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Morocco-KSA: towards an enhanced anti-terror cooperation

There is every indication that Morocco and Saudi Arabia are poised to enhance their cooperation in matters of anti-terrorism struggle and to further the coordination of their efforts in security and intelligence sharing. The message addressed on Monday by King Abdullah Ben Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia to Morocco’s Mohammed VI surely falls in the context […]

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Yemen: Rebels clash with government forces

Fighting between the Houthi rebels and the government forces started in the Yemeni capital on Monday with both sides accusing each other of triggering it. The State television and SABA, the government’s official news agency, are now under the control of the rebels. A fragile ceasefire has been announced and strategic positions around the capital […]

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Libya: Rebels clash, Gaddafi-era army officers return

Libyan armed factions accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks near the country’s largest oil port, Es Sider, after a partial ceasefire was announced by the end of last week in order to pursue a U.N. sponsored dialogue in Geneva. The government in Tobruk has integrated General Haftar into the army after a […]

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Libya: Rival governments agree on consensual national unity government

An agreement has been reached by Libya’s two rival governments barely 48hours after talks began in Geneva. An agenda geared towards a consensual national unity will be formed by the two governments to end the fighting that has forced more than a million away from their homes and left tens of thousands of people dead. […]

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Egypt: Close Islamist collaborators now at odds

Ahead of the parliamentary elections in Egypt, the discord between two Islamic oriented political parties is beginning to surface. Al-Nour, a Salafist political party, and the now banned Muslim Brotherhood that has been termed as a terrorist organization by the state are at a latent war over the control of Sinai. Crisis between the two […]

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Kuwait & Bahrain Push for Gulf Alliance

The leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain, members of the Six Nations Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), have renewed their resolve to work for the consolidation of the gulf alliance. At a meeting held lately in Kuwait City, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah of Kuwait and Bahrain’s Premier Prince Khalifa Ben Selman Al Khalifa have […]

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Russia is our hope in Syria, UN Envoy

The upcoming talks, between the Syrian opposition and Assad’s government, in Russia are seen as an opportunity that should not be missed according to U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura. He said the Syrian war has become the worst humanitarian disaster since World War II and Russian efforts should be supported to end it because it […]

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Arab League supports another Palestine withdrawal draft resolution

The Arab League said on Thursday that it will seek to shore up international support for another attempt to obtain a U.N resolution on ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands. The decision can be considered timely as countries sympathetic to Palestine’s cause prepare to take up their seats at the Security Council. U.N Assistant Secretary-General […]

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Lebanon: Our Arsenal is beyond the enemy’s imagination, Hezbollah

Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah, a Lebanese political and paramilitary organization, has warned its enemies that provoking the organization will lead to a dirty war. He said that they have weapons of all sorts that could be imagined. Bahrain, Israel and the French magazine criticised by Nasrallah during his interview with Lebanese television station […]