Terrorism
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 08:23
"Sometimes I don't recognise it as my city anymore," says Mr Chalhoub. "Sometimes I feel it's no longer Tripoli or Lebanon. Sometimes I feel like I am in Syria."
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 08:11
THE Presidency explained, yesterday, why the nation’s security forces have found it difficult to completely flush out from their hideouts, members of the Boko Haram sect, who have massacred innocent people and massively destroyed property in the North Eastern part of the country. It admitted that the situation was a complex one.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:41
Hoping to snuff out Boko Haram, Nigerian forces launched a crackdown in May 2013, swooping into towns, rounding up hundreds of youths and strafing suspected hideouts of the militia, who, despite being pushed back, continue to torment civilians and target security forces.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:34
Deputy FM Ghazi Hamad says Times of Israel report ‘fabricated,’ no communication between Gaza PM Haniyeh and Netanyahu.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 11:56
More than a thousand people have demonstrated in the northwestern Tunisian town of Jendouba against the weekend killings of three policemen and a civilian.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:56
Niger has arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighboring Nigeria who are suspected of planning attacks in Niger's south east, Nigerien security officials said on Monday.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:41
Suspected Islamist militants have raided a Nigerian village and murdered dozens, according to witnesses.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:16
Suspected Boko Haram fighters target village, just days after launch of aerial bombardment of suspected hideouts.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:00
Rebels are better armed that government forces, says governor of region where 100 people were killed in a recent attack.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 09:56
Islamist militant group Boko Haram is better armed than the Nigerian military force fighting it, the governor of the region worst hit by the insurgency said on Friday after more than 100 people died in a village raid.