Libya’s Tobruk and Tripoli-based parliaments on Thursday finally signed a UN-sponsored peace deal following extended talks in Morocco, Associated Press reports.
Supporters of the deal are eager to implement a ceasefire following the agreement.
Mali: Ansar Dine extremist group attacked a military barracks in Nione in north
An organization that tracks jihadi websites says al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch has reported that extremist group Ansar Dine has attacked a military barracks in Mali’s north.
SITE Intelligence Group says that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb posted the report on its Twitter account late Tuesday. It says that the attack in the city of Nione in the Segou region wounded and killed soldiers, and weapons were taken.
Wednesday, 16 December, 2015
Nigeria: Military killed hundreds of muslim shiites
Police opened fire Tuesday on unarmed Shiite Muslim protesters in the northern city of Kaduna, leaving three dead, the spokesman for Shiites in Nigeria said, as activists accused soldiers of having killed hundreds of Shiites in “a massacre” in a nearby town in recent days.
But police spokesman Zubairu Abdullahi denied any killings and said Shiites tried to attack a police station.
Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia forms coalition of 34 Islamic countries to fight terrorism
The Saudi government said the multi-national coalition includes Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, and Jordan, but other details were not immediately disclosed. Saudi Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud said the alliance will not just confront the Islamic State (ISIS) group, but “any terrorist group in front of us.”
Syria: Syrian army retakes key airbase from rebel forces in Eastern Ghouta
The Syrian army has recaptured a key town and airbase in the Damascus countryside, leaving rebel groups in the Eastern Ghouta region vulnerable to further attacks by government forces.
The Marj as-Sultan airport was reportedly taken by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Assad-loyalist National Defence Forces (NDF) on Monday morning, after remaining under rebel control for three years.