Category: Asia

COVID-19: Tunisia places orders with Russia for medical equipment

May 4, 2020

Tunisia has turned to Russia to buy medical equipment including respiratory ventilators and masks for public hospitals amid ongoing fight against novel covid-19 with overall ... Read More

Qatar rejects Haftar’s proclaiming himself Libya’s ruler as a coup on legitimacy

May 1, 2020

Qatar said it rejects the announcement made last Monday by the commander of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, claiming he had been mandated ... Read More

The Sahara population is an integral part of the Moroccan people’s fabric

April 30, 2020

The population of the Sahara is an integral part of the Moroccan people’s fabric and cannot be attached to a region according to ethnic or ... Read More

GNA official charges UAE for plotting Libya division

April 29, 2020

An official in the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has finger-pointed the UAE for attempting to divide war-torn Libya after its protégé Khalifa Haftar ... Read More

Libya: LNA commander withdraws from Skhirat political accord, a coup critics say

April 28, 2020

The renegade east-based commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, announced on Monday April 27 his withdrawal from the political agreement concluded in 2015 ... Read More

Algeria’s Lebanon-based Sonatrach subsidiary mired in corruption, adulterated fuel

April 28, 2020

A court in Lebanon has ordered the arrest of 17 people, including the Chief of Sonatrach Petroleum (SPC), a subsidiary of Algeria’s state-run oil company, ... Read More

Turkey slams France for its position in Libya

April 22, 2020

Turkey Tuesday sharply criticized France and called the European country to end its support for rebel and east-based retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar. The tirade was ... Read More

Lebanon legalizes cannabis growing for medicinal, industrial purposes

April 22, 2020

As Lebanon’s economy struggles amid coronavirus fallout, the parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that ... Read More

COVID-19: Morocco and China cooperate closely in fight against pandemic – Ambassador

April 15, 2020

Morocco and China cooperate closely in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Morocco's ambassador to China Aziz Mekouar.   Speaking during a meeting broadcast ... Read More

Algerian author bags prestigious IPAF prize

April 15, 2020

The 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has gone to Algerian author Abdelouahab Aissaoui for his book 'Spartan Court'. The Djelfa-born author was announced ... Read More