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Diplomacy: UAE passport, most powerful in the Arab world

The  United Arab Emirates (UAE) has retained its rank as the Arab country with the most powerful passport in the Middle East on Passport index with a score of 126. The rankings published by Arton capital places the  gulf country in the 26th position on the global rankings. Emiratis can visit 126 countries on visa-free […]

Lebanon: the Shi’ite-Sunni crisis revived

The country’s sectarian crisis seems to be deepening as clashes broke out again between the sunnis and shite. Recent events took place in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh on the edge of Sidon where majority of the habitants are Sunnis and most of them followers of Sheikh Ahmed al-Aseer. Reports claim that clashes […]

Morocco’s Economy to Post 4.2% Growth in 2017- Central Bank

Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, forcasted a 4.2% growth rate for Moroccan economy in 2017, up from 1.2% in 2016. The positive growth rate was put forward on the backdgrop of a promising crop year following abundant rainfall, the Bank said. The bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25 percent as […]