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Iraq : Government Forces Continue to be Defeated by ISIS

The advancement of the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Iraq has achieved another major turning point as its militants take over one of the biggest city in Northern Iraq, Mosul. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is desperate to put an end to the ISIS by arming civilians willing to fight against the […]

King Mohammed VI Sends Message to Egyptian President

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent a written message to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi. The royal message was handed to the Egyptian head of state by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita Friday. The message is related to the strengthening of cooperation between Morocco and Egypt and to the two countries’ shared resolve to give […]

Tunisian Ennahdha Denies its Chief Proposed Mediation between Rabat & Algiers

The Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdha has flatly rejected reports that its leader Rached Ghannouchi had proposed his mediation in the diplomatic row opposing Morocco and Algeria, both tangled in a showdown over Algiers’s support for the Polisario separatist Front. London-based Middle East Eye (MEE) in a May 8 article, citing an anonymous Algerian diplomatic source, […]