Security & Defense Bound

Libya's National Oil Corporation said Tuesday that an armed group blockading two major oil fields had lifted its siege and that production had resumed at one of them.  The NOC had announced the suspension of production on Sunday at the vast Al-Sharara and Al-Fil...

Five Chadian soldiers have been killed by jihadists in the Lake Chad region, a vast marshland that has become a bolthole for Islamist rebels, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said on Wednesday. "This latest loss, which can be ascribed to a terrorist ambush by the...

The Malian army said it had killed 19 jihadists in operations northeast of the capital Bamako that were supported by  European special forces. A statement by the armed forces chief of staff late Tuesday said operations in the Timbuktu, Segou, Mopti and Bandiagara...

Morocco has established a new military zone bordering Algeria, a Moroccan military publication said Monday, amid mounting tensions between the two North African countries. The establishment of the new zone redefines Morocco's military borders, introducing a new...