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A high-level US delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker, and including US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer, on Sunday visited the premises of the future Consulate General of the United States in Dakhla. Read more
The National Brigade of the Judicial Police arrested, on Wednesday, a 57-year-old Lebanese national, member of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, for his alleged involvement in a case of scam, fraud, identity theft and possession of identity documents and passports registered Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and Egypt’s envoy to the North African country Thursday agreed to launch a maritime line in a bid of boosting trade and investment between the two countries. Mechichi, Webdo Tunis reports, received Ihab Fahmy and Read more
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker underlined, on Thursday in Algiers, that negotiations on the Sahara issue should occur within the context of the autonomy plan. “For the United States, only political negotiations between Morocco Read more
The Egyptian ministry of Trade and industry has extended for additional three months the ban on all kinds of beans export, in an effort to meet domestic demand amid the pandemic, Arab Finance reports. The decision however according to the Read more
Israel has appointed an envoy to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to run the country mission in the Gulf State, The New Arab reports. Eitan Na’eh, Israel’s former envoy to Turkey according to the Israeli Foreign ministry, will take office Read more
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s member states are in the “utmost need” to unite their efforts to advance the region and face the challenges that surround them, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said during his speech at the Read more
The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council member countries called, on Tuesday, for intensifying efforts to implement the joint action plans provided for under the strategic partnership binding them to Morocco. This came in the Final Declaration adopted by the Read more
December 31 in Sudan marks the official end of the Joint United Nations-African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The evacuation of all personnel and equipment will begin on 1 January and is expected to be completed by 30 June. Read more
Egypt is sending a key delegation to Tripoli to meet with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Faiez Serraj, seeking to counter Turkey which has been present in the oil-rich country since last year. The delegation headed Read more