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Saudi-led coalition destroys four Houthi drones over Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition battling the Houthis in Yemen said Friday it had destroyed four explosive-laden drones launched by the Iran-aligned group in the direction of Saudi Arabia, the official Saudi news agency reported. The drones were intercepted over territory controlled by the...

‘The martyrs are returning’: Algeria welcomes remains of resistance fighters from France

Algeria on Friday received the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during colonial France's conquest of the North African country that had been lying in storage in a Paris museum. The return of the remains, viewed as war trophies by French colonial officers, comes amid a worldwide...

Libya: Six more bodies unearthed from mass graves

Six more corpses have been discovered in mass graves in Libya’s western city of Tarhuna, officials said Thursday. The bodies were unearthed during ongoing excavation work, according to a statement by a Libyan government team conducting search activities in the area. A...

Sisi’s plan to arm Libyan tribes in Egypt to backfire

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's scathing remarks on the situation in Libya have added a new dimension to the ongoing crisis. Last month, Sisi said that Libya's Sirte and al-Jufra airbases were a "red line" and he would arm Libyan tribes in his country to fight in the ranks of East...