security forces

IS claims 'ongoing' attack on Yemen's Aden

Aden - Muslimchronicle

The Islamic State group claimed a major attack Sunday on Yemen's government bastion of Aden, which left eight police officers dead and sparked a hostage crisis that continued well into the day. The claim of the suicide attack on the security forces in the southern port city was made online by the extremist group's Aden and Abyan Wilayah, which saidRead more

Iraq moves to capture last Daesh stronghold

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi security forces backed by the US-led military coalition, the Shiite-dominated paramilitary troops and local Sunni tribal fighters, have launched a military operation on Thursday to retake the last Daesh-stronghold in the country and secure the international Iraqi-Syrian border. Iraqi federal troops continued their push to regain control over a Syrian-Iraqi-Turkish triangle border area where an oil pipeline was usedRead more

US weighs sanctions against Myanmar military over Rohingya violence

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Washington announced it was pushing for targeted sanctions against Burmese officers involved in violence against Rohingya Muslims, while withdrawing invitations to senior members of the security forces to visit the US and ending travel waivers. The move came after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US holds Myanmar's military leadership "accountable" for the Rohingya refugee crisis, drawing a distinctionRead more

Togo opposition says three killed in clashes with security forces

Lome - Muslimchronicle

Togo's opposition on Thursday said three people were shot dead and dozens injured as the country's security forces tried to prevent an anti-government march. "We're informed that the provisional toll at 3:30 pm (1530 GMT) is three shot dead in Lome. There have been 44 shot and wounded, and 36 beaten up," opposition spokeswoman Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson told reporters. Source:AFPRead more

Iraqi Army on alert for attack on Kirkuk

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

The Iraqi army and allied Shiite-dominated paramilitary troops were on alert to raid Kurdish peshmerga forces in the disputed city of Kirkuk early on Monday after talks failed and a 48-hour deadline passed for the Kurds to withdraw. “We have reached a dead end. This means we are going to fight,” a senior federal military officer told Arab News. “TheRead more

Libyan National Army arrested command of elite forces

Tripoli - Fatima al Saadawy

Security forces in eastern Libya said on Thursday they had arrested the commander of an elite forces unit who is sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly executing dozens of prisoners. The general command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), the force that controls most of eastern Libya, said the commander, Mahmoud al-Werfalli, was being investigated by aRead more

Burkina security forces kill two gunmen who attacked restaurant

Ouagadougou - Muslimchronicle

Security forces in Burkina Faso's capital have killed two gunmen involved in a deadly attack on a restaurant, a security source said Monday. "The toll is 18 dead, 14 of whom are still lying at the site of the attack. Among those 14 dead are two assailants," an army officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. source: AFPRead more

Saudi forces undermined attack against Grand Mosque

Makkah - Saeed Al Ghamedi

Security forces on Friday succeeded in thwarting an imminent terrorist act targeting the security of the Grand Mosque and worshippers by a group stationed in three locations, said the Interior Ministry. The security spokesman explained that one of the sites was in the province of Jeddah, and the two others were in Makkah. The first was in the neighborhood ofRead more

Syrian raping 4 children arrested in Alley

Ain Haleh - Arab Today

Internal Security Forces (ISF) directorate on Thursday issued a statement saying that it managed today after thorough surveillance to arrest a Syrian individual (45 years) in Ain Haleh who raped four children in Alley. The arrestee was referred to the competent judiciary to expand investigations with him. Accordingly, ISF asked citizens to immediately report about such actions in order toRead more

ISF arrests 31 Syrians in Swiri for illegal entrance to Lebanon

Bekaa - Arab Today

Internal Security Forces (ISF) directorate on Thursday issued a statement saying that it managed on April 12, 2017 to stop at 23:00 a minibus carrying 31 Syrians for entering Lebanese Swiri village in Bekaa in an illegal way, knowing that the plate number of the minibus was a fake one. ISF referred the Syrian driver as well as the 30Read more