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Seventeen Algerian nationals are branded as high value targets in a confidential document of French Directorate of Military Intelligence published lately by le Monde Daily. The list of seventeen Algerians most wanted by the French security services includes Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Read more
Morocco’s central bank, Bank Al Maghrib, gave its approval to five Islamic banks to start operating in Morocco and allowed three French banks to sell Islamic products. The central bank added in a statement that it has set up a Read more
A statement released by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Qatar has outlined that the country is “effectively adjusting to the new reality of sustained lower energy prices” by implementing “adequate” policies to ease the pressure on the fiscal Read more
Iraqi first vice president Nuri al-Maliki who is on a working visit to Iran expressed his country’s readiness “to form a strong front against the enemies to confront possible plots after the ISIL.” Maliki met with Ali Akbar Velayati, a Read more
Wael Shalaby who resigned from his post as Secretary General of Egypt’s State Council on Saturday before being arrested a day later killed himself on Monday while in custody. His lawyer Sayed Beheiry claimed his “client hanged himself using a Read more
The arrival of 2017 was welcomed with sad events in Turkey as an armed individual went on a shooting rampage in the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, killing at least 39 people and injuring 69 others. The act widely condemned by Read more
The latest ceasefire that began just before the end of 2016 remains fragile after coming into effect on Friday. Rebel groups warned that they would sideline it if the pro-Assad forces continue with their military activities. The agreement, brokered by Read more
The Jau Reform and Rehabilitation Center located south of Manama was stormed by unidentified gunmen on Sunday. At least one police officer was killed and several inmates fled, during the break. A statement released by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry stressed that Read more
President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas won this week unanimous confidence to continue as leader of the Fatah movement founded by historical icon Yasser Arafat. The 81 year-old man was cheered by delegates present at the movement’s congress which Read more
Russia has hinted that it supports Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libya National Army, loyal to the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), saying he has a fundamental role in the formation of “the new Libyan leadership.” Deputy Foreign Minister Read more