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Bouteflika, Algeria’s missed chance to rise from civil war ashes

Algeria’s former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, passed away last week, leaving his country at the mercy of a military junta that did little to relieve the country from oil and gas curse. Bouteflika took power in 1999 on the back of promises to put an end to a deadly civil war that took the lives of […]

Turkey, Qatar ink military cooperation deal with GNA to boost its military institution

Turkey and Qatar Monday deepened their footprint in Libya as the defense ministers of the two countries agreed to boost the military institution of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) headquartered in Tripoli. Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar and his Qatari counterpart Khaled Al Attiyah met with GNA’s deputy defense minister Salah Al-Namroush in […]

Morocco, the Netherlands co-chairs of Global Counter Terrorism Forum

Morocco and the Netherlands have been unanimously elected co-chairs of the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) taking over from the US and Turkey which had chaired the forum set up in 2011. The election took place during the GCTF Coordination Committee 7th session held in Qatar’s capital Doha last week. The election of Morocco as […]