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Belgium Launches Terrorist Attacks Warning System

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 13, 2017 | World

Brussels- The Belgian government has revealed that it would start implementing a warning system that communicates information on terrorist attacks to mobile devices via text or voice messages. Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon said on Twitter that the...

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Belgian Candidate for Presidency of Europol

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 8, 2017 | World

Brussels-The term of Current Director of European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) Rob Wainwright will come to an end next January as Belgian media in Brussels on Sunday said that the Head of the Belgian Federal Police Force, Catherine De Bolle,...

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Tunisia Seeks to Change Structure of Ties with EU

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 6, 2017 | Business

Brussels- President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani has stressed the importance of the consolidation of ties between Tunisia and the EU, calling for joint action to achieve peace and development. “We are all together in the Mediterranean basin,” Tajani told...

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EU MP: Foreign Fighters Knocking on Europe’s Door

by Abdullah Mustafa | May 2, 2017 | World

Brussels – A member of the European Parliament stated that security cooperation between the member-states of the European Union has not reached “the desired level.” Head of the Group of the Greens bloc MP Philippe Lamberts told Asharq Al-Awsat: “Foreign fighters are...

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Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon addresses a news conference in Brussels, February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Return of ISIS Militants to Europe Raises Concerns of New Attacks

by Abdullah Mustafa | Apr 28, 2017 | World

Brussels- Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon stated that an agreement has been reached with the Iraqi government in the field of security cooperation, especially regarding providing required information about foreign militants. The minister commented: “ISIS...