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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has expressed its readiness to help Lebanon address its socioeconomic challenges and alleviate pressure exerted on the country’s infrastructures due to refugee influx. “Lebanon is a country of immense potential and crucial for Read more
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman said in an interview with US-based CBS Sunday that Saudi Arabia annually loses around $20 billion because of graft practices and that the November purge directed at top officials and business tycoons was necessary. An Read more
The Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to allow humanitarian convoys to safely reach all conflict-affected governorates without hindrance, while also asking that all Yemen’s ports remain fully open to commercial and relief supply imports. These calls were Read more
The European Parliament members have strongly condemned all atrocities, shelling of civilians and widespread violations of human rights and international law committed in Syria during the seven-year conflict, holding the Assad regime, Russia and Iran responsible of all the heinous Read more
Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) in Casablanca was distinguished as best airport in Africa in 2017 by the Airport Service Quality awards of the Airport Council International (ACI). Casablanca’s airport beat Mauritius’ Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport 2016 winner and Read more
The European Court of Auditors has urged the European Union to better target funding for Turkey where reforms are overdue, as the auditors found out that EU financial assistance for Turkey, which aims to help align the country with EU Read more
Arms imports by states in the Middle East region have increased by 103 per cent between 2008–12 and 2013–17, and accounted for 32 per cent of global arms imports in 2013–17, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in Read more
Morocco and Qatar signed on Monday eleven cooperation agreements, memoranda and action programs destined to foster partnership between the two countries in the fields of agriculture, trade, transport, finance, banking, education, media, youth and handicraft. These agreements were signed Monday Read more
Women have not been spared in war-torn Yemen where the Houthis have killed 675 women over the last three years, according to the Yemeni minister of social affairs and labor. “The [Houthi] coup militias have killed more than 675 women Read more
Morocco reiterated to UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy, Horst Kohler, its unwavering position regarding its territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara and the pertinence of the autonomy proposal as a lasting solution to the artificial dispute. Morocco’s stand was Read more