Middle East Institute, former ambassador Gerald Feierstein,

Tunisia: Syphax prepares to penetrate markets

Syphax Airlines has decided to tap the aviation market with millions to increase its fleet and their performance. In a recent deal with General Electric Aviation, the company has decided to select CFM International’s LEAP-1A and CFM56-5B engines to power three Airbus A320neo and three Airbus A319/A320ceo aircraft, respectively. The total amount for the order […]

‘Not all putschists are equal’: Gabon’s interim leader makes official visit to France

Gabon’s interim president is on his first official visit to France this week accompanied by an entourage of several ministers, with bilateral relations, climate change and forests, and the progress of Gabon’s transition high on the agenda for discussion between both partners. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s 5-day working visit to Paris (May 28-June 2) is […]

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 […]