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'Lion of the Desert': Ex-Partner of Germany Leads Malian Islamists
Terror Threat Prompts US Rethink on Africa
Jihadists' Surge in North Africa Reveals Grim Side of Arab Spring
Insight: Algerians suspect inside help in hostage raid
A car bomb killed a member of the National Security Directorate in Benghazi. The day before, one policeman was killed and two were injured in a car bombing in Benghazi's Kish district. Five Pakistani Ahmedis and a Libyan convert were arrested on suspicion of trying to convert Libyans to the Ahmedi sect.
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia releases video of freed Benghazi suspect
This is the third time that Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has used social media to update Ali Ani al Harzi's case. In December, the group prayed for his release and published photos of the FBI agents who interviewed him.
Gunmen opened fire on the armored car of the Italian consul general in Benghazi, then escaped; no one was injured. Italy condemned the Jan. 12 attack as "a vile act of terrorism." Libya is considering the establishment of a diplomatic protection force.
Analysis: Mali - one African war France could not avoid
France launches air strike on al-Qaeda in Mali
Terror risk persists in North Africa, survey shows
Tunisia frees Benghazi suspect
The Tunisian government has freed Ali Harzi, a key suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. The FBI questioned Harzi in December, and Ansar al Sharia Tunisia released photos of the investigating agents online.One of two assailants died in an assassination attempt on Ahmed Abu Khattala, who is a suspect in the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi and the murder of rebel commander Abdelfattah Younes. The Defense Ministry ordered all military personnel to rejoin their units.
Reprisal fears cloud Libya probe into US consulate attack
Mohamed Magarief, the head of Libya's parliament, survived an assassination attempt while on a state visit to the city of Sebha, in an area declared a closed military zone last month; three of his guards were wounded in the attack. About 10 percent of the powerful Supreme Security Committee's militiamen have accepted the government's invitation to join the police force.
Gaddafi-era security official Lieutenant Colonel Nasser al Magrabi was found shot to death at his farm near Benghazi. The day before, the head of Benghazi's criminal investigations department, Abdelsalam al Mahdawi, was kidnapped at gunpoint. Libyan officials said the trial for Saif al Islam, Libya's former Intelligence Chief and a son of Gaddafi, will begin in February.
Pakistan condemns drone attacks in Waziristan
Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study
Several jihadists recruitment cells dismantled in the Maghreb
Gunmen from a militant Islamist group kidnapped Abdulsalam al Mihdawi, the acting head of criminal investigation in Benghazi. The militants attacked al Mihdawi and two colleagues in his car as it waited at a stoplight in the city. Over a dozen security officials have been assassinated in Benghazi in recent months.
Head of Libya's Copts speaks out on Misrata killing
