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King Mohammed VI on Saturday delivered a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the Sovereign’s accession to the throne of his glorious ancestors. Here follows the full text of the royal speech: “Praise be Read more
Algeria has granted a $300 million credit facility to Tunisia to help the North African country navigate economic distress. The deal for the credit according to Tunisia’s national gazette, was signed on Dec. 09 during the visit of the Algerian Read more
Lebanon’s banking association said Thursday it might withdraw from talks with IMF owing to rows over the scale of the country’s vast financial losses, Zawya reports. “The atmosphere that prevailed at a meeting today at the finance ministry brought matters Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron Monday took credit for solving the November political crisis that erupted in Lebanon after Prime Minister Saad Hariri was allegedly abducted in Riyadh following a visit to the kingdom wherefrom he announced his resignation. “If France Read more
A UN confidential report accused both Saudi Arabia and Iran of protracting the crisis in Yemen through their involvement in arming warring parties in the impoverished country. The report, issued by a UN panel, noted that Iran violated an arms Read more
Ambassadors and special envoys to Libya Tuesday issued a joint statement rejecting the Tunis Libyan-Libyan deal while stressing that only the UN-facilitated National Dialogue Agreement is the way the forward to put an end to the Libyan political crisis. Ambassadors Read more
Feeling strengthened following the Vienna pact, Iran is planning to submit a roadmap to end the four-year old political crisis in ally Syria. In an interview with the Beirut-based Al-Mayedeen television channel, Iranian deputy foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Read more
The world financial crisis has hardly hit the tourism sector in many countries and the turmoil triggered by the Arab Spring has dealt a serious blow to the sector in states that heavily depend on its returns like Egypt and Read more
The actual security crisis in Yemen is a subject that the government has promised to tackle and try to stabilize this year. As part of the resolution of the problem the Yemeni authority decided to organize a three-day campaign to Read more
The Tuareg rebellion had allowed Islamist groups in Mali take control of the north. Currently, a military intervention is being prepared by ECOWAS to regain this territory. At the same time it is being suggested more and more that Qatar Read more