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US President Barack Obama is expected to prolong for a third consecutive month the US air campaign in Libya against the Islamic State (IS) militants, Fox News reported citing US security officials close to the campaign. The US air force Read more
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, who was not straightforward about his ambitions to serve as the country’s leader, has however stated in an interview, “military people who were elected to lead their country achieved remarkable success.” Libya needs a leader with Read more
The aerospace industry in Morocco has entered a new expansion phase, with the signing on Tuesday of a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of a Boeing industrial ecosystem in Morocco, at a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI, in Read more
The austerity plan announced by the oil rich kingdom earlier this year is on track, with the signing Monday of a series of royal decrees slashing the salaries of senior officials and councilors. The royal decrees, announced on state-run Ekhbariya Read more
Egypt’s former assistant foreign minister for Arab Affairs, Ahmed al-Quesni, said Cairo could intervene in neighboring Libya militarily to safeguard its own national security and stability. “Egypt will not let the oil ports be taken away from the Libyan people” Read more
Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition targeted “Houthi leaders” in the Souq al-Hunod district Wednesday night but there are reports that the missiles hit residential areas populated by workers, medical services and local officials. The spokesman of the coalition, General Ahmed Read more
The parliamentary election partial results released by the Jordanian electoral committee have shown that the Muslim Brotherhood is returning to the parliament as a significant opposition force, after it boycotted elections since 2007. The movement’s political arm, the Islamic Action Read more
After US presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, met with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday, the latter in an interview with CNN said he has “no doubt” that the Republican candidate Donald Trump would make a Read more
The news editor in chief at the Egyptian state-owned channel 1 has been laid off after the media wrongly aired an old interview of President al Sisi who is currently in New York for UN General Assembly. Mostafa Shehata told Read more
The Iraqi offensive on Mosul began on Tuesday by attacking the town of Shirqat, 100km south of Mosul, because it is dubbed as a strategic supply line for the army in its bid to take over Mosul. Joint Operations Command Read more