by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2016 | World
Lahaye – Radical Islamist Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi admitted before the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he ordered and participated in the destruction of historic monuments and buildings in Timbuktu. The monuments were on the World Heritage list. “It is with deep...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2016 | Middle East
Algiers-Algeria’s Chief of Staff Admiral Ahmed Gaid Saleh has urged officers and troops stationed in the country’s biggest military zone to go on high alert to avert a possible retaliation by extremist organizations to the killing of 60 of their members in ambushes...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2013 | World
Madrid, AP—Police have arrested two suspected members of Al-Qaeda’s North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston Marathon bombings, but neither of whom was known to possess any explosives nor be planning any attack....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2013 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—French President François Hollande has demanded today that Libya quickly clarify how the French embassy in Tripoli was targeted in an attack that left two French security guards injured. “France expects the Libyan authorities to ensure...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 7, 2013 | Middle East
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Qaeda’s Ayman Al-Zawahiri has urged Muslims in Arab Spring countries to unite to institute an Islamic state, while warning France that its intervention in Mali will be bogged down. In a 103-minute audio message posted on militant websites...
