First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algeria has supplied Tunisia with weapons in the past as part of a security agreement between them but a source has claimed that the latest supply which took place on Thursday at a crossing point in the border town of Tebessa involved air-to-surface missiles. Although there has been no official statement about the security transactions […]
libya-extremists-fighters Armed groups loyal to the Tripoli government have clashed with fighters that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in the first known confrontation between the two groups. A statement by the Tripoli-based chief of staff confirmed that the fighting took place in Sirte and claimed that they killed 17 fighters and seized 13 […]
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has underlined the strategic importance for Africa to promote a multidimensional partnership to ensure its development, the need to push forward regional economic integration and the necessity to develop common areas for shared prosperity that allow for the free movement of goods and people. Africa needs “a multidimensional partnership model involving […]
The 25th Crans Montana Forum which was opened Friday in the city of Dakhla (Southern Morocco) as scheduled with hundreds of African and foreign delegates from around the world taking part in the three-day conference turned out to be a big success and hit for Moroccan diplomacy. According to some political analysts, it seems that […]
The Council of the Arab League has condemned Iran’s “occupation” of three disputed islands in the gulf and has called Tehran to hand them over to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Arab League Council expressed support to all peaceful means and measures taken by the UAE to restore its sovereignty over the three disputed […]
The working visit King Abdullah of Jordan paid to Morocco and the warmth welcome he received from his host King Mohammed VI showed clearly the special ties existing between the two Kingdoms, both among the strongest US allies in the Arab world. The two leaders held private talks. Yet, some political analysts and diplomatic sources […]
Lebanon will go on for at least 10months without a president after the Speaker of the parliament decided to postpone the presidential election session till April 2 because there were not enough parliaments to hold a session. This is the 20th time that that the election of the president has been postponed and the situation […]
Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Nigeria for “consultations” on Tuesday, just few days after King Mohammed VI refused to have a phone conversation with outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. The new development shows that the diplomatic tension between the two countries is far from being over and that relations are not to improve anytime […]
The Tobruk-based parliament has asked the UN mission to postpone talks scheduled to take place on Wednesday because it wants to thoroughly revise the possibility of forming a unity government. The two rival governments were in Morocco last week to discuss a political solution but the spokesman of the Tobruk parliament Faraj Bohashim said that […]
President Al-Sisi has warned that terrorism is no longer a national or regional issue but a “threat to the stability and security of the whole world” that continues to expand. He called for a religious “revolution” and urged moderate Muslims to “stand up” against terrorists giving a distorted image of Islam before stressing that it […]