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Officials of United Arab Emirates Telecoms Authority have claimed that they have dealt with a cyber-attack originating from Egypt against government websites. Officials linked the attack to the support rendered by the United Arab Emirates to the transitional government, which has replaced Morsi’s government since his removal by General Al Sisi. Cyber-attacks and cyber espionage […]
After a well acclaimed and long awaited return of President Bouteflika, doubts have begun to rise from all quarters after being featured by the state television in a short and almost silent video. The video showed the president having a meeting with high dignitaries of his government. The video has intensified the debate over his […]
There are fears that tensions in Egypt could rise to new levels after Roni Daniel, an Israeli military analyst, told Israeli TV channel 2 that Israel was informed by General Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi three days prior to Morsi’s ousting and approved of it. The ousting of Morsi is surrounded by many controversies but the army maintains […]
King Juan Carlos I of Spain started on Monday a four-day official visit to Morocco, the first in more than two years as his latest dates back to May 2011. Beyond the exceptional historical personal relations binding the two sovereigns, the visit of King Juan Carlos holds much symbolic and political significance and is seen […]
In the run up to next year’s presidential elections, three Islamist parties have decided to unite under a single candidate to increase their chances of governing Algeria. The opposition parties have always accused the government of election frauds and rigging. The Islamists have developed a three-option plan in case of eventualities regarding the elections as […]
The acting Army Chief of Staff, Salem Gnaidi, has spoken out against the government and Prime Minister Ali Zeidan’s efforts to subdue the reestablishment of the National Army. He made these revelations during an interview on the Libyan Awalan Television Station, as he made references to the revival of Gadhafi’s security strategy and the embezzlement […]
The war in Syria is well into its third year, while the number of casualties has sky-rocketed, though, of course, nobody can say for sure how many lives the war has really claimed. Hezbollah, Iran and Russia have all heavily invested in the survival of the Syrian regime. Having thus turned the tide of the […]
The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]
In its strive to expand Islamic Finance, Libya’s Stock Market and Amanie Advisors have inked a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding destined to outline a “clear roadmap” for the promotion of Islamic Finance. The MoU is expected to boost Libya’s massive potential in domains that remains relatively unexploited. Amanie Advisors, a global Shariah advisory firm, will […]
Egypt’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has summoned Tunisia and Turkey’s ambassadors’ respectively, in what it considers being a mingling in its internal affairs with respect to comments made by government officials from the two countries. These countries did not welcome the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from power by the military. The Minister of Foreign […]