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Details of a failure of mediation efforts between Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Fayez Serraj of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army in Cairo, spearheaded by Egyptian chief-of-staff Colonel Lt. Gen. Read more
Immigration issues dominated talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed with focus on how to process the repatriation of Tunisians from the European country. Merkel told reporters that they discussed how the repatriation process “can Read more
Hours before US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Washington, a senior White House official said, under the condition of anonymity, that “a two-state solution that doesn’t bring peace is not a goal that anybody Read more
Iraq fighter jets dropped bombs on a house in an orchard, in Anbar province, believed to be hosting a meeting of senior members of the Islamic State, including its leader Abu Bakr Baghdadi. A statement from the military mentioned the Read more
Hamas has elected Yahiya Sinwar as its new leader in replacement of Ismail Haniyeh according to reports by the group’s official news site Al-Resala. Sources said Sinwar polled the highest in the vote that was only for members of Hamas, Read more
Egypt and Lebanon expressed their shared resolve to stand together against the dangers of terrorism challenging the whole region. This came during the meeting in Cairo between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Lebanese President Michel Aoun who was on his first Read more
The reforms launched in Tunisia are threatened by the use by the security forces of brutal tactics of the past, including torture, arbitrary arrests, detentions and restrictions on travel of suspects as well as harassment of their family members, says Read more
The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Presidency Council (PC) have slammed the creation of the Libyan National Guard (LNG) purportedly by the Government of National Salvation (GNS) as a move “to lead the capital into bloody armed Read more
President Erdogan of Turkey who is on a working visit to Bahrain held a closed-door meeting with King Hamad to discuss means of expanding their cooperation and strengthening their bilateral ties as well as issues of common interest. After the Read more
The Moroccan security services have dismantled 168 terrorist cells since September 2011, a figure which shows Morocco’s relentless war against terrorism. About fifty of the dismantled cells are linked to hotbeds of tension, particularly Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and the Read more