Morocco remains the most secure country from terrorist attacks in the southern Mediterranean, said the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) in its 2023 Global Terrorism Index. Morocco took the 83rd place ahead of European countries such as Spain, the Netherlands and Austria underscoring its standing as the safest country in North Africa. “The countries […]
The uprising in Syria has led the European Union (EU) to employ an instrument it rarely uses in the Mediterranean: sanctions. Since May 2011, the EU has deployed its sanctions toolbox in support of the anti-regime uprising in Syria. The objective of the EU is to increase pressure on the Assad regime to end repression, […]
Algerian authorities suspended consular cooperation with France in its consulates of Nice, Marseille, and Montpellier, amid a worsening diplomatic crisis that led the French interior minister to call for banning entry to the Algerian nomenklatura. The Algerian escalatory move came in a series of provocations including the refusal to admit Algerian nationals who have been […]
