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In his address to the 3rd summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in Tehran, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal called for an agreement between members because the low global prices are not in the interest of the stakeholders. Read more
President Vladmir Putin who was in Tehran Monday assured the Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei of Russia’s support to Iran, a country that he described as “an independent and strong country with very good prospects.” Putin said Moscow considers Iran as Read more
Qatar’s mediation efforts made it possible to sign a peace and reconciliation agreement between the Tebu and the Tuareg tribes that are fighting in the southern part of Libya over the control of oilfields. The region is not controlled by Read more
Turkey could for the first time be engaged militarily in the Syrian war after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated that Turkish forces are “instructed to retaliate to any development that would threaten Turkey’s border security.” The statement was made following Read more
Oman’s sovereign debt has been downgraded by the Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating agency from A- to a BBB+ citing a negative outlook because “the government’s fiscal and external positions could deteriorate beyond our current expectations over the next two Read more
The new U.N special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler had his first official contact with the representatives of the two rival governments in Libya during the weekend to continue the U.N-led dialogue for a political agreement. Kobler visited the Tobruk-based Read more
The Houthi Movement has announced that a delegation will be leaving Sana’a for Oman for talks with Special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on ways to end the ongoing war. Spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam stated in a post on Facebook Read more
Ankara is angered by Russia’s bombing of the Bayirbucak area, northwestern Syria, close to its Yayladag border gate in Hatay province. The foreign ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov to protest against the “intensive” bombing of “civilian Turkish villages.” Ankara Read more
President Francois Hollande of France held a meeting Friday at the Elysée with King Mohammed VI to whom he expressed thanks for the “effective assistance” extended by Morocco to his country, following the Paris terror attacks of last Friday. “The Read more
Oil-rich Gulf companies have invested nearly $ 12 billion in sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade, but they injected nearly 10 times as much in North Africa over the same period, according to a study. The findings of this study Read more