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The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen announced on Thursday that after two years of stalled talks on resolving the crisis in the country, he plans to invite the warring parties to Geneva on September 6 for a round of Read more
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar commanding the east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) indicated Sunday that the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) brokered by the UN is outdated and the institutions associated to it have lost legitimacy. “All the dialogues starting from Ghadames Read more
Saudi Arabia will host a meeting bringing together leaders of the Syrian opposition with a view to unifying ranks ahead of the direct negotiations in Geneva under the auspices of the UN. The meeting scheduled on November 22-24 will take Read more
Morocco sent an emergency humanitarian aid to Bangladesh in order to support the country’s efforts to cope with the massive influx of refugees from the Muslim minority of the Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar, the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Read more
The office of the UN mediator in the Syrian intra-talks indicated Monday that the mediator would meet with protagonists in Geneva for a new round of talks, few days after Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to create “de-escalation zones”. “Special Read more
The Moroccan banking group Attijariwafa Bank was awarded on Monday in Geneva the ‘African bank of the year’ trophy at the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum. The bank’s CEO Mohamed El Kettani received the prize from Amir Ben Read more
The United Nations and humanitarian partners Wednesday launched an international appeal for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017, a UN press release says, noting that this is the largest-ever humanitarian response plan Read more
Senior Russian, American and United Nations officials are expected to meet in Geneva next week to discuss the war in Syria and special envoy Staffan de Mistura’s spokeswoman Jessy Chahine said “our hope is that any discussions on Syria will Read more
Basma Kodmani, a delegate of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee (HNC) composed of Syrian opposition groups, said Coordinator Riad Hijab of the HNC has addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a truce during Ramadan. Read more
Members of the main coalition of Syrian opposition groups, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC,) are departing from Geneva where the third round of talks is ongoing in protest against the escalating violence in Syria where market places in rebel-held areas Read more