and “very positive progress,” said Wednesday in Algiers, Egypt’s Ambassador Omar Ali Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Eich. In a statement to the press following the meeting he had with the President of the Republic, to whom he presented his credentials as an Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary …

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• 19 December

  Tunisia to deploy 36,000 troops to secure presidential runoff vote

  The Tunisian army plans to deploy 36,000 troops to secure a presidential runoff vote slated for Sunday, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. “Around 28,000 soldiers will be used to secure polling stations, while 8,000 others will be deployed in rapid reaction units,” Belhasan al-Waslati said.

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• 19 December

  EU imposes additional sanctions on Crimea

  The EU Thursday imposed substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol. “This is to reinforce the EU’s policy of not recognising their illegal annexation by Russia,” said an EU statement which came hours before EU leaders are to begin a summit in Brussels to discuss …

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• 19 December

  Iraqi Kurdish PM will visit Turkey

  The prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, is set to arrive in Turkey on the night of Dec. 18, ahead of talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç has announced.

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• 19 December

  Kurdish forces recapture ground in Iraq

  Kurdish forces backed up by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, a top US commander said Dec. 18. More than 50 air strikes in recent days by coalition aircraft “have …

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• 19 December

  France, Algeria to increase security cooperation

  Algerian Minister of Interior and Local Governments Tayeb Belaiz met his French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve here on Thursday to discuss security cooperation. The discussions covered “all issues relating to security and training as well as the movement of people,” Algeria Press Service (APS) quoted Belaiz as saying after the meeting. …

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• 19 December

  Pakistan army launch operation after Peshawar attack

  Pakistan army retaliated to the the deadly Taliban attack at Peshawar school by killing 57 militants in massive airstrikes in the Khyber tribal region where the suicide bombers were reportedly trained. The army launched 20 airstrikes yesterday on several Taliban hideouts in Tirah valley area of Khyber tribal region which …

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• 19 December

  Sharif toughens stand after Peshawar massacre

  With the death toll in the Peshawar army school massacre rising to 148 overnight, Pakistan yesterday turned over a new leaf in its approach to terrorism. Mr. Sharif swore that politicians would bury their differences and unite to defeat terrorism. Their meeting came as a photograph of the men who …

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