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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in a statement about the anti-Hezbollah US sanctions law act stressed that banks operating in the country should comply with it for “achieving the interest of Lebanon and its economy, for the sake of Read more
Pope Francis questioned what he called the West’s “cultural colonialism” in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) especially in war torn countries where it is trying to impose its vision of democracy whilst fighting against the terrorism of Islamist Read more
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are raising concerns about the impossibility for them to go through the Israel-controlled areas out of Gaza because of the quasi-impossibility to obtain a “no objection” letter from Jordanian authorities. They need to have the Read more
The Iranian parliament has requested that the government should demand for compensation from the US for its “hostile actions and crimes” towards the country for the past 63 years. The law voted by the parliament on Tuesday accused the US Read more
The Vienna conference held on Monday with the participation of the permanent members of the Security Council and several Arab and European countries decided that the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) should be exempted from the UN arms embargo Read more
A pilot and an instructor have been killed when their plane crashed during a training flight over the UAE, the General Command of the UAE Armed Forces said on Sunday. “The accident resulted in the death of the crew consisting Read more
State-run Turkish news agency, Anadolu, reported that Turkish shelling and US-led coalition military airstrikes have killed more than 27 Islamic state militants in Syria as they were about to fire rockets into Turkey from northern Aleppo. The airstrikes were reportedly Read more
Over the weekend, credit rating company Moody’s downgraded Saudi Arabia by a notch from Aa3 to A1 citing that “a combination of lower growth, higher debt levels and smaller domestic and external buffers leave the Kingdom less well positioned to Read more
The United States on Friday blacklisted the Head of Libya’s internationally recognized Parliament for obstructing the political process aimed at establishing the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) as the sole Libyan authority. Aguila Saleh, identified as a spoiler of Read more
The visit of King Mohammed VI to China, beyond its political and economic goals, confirms, once again, the Moroccan Sovereign’s new diplomacy, which is dynamic, resilient and proactive and which takes into account regional and international changes and challenges. According Read more