Aguila Saleh in Rabat July 26 2020

Repsol Finds Gas in Algeria

Spain’s oil company Repsol has discovered lately gas in the Illizi basin, in the south east of Algeria. The discovery was made during an exploration campaign launched in 2011 at the Tihalatine South-1 well in the Sud-Est Illize block. A consortium led by Repsol won in 2010an exploration license to dig for oil and gas  […]

Algeria: AI Decries Lack of Freedom & Continued Repression

Amnesty International has denounced the lack of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association in Algeria, deploring the arbitrary arrest and detention of journalists and activists. In its annual review of the situation of Human rights in the MENA region, AI said the Algerian authorities maintained a de facto ban on protests in the capital, […]

Lebanon: Future Bloc slams imposed Hezbollah presidential candidate

The Future Bloc party has reacted to what it called the “arrogant” remarks of Sheikh Naim Qassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, who said that Lebanese political parties should choose the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) as the president of the country or else the status-quo of a state without a president will […]