First Regional Conference on Protecting Cultural Heritage of Religious Communities – Rabat

Egypt, Eni ink oil exploration, exploitation deal worth $1bn

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has signed an agreement with the Italian giant energy group Eni for oil exploration and exploitation in the Gulf of Suez and Nile Delta regions worth $1 billion, Arab Finance reports, citing a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. The deal signed by Minister of Petroleum […]

Egypt orders 11 Israeli pilots to leave territory

Egypt has ordered 11 Israeli pilots who landed without visa to leave its territory, for national security consideration. The pilots, who arrived in light aircraft, had received a landing permit but were denied entry and told to go back to Israel “for national security reasons,” as they did not have valid entry visas, according to […]

Morocco’s BCIJ busts three-man terror cell in Tétouan

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, BCIJ, has arrested this Friday three men in Tétouan, northern Morocco, for terrorism and allegiance to the Islamic state group, ISIS. The men, aged between 21 and 38, were arrested in two different operations, in two districts. The three members pledged allegiance to ISIS in a video that proves […]