UN counter terrorism chief Vladimir-Voronkov

GNA scorns Arab league meeting on Libya

The foreign minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has said he would not attend an Arab league meeting of foreign ministers on Libya this week arguing that the GNA was not consulted. Taher Siala told the Pan-Arab organization’s executive council that this planned meeting would “deepen the rift” between Arab governments on […]

False syllogism plagues western analyses of Moroccan-Algerian ties

In recent years many renowned western pundits exhibited the bad habit of establishing false syllogism and false equivalences when examining Moroccan-Algerian relations. In their quest to give their analyses the appearance of impartiality and neutrality, many western pundits tend to equate between the belligerent (Algeria) and the victim (Morocco). In this regard, two examples are […]

Russia-Algeria military maneuvers arouse concern in Brussels

Several Members of the European Parliament from the European People’s Party have expressed concern over the joint military maneuvers conducted by Russia and Algeria in the Mediterranean. The MEPs deem this collaboration “extremely worrying not only for peace and security, but also for the interests of the West and the European Union.” The European People’s […]