Iran and Hezbollah exposed in Yemen chemical weapons smuggling
A crew aboard the "Al-Sharwa" ship has confirmed that Iran has been smuggling weapons of mass destruction to Houthi militias...
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16 months without answers: Morocco fails family seeking lost son
For 16 months, the Besnevilles have relied on Morocco’s immobile justice system to find their son, who mysteriously disappeared from...
Morocco: Six suspects arrested in Tetouan cocaine bust
Six suspects have been arrested in the northern port city of Tetouan for alleged distribution and possession of cocaine according...
Saudi Arabia and Iraq ink deal to tackle drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia and Iraq inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on August 6th in Riyadh to boost ties to tackle...
Notorious drug lords killed by Lebanese army in raid
The Lebanese army declared on July 6th that it had killed three of the country's most infamous drug lords in...
Cartel-linked Kenyan arrested in Morocco for arms dealing
In an international arms trafficking bust, a Kenyan national has been arrested in Morocco at the request of U.S prosecutors....
Smuggling networks are reigniting instability in the Sahel
The Sahel has seen a resurgence in drug smuggling, and the Nigerian desert city of Agadez has become the most...
Houthis sentence son of former Yemeni president to death
The son of the late Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has been sentenced to death by a Houthi-led military court...
Moroccan woman sentenced to life after killing her newborn
The Spanish Supreme Court has sentenced a Moroccan woman to life in prison for suffocating her newborn baby shortly after...
Authorities arrest Assad-era commander plotting to flee Syria
Syrian authorities have announced that an Assad-era army general who was trying to forge documents in an attempt to leave...
Yemen murder victim’s brother demands death penalty for nurse
An Indian nurse, sentenced in Yemen for murder, narrowly evaded the gallows on July 16th, but celebrations may be premature...
Lebanon: Man sentenced to death in absentia due to UNIFIL killing
A man has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Lebanese court over the killing of a United Nations...
French court says Assad arrest warrant is invalid
France's top court on July 25th annulled a French arrest warrant against Syria's former leader, Bashar al-Assad, which was issued...
Woman investigated over alleged plot to kill Israel’s Netanyahu
A woman in her 70s is being investigated for allegedly plotting to kill Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, police announced...
Iraq gives life sentence under law banning Israeli normalisation
Iraq has given its first life sentence under a law which makes normalisation with Israel illegal, the judiciary said on...
