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Libya: Kobler Denied Landing in Tobruk

Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler’s authority is increasingly waning in the East of Libya as on Wednesday the UN veteran diplomat was denied landing in Tobruk, the seat of the Libyan internationally recognized parliament, the House of Representatives (HoR). Kobler’s UN aircraft flying from Tunis was refused landing in the eastern town and had to […]

MINURSO Full Functionality Not Fully Restored, UN Says

Three months following the UN-Morocco agreement to allow for the return of civilian staff of the MINURSO, the full functionality of the UN mission in the Sahara is yet to be fully restored, the UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. The MINURSO “continues to operate under existing arrangements and procedures,” Farhan told Innercitypress, noting that […]

Syria: Jordanian businesses begin to feel collateral damage

Syrian rebels’ seizure of the main frontier crossing with Jordan has begun to have an impact on the government in Damascus and regional countries that are engaged in trans-frontal trade. The Nasib crossing point fell to the rebels at the beginning of the month and some Jordanian businessmen have already started calling for the Assad […]