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Egypt reiterated on Sunday its commitment to a just and comprehensive peace between Israel and Palestine and called Israelis and Palestinians to seize peace opportunities offered by France and the Arab leaders’ peace initiatives to end the long standing conflict Read more
Morocco could re-open its diplomatic mission in Tripoli and re-establish flights between the two countries as Rabat seeks to cement ties with the Faiez Serraj-led Government of National Accord. Both countries mulled plans during a visit by Moroccan top diplomat, Read more
Militiamen in Zintan, West of Libya Thursday categorically rejected media reports that Saif al-Islam; son of former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, had been released in April. “We deny that Saif Islam has been released,” a Zintan military source told Reuters. Read more
Iraqi Prime minister Haider al-Abadi relieved lieutenant general Abdulamir al-Shimmari of his position as Baghdad ‘s Operations Commander in the aftermath of the Sunday attack that killed almost 300 people. The heads of the intelligence and security departments in the Read more
Italian Saipem, one of the world leading drilling services companies, announced Thursday it won new contracts and variation orders in E&C offshore at Egyptian giant Zohr gas field in the Mediterranean. Under the contracts, estimated at above €1.5 billion, the Read more
Cairo Wednesday indicated it would retaliate against Italy’s decision to suspend the military deal between the two countries in protest to the suspicious death of an Italian student in Cairo in February. Egyptian foreign ministry chided Italy for the senate Read more
Collapse of oil revenues and sharp increase in importations have caused a huge dent in Algeria’s foreign reserves with figures pointing at $58 billion loss since 2014; year of exceptional growth, country’s Prime Minister said on Sunday. Prime Minister Abdelmalek Read more
King Mohammed VI has launched a new investment plan boosting the role of the private sector and setting up the necessary conditions to spur sustainable economic growth in the North African Kingdom. The new plan, which freshens up Morocco’s national Read more
A report published by Amnesty International alleged that armed Syrian rebel groups fighting against the Assad regime have “committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, including abductions, torture and summary killings” on children, Christians, Kurds, peaceful human rights activists and Read more
President Hadi of Yemen thanked and applauded the efforts of the Saudi-led coalition and determination to reinstate him as the legitimate president of the country following his removal by the Houthi Movement. In a statement published by the official news Read more