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Two extremist jihadists have been killed by a military patrol in Semmama mountain located in midwestern Kasserine province, the Tunisian Defense Ministry said on Friday. After clashes with a group of armed jihadists in Semama mountain, a unit of the Tunisian army killed two jihadists.

The Algerian, Egyptian and Tunisian foreign ministries today agreed on the terms for resolving the crisis in neighbouring Libya. Foreign ministers Khemaies Jhinaoui of Tunisia, Egyptian Sameh Shoukry, and Algerian Minister for Maghreb, African and Arab League Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, met in the Tunisia capital Tunis for two days of …

The ambassador of France to Libya, Brigitte Curmi has reaffirmed the stance of the French government supporting the political accord and the GNA. This came during her meeting with the delegated Minister of Interior, Dr Al Araf Al Khuja in Tunis. The meeting covered security situation in Libya generally, and …

Morocco King Mohammed VI’s visit to Mali has been postponed to a later date, according to a tweet posted by the Malian presidency on Tuesday. The presidency said that the postponement of the visit was “due to a decision on the part of Morocco.” Mali was thought to be one …

The leaders of Algeria and Germany talked about economic and security cooperation over the phone on Tuesday. Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting terrorism and illegal migration, citing a statement from the Algerian prime minister’s office.

The presidents of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia will hold a summit soon to try to find ways to reconcile neighbouring Libya’s rival political factions and stem the country’s chaos, diplomats said on Monday. The summit was announced in Tunis after a new round of diplomatic efforts for Libya, where two …

A Libyan spokesperson says a top security official in the eastern city of Benghazi has survived an assassination attempt by a car bomb. The spokespersn, Walid Urfi, told The Associated Press that Col. Salah al-Hewidi – who refused to leave his post as a security chief of Benghazi after being …

Several events in the last few months, especially in the context of the process of re-examining some major topics of Washington’s foreign policy – including the relationship with Iran – brought to the attention the Mojahedine e-Khalq (MKO)[1], a controversial anti-Tehran regime group with a complex history dating from the …

Tunisia strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq that killed and wounded several people. In a statement issued Friday, the Foreign Ministry condemns the heinous terrorist acts in Iraq over the last two days that killed and wounded several innocent victims.

Presidents of interim authorities in Northern Mali, whose appointment is provided by the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement sealed in 2015, have been appointed and will be installed as from Saturday in Kidal, announced the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. “On a proposal from the Malian government, Hassan Ag Fagaga …