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Morocco is taking part in the North Thunder joint military drills started on Monday in Hafer al-Batin in northeastern Saudi Arabia, along some 20 Arab and Islamic countries, notably Egypt, Jordan, Gulf Cooperation Council Members, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Yemen. Read more
Tunisia will be receiving a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to discuss a loan agreement and Prime Minister Habbib Essid met with Central Bank Governor Chely Avari over the weekend ahead of their arrival. A government official hinted Read more
“I have a suggestion: Give us the oil and we will give every Kurdish employee a salary like we do for every Iraqi employee,” Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in an interview on state television. His comments are aimed at Read more
The first cargo train coming from China arrived on Monday in Tehran marking the revival of the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ project spearheaded by Beijing with Iran expected to play a major role due to its geographic location. The train Read more
The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, is expected on Wednesday in Paris for a working and friendship visit in France, it was officially announced in Rabat Monday. The visit will start by a meeting at the Elysée with French President Read more
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began serving his 19-month prison sentence at Ramle’s Ma’asiyahu Prison Monday, following his condemnation by a court on two separate wrongdoings. Olmert has been handed in 2014 a 19-month imprisonment sentence over his involvement Read more
Oman is aiming to become a major tourist destination as it continues to harness positive results under its 2015-2040 tourism strategy with an investment worth $35 billion. Muscat is trying to boost its international profile and it has been slowly Read more
Saad Hariri, a Lebanese politician close to Saudi Arabia who has been on a self-imposed exile since the toppling of his cabinet in 2011, returned to his native country to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the assassination of his father; Read more
Libya’s presidential council has announced a new 18-member national unity government under the UN-backed Libya Political Agreement (LPA) and is now awaiting its approval by the Tobruk-based Parliament which rejected the first proposed 32-member cabinet deeming it too large. Fayez Read more
The Bahraini parliament is unhappy with the European Parliament (EP) after the latter questioned the credibility and independence of a judgment passed by one of the kingdom’s courts. A resolution passed by the EP last week rejected a court ruling Read more