North Africa’s Security
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Facing Regional Instability, Algeria Introduces Mobilization Law in Line with Global Practices
Amid rising regional tensions, Algeria is updating its defense laws with a proposed general mobilization bill that would allow for the rapid transition from peacetime to wartime readiness. The law outlines scenarios triggering full national mobilization, mandates civilian compliance, and grants sweeping powers to authorities in times of imminent threat or aggression.
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Insurgency: France claims it killed Al-Qaeda’s Droukdel, arrests ISIS commander
Libya: Haftar’s forces lose Tarhouna in a disastrous retreat
Opinion: Morocco and Algeria wasting their money on useless military hardware
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar loses Tripoli International Airport
Libya: French warship intercepts oil tanker off the coast of Libya
Egypt kills more people in Sinai alleged to be insurgents
Niger: Refugee camp in the Tahoua attacked, three killed
Egyptian army keeps busy killing “insurgents” in North Sinai
Libya: Russia may be escalating conflict in Libya with more support for warlord Haftar
Egypt arrests 11 for allegedly sharing ‘fake news’ with Al-Jazeera
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
European Military Advisors to Train Tunisian Army against Islamic State
Terror in Tunisia and the Gloomy Outlook
The attacks recently perpetrated against two hotels in Sousse confirm that Tunisia is now in a permanent state of war, and the future looks rather gloomy. The war being waged against Tunisia is not just specific to that country, as if it were a civil war, but it is...
38 killed in attack on two tourist hotels in Sousse, Tunisia
Two armed men attacked two tourist hotels in the eastern city of Sousse, killing at least 38 Tunisians and foreign nationals and wounding 36 other people, according to the Ministry of Interior. The victims appear to be mostly British. While one of the attackers...