The US embassies in Dubai (UAE) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) have alerted US citizens in both countries against potential terror attacks in the Gulf region. In a statement, US mission in Dubai reports that terrorist groups could organize attacks against US citizens in the region are being monitored. The embassy did not name the terrorist […]
The UAE will open a consulate in Laayoune, becoming the first arabe country to make such a decision. The move signals strong ties of brotherliness and firm support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, the Royal Office said in a statement, announcing the decision. The decision came after a phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and his […]
The United Nations announced on Friday, October 23, a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between Khalifa Haftar’s camp in Benghazi and that of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity. The belligerents signed an agreement after five days of talks in Geneva. Since the Berlin conference in January 2020, three commissions have been negotiating their […]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced this Friday, October 23 the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Sudan, assuring that the two countries had made “peace”. After the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Hebrew State will normalize its relations with a third country. Israel and Sudan have made “peace,” Trump said after a telephone […]
The US Treasury department has slapped sanctions on Iran’s envoy to Iraq and entities for making unclear financial operations to support Iran’s destabilizing foreign agenda and attempting to influence the US next month elections. “Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iraj Masjedi, a general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and […]
The Skhirate agreement remains the only document of reference for the resolution of the Libyan crisis, said Wednesday in Rabat Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Al Mechri. It is a constitutional document since it forms part of the constitutional declaration in Libya, Al Mechri told reporters following talks with Minister of […]
Sudan’s Acting Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Tuesday underlined that the removal of the country from the US blacklist has nothing to do with normalization with Israel as Khartoum is rumored to be among countries to follow UAE and Bahrain in the normalization spree with Israel. Sudan has transferred about $700 million to Washington […]
French rail transport and sustainable mobility giant Alstom in partnership with Hyundai Engineering will build the Iraqi capital Bagdad metro project known as Baghdad Elevated Train (BET) project, Trade Arabia reports. The duo landed the contact during the official visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi to Paris on Tuesday. The consortium, ExpoLink will […]
The European Union, EU, has imposed fresh sanctions on seven ministers of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s government, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The new round of sanctions brings the total number of individuals and entities around the Syrian leader to be targeted to 280 including business people and political figures. The sanctions range from […]
Turkish intelligence services have arrested a Palestinian man for allegedly spying on Arab nationals living in Turkey on behalf of the UAE, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The man, according to a senior Turkish security official who spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, confessed to spying on Arab citizens and provided a set of […]