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U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco (24-26 Feb.) to boost the U.S. longstanding relations and strategic partnership with Maghreb countries as the winds of changes and Arab Spring are sweeping across the whole region. Read more
At least 48 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of car bombings, shootings and suicide-attacks that rocked Thursday several regions of Iraq. These deadly coordinated attacks, which raised fears that the country could slip back into chaos Read more
Egyptian government has agreed to supply the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip with 5 megawatt of power starting next week in a bid to help solve the electricity crisis hitting hard the besieged coastal enclave. The Egyptian offer comes amid plummeting Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will visit this week Egypt & Qatar within the frame of an Arab tour to inform Arab leaders on latest developments of Palestinian cause, stalled Mideast peace talks, ongoing expansion of Israeli settlements and inter-Palestinian reconciliation Read more
The United Arab Emirates smaller businesses have managed to get support and credit access thanks to a partnership sealed with the Arab Monetary Fund and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). This partnership will enable UAE draft a law on secured Read more
Algerian financial authorities and decision-makers are pondering increase of the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) on stock exchange. According to Oxford business Group, such a move, which aims at boosting equity capital market, would likely boost economic growth in Read more
The newly formed international alliance dubbed “Friends of Syria Group” will meet in Tunisia on February 24 to look into ways of helping Syrian opposition and stepping up pressure on the autocratic regime of Bachar Al Assad to halt the Read more
Bahrain’s foreign minister has affirmed that his country’s will not take part in the upcoming Arab summit scheduled for March 29 in Baghdad. “How can a summit be held in such international circumstances or how can you accept to attend Read more
The Palestinian Fatah and Hamas movements have reached a preliminary agreement in Qatar on forming an interim unity government that would be led by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank. The agreement was Read more
The four men indicted in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri will be tried in absentia, according to the prosecutors of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). The defendants are Lebanese nationals Salim Jamil Ayyash, Mustafa Read more