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A bipartisan group of US Congressmen have urged US president Barack Obama to defend the longstanding strategic alliance built with Morocco, first country to recognize the independence of the United States in 1777. The move of the 16 members of Read more
Libya’s UN backed Prime Minister-designate has ruled out international military intervention in the anti-IS campaign taking place in the North African country. Faiez Serraj in an interview with French paper “Journal du Dimanche” published on Sunday said despite the international Read more
Mohamed Abdelaziz, the Polisario separatist Front leader who died last Tuesday of lung cancer has reportedly regretted his half-a-century alliance with Algeria, which has been the instigator of the Front’s claims over the Moroccan Sahara since the early 1970s. Abdelaziz Read more
Basma Kodmani, a delegate of the Riyadh-based High Negotiations Committee (HNC) composed of Syrian opposition groups, said Coordinator Riad Hijab of the HNC has addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a truce during Ramadan. Read more
Cairo announced a four-day opening of the Rafah border crossing point with the Gaza Strip beginning on Wednesday through Sunday with the exception of Friday. The decision is seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the Islamic holy month of Read more
As the German Bundestag prepares to vote a resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of around 1.5 million Armenians as “genocide” committed by the Ottoman forces during World War I, President Erdogan called Chancellor Angela Merkel to alert her of the Read more
The newly appointed Jordanian caretaker Prime Minister Hani Mulki has been criticized by some sides as being a pro-Israel figure, although King Abdullah laid emphasis in his appointment letter on the economic situation in the country. “The Kingdom faces grave Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu and newly sworn-in Defense minister Avigdor Liberman have called in a joint statement for the revival of talks to end the conflict with Palestine. Netanyahu said the 2002 Arab peace initiative unveiled by Saudi Arabia in 2002 Read more
Mohamed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday together with 35 members of the organization for their roles in the clashes in Ismailia that left three people dead. The incidents took Read more
The European Council extended EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime until 1 June 2017. The decision, made last Friday, falls in line with the Council conclusions of December 2014, which affirmed that the EU would continue imposing and enforcing Read more