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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG) and Morocco’s OCP Policy Center are holding a seminar on “Energy Transition, NDCs, and the Post-COP21” in Marrakech Sept.8-9th. In preparation for COP22 due in Morocco next November, Read more
Municipal elections that were to be held in the West Bank and Gaza early next month have been postponed by a Palestinian Authority Supreme Court decision but it is already being contested. The court that made the ruling is based Read more
The Israeli military stated that its warplanes struck the Syrian Armed Forces overnight after an armed projectile fired from Syrian territory landed in the Golan Heights that it is controlling. It claimed that the projectile fired by the Army’s mortar Read more
Member of Parliament Ammar Houry rung alarming bells that a cabinet row fueled by the Free Patriotic Movement’s “criminal” political activities could lead to another civil war because the party’s action in “defending Christian rights doesn’t happen this way.” Sources Read more
After the members of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) held a meeting with their supporters in London, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the ‘Vision for Syria’ plan unveiled by the opposition coalition is “realistic, but countries that support Read more
“If what the Russians and the Americans agree upon is very much different from what the Syrians aspire to, then we shall not accept it,” leader of the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riyad Hijab stated. The former Syrian Prime Minister Read more
Following Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s damaging remarks against Saudi Arabia and calls for reviewing the management of the annual Hajj, Riyadh, through its Foreign Affairs Minister, responded by stating that Tehran is “politicizing” the fifth pillar of Islam Read more
Tunisia has voiced concerns over the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Libya as it fears that the extremist fighters could sneak through its borders and carry on with their atrocities. Defense Minister Farhat Hachani was speaking on the Read more
Egypt’s Finance Minister Amr El Garhy stated, while presenting the monthly financial report, that the country’s budget deficit has increased from 10.8% last year to reach 11.2% in the first 11 months of the current financial year. The financial year Read more
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has “strongly condemned” on Tuesday the adoption by Israel of 463 housing construction plans as well as the retroactive approval of 179 other homes in various West Bank settlements. “These decisions seriously undermine any possibility Read more