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UN’s official in charge of humanitarian task force in Syria, Jan Egeland, has warned that “the fifth war winter is starting in Syria. There is no doubt it will be the worst in this cruel war, and I fear it Read more
“This liberation operation marks the beginning of the end of the so-called ‘Daesh Caliphate’ in Iraq” stated Jan Kubis of the ongoing offensive assault of the Iraqi forces, backed by militia groups and the US-led coalition, to takeover Mosul. The Read more
The Tunisian Ministry of Defense Wednesday announced the army hunted down and killed Talal Saïdi, the leader of IS-linked terrorist Jund al-Khilafa, which killed a Tunisian soldier in his house in the central-western region of the country. Jund al-Khilafa assaulted Read more
Fatou Bensouda, Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told Wednesday the UN Security Council that her institution will make civil war-ravaged Libya its top priority next year. In an address before the Security Council, the UN top prosecutor Read more
Morocco, host country of 22nd UN conference on climate change (COP22) has purchased from the World Bank USD 100 million in World Bank Green Bonds. These 3-year bonds mature on December 15, 2019 and have a semi-annual fixed rate coupon Read more
The National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) reached a preliminary agreement worth $4.8 billion with Total, a French energy company, for the development of the South Pars offshore gas field; one of the largest in the world. Total’s Chairman and CEO Read more
Israel is claiming credit for blocking Palestine’s effort to become a member of the global police organization known as Interpol at its latest general assembly held in Bali, Indonesia. Prime Minister Netanyahu applauded the “very intensive work” of the Israeli Read more
Morocco and Senegal have inked several cooperation deals meant to bolster partnership between the two countries in the fields of agriculture, fisheries and other socioeconomic sectors. These cooperation agreements were signed in Dakar Monday and Tuesday under the co-chairmanship of Read more
Egyptian authorities on Monday said Saudi Arabia has indefinitely halted shipments of oil products that were part of a $23-billion aid deal with the North African nation. According to Egyptian Oil Ministry spokesman Hamdi Abdel-Aziz, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s Read more
King Mohammed VI has renewed on Sunday evening his unwavering attachment to Africa and his keen interest in the continent and pledged to see to it that Morocco’s African policy acquires a continental dimension and covers the whole of Africa. Read more