Morocco reopened its embassy in Damascus last Sunday, with all its administrative services resuming their activities. King Mohammed VI had announced in his speech to the 34th Arab Summit, held on May 17 in Baghdad, the Kingdom’s decision to reopen its Embassy in Damascus, which was closed in 2012. The Monarch had affirmed that this […]
Economic experts and businessmen familiar with the Suez Canal say the expansion of the canal may not yield the results claimed by authorities. The new canal, to be inaugurated in great fanfare this Thursday, is already raising criticism and doubt. Ahmed Kamaly, an economist with the American University in Cairo indicated that the mega project […]
Tunisian ruling party Nidaa Tounes is on the verge of losing its majority in parliament after 30 of its 86 MPs suspended their membership to the party and threatened to “leave the parliamentary bloc” ahead of the party Executive Committee’s November 12 meeting. The group had boycotted a meeting of the party’s constitutive authority on […]
