2-year sentence issued to Ansar Al-Sharia defendants for insulting court
One of the defendants reportedly threw his shoe during a court session
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âMissiles Cellâ trial postponed to 10 May
Thirty-six defendants involved in case, out of which 14 are still at large
Number of Egyptians beheaded in Libya stands at 20
UN and church official in Minya correct and confirm figure
Defence minister calls for combat readiness on Egypt-Libya border
Move aims at countering terrorism, says Sedki Sobhi
Egypt truckers warned on Libya
International community expresses concern over Libya, Egypt reiterates travel warning
Members of âAnsar Al-Sharia in Egyptâ militant group referred to trial
Prosecution says the group founder sent some members to Syria for training
Al-Qaeda urges Libyans to fight rogue general
AFP – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb urged Libyans to fight a rogue general who is pressing an offensive against Islamist militias in the countryâs east, labelling him an âenemy of Islamâ. Last month, ex-general Khalifa Haftar unleashed forces from his so-called National Army on Islamist militias in Benghazi in a campaign dubbed âOperation Dignityâ. …
Elite Libya unit boosts rogue generalâs Islamist hunt
Gunmen stormed the GNC in southern Tripoli on Sunday, two days after an anti-Islamist offensive launched by a rogue general in the eastern city of Benghazi.
Libya parliament attacked, Benghazi Islamists targeted
AFP – Armed groups attacked Libyaâs interim parliament and an air base in the east Sunday, adding to turmoil in the troubled country where a rogue general has launched an offensive against Islamists in the city of Benghazi. A colonel claiming to speak on behalf of the army declared that parliament had been suspended. âWe, …
Three suspected jihadists dead in Tunisia police raid: Ministry
AFP – Security forces killed three suspected jihadists in an anti-terrorist operation Monday in a region of northwest Tunisia where Islamist militants shot dead four people last month, the interior ministry said. The police surrounded a house in the Jendouba region straddling the Algerian border and killed âthree terrorists,â ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui said, …
Return of jihadist fighters from Syria sparks fear in Tunisia
AFP â Around 400 Tunisian jihadists have returned from fighting in the Syrian war, the interior minister said, sparking fears that the battle-hardened militants could fuel Islamist violence back home. Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has been rocked by sporadic violence linked to Muslim extremists who were suppressed under the regime of ousted strongman Zine …
Ibrahim reveals the perpetrators behind recent terrorist attacks
The Minister of Interior accused the Brotherhood of funding “terrorist organisations”
Tunisia topless protester faces new charges
Amina Sboui, better known by her pseudonym Tyler, will be charged under the “criminal conspiracy” section of the penal code
Salafists in Tunis for banned meet clash with police
Clashes also took place in Kairouan
Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Ansar al-Sharia had urged its supporters to travel to the venue in groups in a bid to get past police.
Jihadist leader threatens war against Tunisia govt
Abu Iyadh, whose real name is Seif Allah Ibn Hussein, is accused of organising numerous acts of violence and has been on the run since September, after an attack by Islamist protesters on the US embassy in September in which four of them died.
Tunisia jihadists on patrol as tensions simmer
The first jihadist patrols were seen in Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the revolution, a day after the funeral of Belaid last Friday
Attack on Americans jolts Libya to act on militias
Ansar al-Sharia is widely suspected of being behind the assault on the US consulate
Islamist attack on Yemen army checkpoint kills 13
By Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters SANAA: At least eight Yemeni soldiers and five militants were killed when Islamist gunmen attacked an army checkpoint in the central Maarib province on Tuesday, a local official said. In the southern city of Lawdar, where 57 people were killed on Monday in clashes between government forces and fighters from al …