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Qatar’s leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani received Sunday a delegation of the High Council of State (HCS) aligned with Government of National Accord (GNA) to discuss the political situation in Libya and rounds of talks with rival House of Read more
France Sunday said its envoy to Turkey is returning to Turkey after Ankara condemned a terror attack in the city of Nice in which three people have died. France summoned its envoy to Turkey one week ago after Turkish leader Read more
The UN Security Council, on Friday, extended by one year MINURSO’s mandate, reaffirming anew the pre-eminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative to settle the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. The Security Council has decided to extend MINURSO’s mandate until Read more
The US embassies in Dubai (UAE) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) have alerted US citizens in both countries against potential terror attacks in the Gulf region. In a statement, US mission in Dubai reports that terrorist groups could organize attacks against Read more
The UAE will open a consulate in Laayoune, becoming the first arabe country to make such a decision. The move signals strong ties of brotherliness and firm support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, the Royal Office said in a statement, announcing Read more
The United Nations announced on Friday, October 23, a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Libya between Khalifa Haftar’s camp in Benghazi and that of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity. The belligerents signed an agreement after five days of talks Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump announced this Friday, October 23 the normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and Sudan, assuring that the two countries had made “peace”. After the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Hebrew State will normalize its relations Read more
Russia’s largest commercial bank will start operating in Abu Dhabi, UAE, under Sber Investment Middle East (SIME), by end of this year and will chiefly provide Islamic finance services, Zawya reports. The move follows late September agreement with Abu Dhabi Read more
The US Treasury department has slapped sanctions on Iran’s envoy to Iraq and entities for making unclear financial operations to support Iran’s destabilizing foreign agenda and attempting to influence the US next month elections. “Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Read more
The Skhirate agreement remains the only document of reference for the resolution of the Libyan crisis, said Wednesday in Rabat Chairman of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Al Mechri. It is a constitutional document since it forms part Read more