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Mayor of Ankara and member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ibrahim Melih Gokcek has announced he would step down from his position after 23 years, as the party leader and country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan goes on Read more
Three Gazan workers were briefly kidnapped by masked gunmen, believed to be jihadists, in a tunnel at Rafah crossing on Monday, before they were released. Hamas-run interior ministry and eye witnesses confirmed the incident which underlines the security issue on Read more
After the firm response of Morocco, which recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultation and summoned Algeria’s Chargé d’Affaires in Rabat to protest the scandalous remarks made by the Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, several voices have been rising to Read more
Saudi Arabia has denied that Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman made a clandestine visit to Israel after Israeli media last month said a top Saudi royal secretly visited the Jewish state. “Reports of a secret visit to Israel by a Read more
Top US diplomat Sunday in Riyadh invited Iran-backed militia, which have been fighting the Islamic State group (IS) alongside the Iraqi army, to go back home now that the terror group is almost defeated. Tillerson at a joint press conference Read more
Dozens of Egyptian security forces were mowed down in a clash with militants on Friday at some 135 km outside Cairo, near the Bahariya oasis in the country’s Western Desert. According to state figures, sixteen security forces, mainly police agents, Read more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Sunday in Doha sounded unoptimistic for an end to the diplomatic spat opposing Qatar and its neighbors led by Saudi Arabia when he said that Riyadh is not ready yet to engage in talks Read more
Algerian Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, on Friday found no convincing answer to a question on his country’s failed economic policy in Africa, compared to Morocco’s success in the continent, than to accuse Morocco of using drug money to promote its Read more
Chief of UN migration agency has praised Morocco’s “humanist” approach in dealing with African migrants and asylum seekers, saying this policy is exemplary and stands out at the regional and international levels. The Moroccan policy on migration and asylum is Read more
The United Arab Emirates Vice-President and Prime minister Thursday announced a cabinet reshuffle with few changes, but including the creation of a ministry of artificial intelligence to be headed by a 27-year old man. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Read more