Mohamed-Loulichki

Flexible Brokerage: Qatar and Moroccan Diplomatic Relations

No tiny Arab country has ever gained more diplomatic leverage than Qatar in recent North African history. Since independence, only a few Arab regional powers had an overarching and successful influence in North Africa’s politics: Jamal Abdel Nasser’s Egypt and King Fahd’s Saudi Arabia were able to diplomatically twist – gently or otherwise – the […]

Battled by Diplomatic Setbacks, Polisario Beats ‘Inaudible’ Drums of War

Algerian government mouthpiece, Algeria Press Service, and other pro-separatist websites have been inflating news regarding military exercises by the Polisario separatists, east of the berm in the region of Aouserd, as a sign of the militias’ readiness and capacity to wage war against Morocco. Following the diplomatic setbacks it has received- whether at the UN, […]

Morocco, Palestine poised to bolster industrial cooperation

Morocco and Palestine signed, Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen industrial cooperation between the two countries. The agreement aims to strengthen collaboration and mutual recognition of compliance certificates, quality marks and halal labels between Morocco and Palestine. Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, who co-signed the MoU with his Palestinian […]