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The international community and the U.N are calling for de-escalation of tensions after Turkey downed a Russian jet with both sides providing different stories. Ankara claimed that a Russian Su-24 Fencer bomber violated its airspace and ignored 10 warnings within Read more
Tunisian President declared Tuesday state of emergency across the country following a terrorist attack on a van carrying a presidential guard unit. The attack occurred late in the afternoon on Mohammed V Avenue thoroughfare, not far from the ministry of Read more
After the precious help provided by Moroccan intelligence services that enabled French police locate mastermind of Paris attacks, Belgian officials have asked Morocco for help to track a key suspect in connection with the Paris terror massacre. It is King Read more
Qatar’s mediation efforts made it possible to sign a peace and reconciliation agreement between the Tebu and the Tuareg tribes that are fighting in the southern part of Libya over the control of oilfields. The region is not controlled by Read more
Turkey could for the first time be engaged militarily in the Syrian war after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that Turkish forces are “instructed to retaliate to any development that would threaten Turkey’s border security.” The statement was made following Read more
The new U.N special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler had his first official contact with the representatives of the two rival governments in Libya during the weekend to continue the U.N-led dialogue for a political agreement. Kobler visited the Tobruk-based Read more
Ankara is angered by Russia’s bombing of the Bayirbucak area, northwestern Syria, close to its Yayladag border gate in Hatay province. The foreign ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov to protest against the “intensive” bombing of “civilian Turkish villages.” Ankara Read more
President Francois Hollande of France held a meeting Friday at the Elysée with King Mohammed VI to whom he expressed thanks for the “effective assistance” extended by Morocco to his country, following the Paris terror attacks of last Friday. “The Read more
Oil-rich Gulf companies have invested nearly $ 12 billion in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade, but they injected nearly 10 times as much in North Africa over the same period, according to a study. The findings of this study Read more
Kuwait’s interior ministry announced that it has busted a terror cell made up of several nationalities collaborating with the Islamic State group by providing them with weapons and funds. According to the interior ministry, the cell is headed by a Read more