After 15 days of the Libyan-Tunisian border being shut following a suicide bombing in Tunis by ISIS, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday that it will be reopened. “The border with Libya was opened Thursday at midnight,” ministry spokesperson Walid
Yesterday, ISIS managed to impose full control over the city of Sabratha which is situated some 50 miles west of Tripoli in Libya. Fears are mounting that Islamic State fighters might very well demolish several ancient priceless Roman landmarks in
Warring Libyan factions that met in Tunisia on Sunday said they had reached an agreement to be approved by rival parliaments on ending the political deadlock that has plagued the country since Moammar Gaddafi’s overthrow. “This is a historic moment
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has already spread past the Levant (Al-Sham) and Iraq, making their way to the North African countries of Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Algeria while much of the world attempts to devise a
Egypt’s top court on Thursday ordered a retrial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, overturning a death sentence for protest violence, a judicial official and a lawyer said. Thirty-six co-defendants who were condemned to death or life in prison by
The Libyan port-city of Sirte was once home to almost 100,000 civilians and a thriving maritime shipping industry; however today, it is a painful reminder of what Libya once was and what it turned into after the abdication and death
Tunisia has identified three suspects wanted over Tuesday’s suicide bombing that killed 12 presidential guards and is offering a financial reward for information leading to their arrest. The interior ministry issued a statement on Friday evening identifying the wanted men
With news of Russia’s sanctions on Turkey, Egypt has quickly stated its intentions of wanting to replace Turkey’s imports to Russia. In a statement made on Sunday, Tarek Qabil, Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade said he was going
Masked gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four Egyptian policemen south of Cairo on Saturday, the interior ministry said. The gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle, killing those inside, in an area between the famed Giza pyramids west of
Tunisia said on Wednesday it is closing its border with Libya, a hotbed of violent unrest, a day after a deadly suicide bombing claimed by the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) takfiri group. No reason was
