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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
A court in Turkey has sentenced a former Kurdish member of the parliament accused of supporting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to 22 years in prison. Leyla Guven, of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was stripped of her Read more
The head of the Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB), Ismail Demir, has vowed to continue with the country’s military development regardless of the US sanctions on himself and his organization. “The development of the domestic industry will continue, perhaps even Read more
The United Arab Emirates, UAE, and Turkey will shortly resume regular flights between the two countries following several months of suspension owing to the pandemic, reports say. Dubai-based Flydubai according to Bloomberg will restart flights between the Emirati city and Read more
The United Defense department, the Pentagon, has leveled charges against the United Arab Emirates, UAE, for its alleged financing of Wagner Group, a Russian security company currently present in Eastern Libya, Foreign Policy Magazine reports. The charges, the magazine notes, Read more
French insurance giant AXA Group announced it has relinquished its Gulf region operations to GIC Gulf Insurance for $290 million as it moves to slim its activities. The transaction will enable GIC Gulf Insurance to take control of Axa Gulf Read more
Libya will hold its presidential election next year on December 24 to elect a democratic central authority after years of chaos that erupted in the wake of NATO intervention in 2011.The Acting Head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed a former Budget and Planning Commission chairperson as the country’s new minister of Treasury and Finance after his son-in-law and Finance minister Berat Albayrak resigned on Sunday, citing health issues. Lütfi Elvan, 58, Read more
Qatar’s leader Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani received Sunday a delegation of the High Council of State (HCS) aligned with Government of National Accord (GNA) to discuss the political situation in Libya and rounds of talks with rival House of Read more
France Sunday said its envoy to Turkey is returning to Turkey after Ankara condemned a terror attack in the city of Nice in which three people have died. France summoned its envoy to Turkey one week ago after Turkish leader Read more