Morocco Severs ties with Iran as it backs Hezbollah & Polisario alliance

Morocco severed its diplomatic ties with Iran over its support for Hezbollah in arming and training Polisario separatists, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. Morocco closed its embassy in Tehrna and the kingdom’s ambassador is already in Rabat, Bourita said at a press briefing. “Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Rabat will be asked to leave the country […]

Egypt: Production of Zohr oil field to hit 3bn feet per day in 2019

The production of Zohr oil field will reach more than three billion feet per day in 2019. The announcement was made Wednesday by Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Tarek el Mullaa at a meeting of the general assembly of PetroShrouk oil company. What has been achieved in Zohr oil field is unprecedented in […]

Morocco sets up field hospital to treat strawberry Covid-19 cluster

Morocco has set up a field hospital in Lalla Mimouna near Kenitra to treat hundreds of coronavirus cases who were infected in a hotspot linked to strawberry farms and packaging plants. On Friday, the country recorded 457 cases in that cluster, the biggest single day number of infections since the country declared its first case […]