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The Islamic State group vowed to trigger “a volcano of jihad” in Egypt following the execution Thursday of Abel Habara, leader of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, for his role in several deadly attacks. Egyptian authorities on Thursday executed the 40-year old Read more
Algerian and UN veteran diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi has urged both his country and Morocco to leave the Western Sahara issue aside and work to reopen their land borders and normalize commercial activities through the borders for the benefit of the Read more
President Rouhani of Iran has ordered the country’s scientists to develop “a peaceful nuclear program” to be used in marine transportation while accusing the U.S. of breaching the nuclear agreement reached between the so-called P5+1 and Tehran with the renewal Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco chaired Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Casablanca, the first meeting on the giant gas pipeline project that will go up from Nigeria to Morocco via several West African countries. This landmark project, the biggest Read more
Algerian journalist Mohamed Tamalt has died after staging a hunger strike in protest against a two-year jail term sentence he was handed for offending Algeria’s president in a poem posted online. The news of the death the Algerian journalist prompted Read more
Emir Sheikh Sabah of Kuwait called for the adoption of austerity measures because the country’s income has drastically fallen. In an address before the parliament opening session, Sheikh Sabah said he is convinced that all Kuwaitis realize that cutting public Read more
Swiss authorities Friday announced they will extend for one more year the freeze of assets of former Tunisian President Ben Ali and Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Swiss banks. Initially slated to end in January and February 2017, Swiss Read more
Osama Morsi, one of Mohamed Morsi’s five children was arrested Thursday in his house by security forces for participation in 2013 in a protest against his father’s removal by the army then led by current President Fattah al-Sisi. “Police searched Read more
The Libyan National Army, based in the East, under Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s command Wednesday announced they thwarted the country’s oil crescent takeover attempt by Tripoli-backed forces three months after seizing the oil ports. The Libyan National Army (LNA) as it Read more
Operations at the Khafji and Wafra oilfields that lie in the neutral zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are expected to begin before the end of the year as sources claim that an agreement has been reached by officials from Read more