UK Defense Senior Advisor-MENA region- Air Marshal Martin Elliot Sampson

Morocco Elected to Chair OPCW Executive Council

Morocco has been elected by acclamation in The Hague to the Presidency of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on behalf of the African Group, for a one-year term starting on 12 May. This election, in the person of Mohamed Basri, Morocco’s Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent […]

Algerians “in mass” reject November 1st referendum

The Algerian regime of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune suffered a setback Sunday as the vast majority of Algerians boycotted the referendum on a constitutional amendment, almost a non-event, touted to lead to a new chapter in the history of the country.   The regime has put the turnout rate at 23.7%, a figure largely inflated as […]

‘Halal Economy’ in Global Markets: An Unstoppable Rise

The Islamic economy has for long been associated with the Islamic financial law. Based on the moral code and religious law of Islam – shari’a – Islamic banking requires very stringent capital requirements in loan markets, rejects interest rates, and promotes profit and loss sharing between the client and the bank according to the contract […]