Border Control
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 06:58
Compared to June, the amount of goods transported through the illegal tunnels that connect Egypt to the Gaza “constitutes only 7.5% of the amount of goods that entered via the tunnels per day prior to June 2013,” the report said.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 06:55
The province shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia and is considered a main gate for the ongoing war in Syria.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 06:32
Kurdish fighters in Syria have seized a major border crossing with Iraq from al-Qaeda-linked groups, which had held the crossing since March, according to activists and an Iraqi official.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 06:27
It is unclear whether the executed men were already in custody in the province or were rounded up, but they were not believed to be connected to the border attack.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:21
The defense minister claimed that the Global Jihad elements were attempting to elicit an Israeli response against Hezbollah with the rocket fire.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:19
Turkey and Iraq, both concerned by the rise of al Qaeda in Syria, said on Friday their strained relations were improving and they would cooperate more closely to limit the spillover from Syria's civil war.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 12:00
Algerian troops have discovered a huge cache of weapons near the border with Libya, including surface-to-air missiles, rockets and landmines, an Algerian security source said on Thursday.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:10
International action is needed if Sahrawis are to benefit from their own minerals, oil and fishing resources.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:09
Heavy clashes have broken out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and the army.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:07
MORE than two years after Sudan’s southerners voted for a country of their own, some people in lands along the new border with the old rump Sudan remain in limbo. Acuil Akol comes from Abyei, a triangle of contested territory whose residents are mostly Ngok-Dinka, an offshoot of South Sudan’s largest tribe. He and his neighbours were meant to have a vote in 2011 to decide whether to join the south. But rows over who is entitled to vote have delayed it. Tired of waiting, he is now leading efforts to stage an unofficial referendum to “tell the world what we want”.