Counterterrorism
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:29
Nearly seven months after the National Conference on Tackling the Phenomenon of Extremism in Somalia came out with a ground-breaking, seven-point fatwa condemning al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamic Scholars Association (SISA) is finally in the planning stages to follow up with another meeting of religious scholars.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 13:53
The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa will hold a hearing to assess the United States' ongoing strategic relationship with Morocco.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 13:24
Secretary Kerry's opening remarks at the second U.S.-Algeria Strategic Dialogue.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:46
The statement also praised successes achieved by Yemen in reorganizing and modernizing its military institution.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:18
A number of bungled drone strikes carried out by the Joint Special Operations Command in Yemen led the government there in recent months to temporarily ban drone strikes by the military.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:16
Judge Collyer said "the fact is that Anwar al-Awlaki was an active and exceedingly dangerous enemy of the United States, irrespective of his distance, location and citizenship."
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 06:39
The law intensifies the penalty against crimes of terrorism and introduces new penalties for new crimes, Adel Labib, minister of local development, told Aswat Masriya.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 06:31
In a strategic dialogue, the US Secretary of State, John Kerry and Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra said they were working to increase security coordination to fight drug trafficking and kidnapping-for-ransom that fund terrorism in North and West Africa.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:53
Senior Egyptian ministers said they would pass legislation on Thursday "connected to confronting terrorism", in a statement released hours after three explosions killed two people in Cairo.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 08:53
Senior Egyptian ministers said they would pass legislation on Thursday "connected to confronting terrorism", in a statement released hours after three explosions killed two people in Cairo.