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Russia Continues Sneaky Tactics in Support of Haftar in Libya

Set to strengthen its foothold in a Libya beset by chaos and instability, Russia threw its weight on Libya’s strongman Marshall Khalifa Haftar whose forces have made a blitzkrieg advance taking several oil fields and threatening to overtake the capital Tripoli from the UN-backed government. A US diplomat who requested not to be named told […]

Tunisia: Terrorists kill border guard, wound three others

Terrorists Sunday traded shoots with Tunisian border guards stationed at Bouchebka, near the Algerian border, killing one guard and wounding three others. “A border guard was killed and three others were wounded in a shootout with a terrorist group in Bouchebka,” the state television Wataniya 1 confirmed. President of the guards’ Union Ridha Ennasri also […]

Morocco Shows Brightest Medium-term Growth Prospects in MENA Region

Amid bleak growth prospects in the MENA region on the backdrop of tightening fiscal policies in response to low oil prices, Morocco stands out with forecasts to post favorable growth prospects on the medium-term, Capital Economics’ Q2 2016 Middle East Outlook report said. “And Morocco’s economy, whose medium-term prospects are the brightest in the region, […]