Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

Drone strikes early Friday hit an airbase in Libya's east used by mercenaries of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, without causing any casualties, a military official told AFP. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the origin of the overnight...

Iraqi protesters breached Sweden's embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, angered by a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked condemnation across the Muslim world. A crowd of supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr stayed inside the compound for...

The migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking rescued 86 people off the coast of Libya on Tuesday as their vessel foundered while trying to reach Europe, its French-based operator said. "The rescued, mainly from Gambia and Senegal, were suffering from dehydration, exhaustion...

The Algerian authorities have become used to enacting individual or collective punishment anytime they face even the smallest issue. Journalists in prison, political opponents abroad hunted, and now the entire country has been prevented from accessing the Internet...