Russian defense minister Monday hailed Egypt’s combat against terrorism noting also that the most populated Arab country plays a “key role in resolving political and economic issues in North Africa and the Middle East”, Russian news agency TASS reports. Sergey Shoigu hosted his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Ahmed Zaki in Moscow for talks on cooperation between […]
Morocco has offered 1 billion dirhams so far in reconstruction aid to 51,300 households hose houses were totally or partially destroyed in the September 7 quake that hit the High Atlas. The government has offered 20,000 dirhams in a first stage aid to families to start rebuilding their homes and started disbursing a second batch […]
Israel Wednesday officially re-opened its mission in Cairo four years after the building was stormed by protesters in September 2011, forcing the ambassador to operate from an unofficial location. The re-opening ceremony was attended by director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold, the Israeli and US ambassadors to Cairo and other diplomats. Gold said […]
