Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria has come under harsh criticism for its failure to rescue hostages held by Al Qaida at a major natural gas facility. Diplomats said countries with nationals held hostage at the gas facility near Algeria’s border with Libya failed to be consulted by the North African state before the Army […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The Hydra-headed challenge of global terrorism continues as the multi-faceted threat changes and mutates in response to increasingly effective counter-measures. Few countries have been in the cross hairs of violence as has been Pakistan, so it should come as no surprise that in the Security Council’s urgent meeting to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Algeria’s armed forces on Jan. 17 attempted a rescue operation of foreign hostages held by Al Qaida at a natural gas facility. [Reuters reported that, according to a source, six hostages and eights captors were killed when the Algerian military opened fire on a vehicle being used by the captors. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Syria is reported to have been a leading client of Russia’s defense sector in 2011. The Congressional Research Service said Russia achieved its biggest weapons agreement last year with Syria. CRS cited a Russian deal to sell 36 Yak-130 trainer aircraft for $550 million. In mid-2012, Moscow said it suspended […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria has captured a large group of suspected members of Al Qaida. Algerian security sources said about 200 operatives of Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb were captured after a military operation near the border with Libya. The sources said the AQIM operatives were headed to Libya to acquire […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Islamist opposition, despite the deployment of hundreds of international observers, has asserted that Algerian parliamentary elections were ridden with fraud. A three-member Islamic coalition has rejected election results released from the May 10 elections in Algeria. The so-called Green Alliance, which came in a distance third, charged that the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida’s network in North Africa has demanded a leading Islamic preacher held in Britain. Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb has demanded the release of Omar Mahmoud Othman, known as Abu Qatada. AQIM said it was ready to release a British hostage if London facilitated the transfer of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria and Morocco have been preparing to open their borders after nearly 20 years of tension. Officials said Algeria and Morocco have agreed in principle to open their borders as part of renewed security cooperation. They said Morocco, after more than a decade of efforts, has persuaded Algeria to conduct […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Algeria has been struck by its first major bombing in 2012. At least four people were killed and 19 others injured in a bombing of a passenger bus in eastern Algeria on Feb. 19. Officials said the civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device was detonated as the bus […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Al Qaida is said to be expanding operations throughout North Africa from the insurgency network’s base in Mali. Mauritanian President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz said Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb took over a large area of northern Mali. Abdul Aziz said AQIM was threatening interests throughout the Sahel […]