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Egypt Tightens Security around Churches on Christmas

Egypt has increased the alert level to high in preparation of the Christmas celebrations given the massive church and mosque bombings the country suffered earlier this year. Egypt’s Interior Ministry has ordered 230,000 police officers to secure churches while putting all security departments on high alert, the MENA news agency said. Egypt will have to […]

Morocco’s migration policy, an example for the world – IOM Chief

Morocco’s migration policy is an example to follow for the world as a whole, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), António Vitorino, said on Wednesday in Fez. In a statement to the press after talks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, on the sidelines of the 9th Global Forum of the […]

Iranian Spies Nabbed in Saudi Arabia

Saudi authorities have caught 18 people having direct link to Iranian intelligence services, exacerbating secret war and tensions between the Sunni Arab monarchies and Shiite Persian Iran accused of seeking to destabilize the Gulf countries by inciting their indigenous Shiite communities to stage demonstrations during the Arab Spring. According to Saudi Interior ministry, the spy […]