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Lebanon Sunday garnered €250 million ($294.5 million) in pledges at a virtual international conference of donors, led by France’s President Emmanuel Macron. The conference was meant to help the Middle East country cope with the aftermath of last week deadly explosions at Beirut port. The conference was attended by a dozen of world leaders who, […]
The Lebanese government expressed its deep gratitude and high esteem for the generous initiative of King Mohammed VI who ordered urgent medical and humanitarian aid to be sent to Lebanon after the tragic blasts that shook the port of Beirut. On Thursday, August 6, King Mohammed VI ordered the Moroccan government to send medical and […]
Six Moroccan aircrafts carrying vital humanitarian aid have arrived in Beirut, which was devastated by a blast that submerged Beirut in debris. The aid was sent upon orders from King Mohammed VI who also instructed the setting up of a field hospital to treat blast stricken population of the city where hundreds lost their lives […]
King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to send emergency medical and humanitarian aid to Lebanon following the tragic explosion in the port of Beirut that killed over 135 people, injured some 5000, and made significant material damage. The sovereign thus gave his high instructions for the deployment in Beirut of a military field hospital […]
King Mohammed VI has extended his condolences to Lebanese president Michel Aoun, following two huge explosions that rocked on Tuesday Beirut’s port, killing at least 100 people and injuring nearly 4,000. In a message sent to Mr. Aoun, the Moroccan Sovereign expressed his deepest condolences and sincere feelings of compassion to the Lebanese Head of […]
Lebanon has decided to diversify its oil suppliers from 2021 after main supplier, Algeria’s Sonatrach, was accused of providing the Middle East country with adulterated fuel. Lebanon Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar told Bloomberg that the Lebanese government has opted to multiply for the next coming three years its fuel suppliers. “We would prefer to have […]
Egypt has sent around 150 soldiers to Syria to support forces of President Bashar al Assad, Anadolu news agency reports, citing military sources. The soldiers had been sent to Aleppo countryside, Idlib area, in coordination with Iranian Revolutionary Guards via Hama Military Airport, the agency notes. They were subsequently deployed in the Khan al-Asal area […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah was on a visit Wednesday in Rabat where he held talks with his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita on bilateral relations and means to develop them. At a joint press conference after the meeting, Prince Faisal said his talks with his Moroccan counterpart “focused on various aspects […]
The UN-backed Government of National Accord, GNA, Sunday reopened its sky for international air traffic with first flights bound for Turkey. Libyan Wings Airlines took off to Turkey, the first ever international flight after four months of hiatus owing to the covid-19 pandemic, reports Anadolu news agency, citing Misrata International Airport authorities. The second scheduled […]
Turkey Tuesday said it opposes any form of division of Libya where it backs the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA), which is challenged by rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar, backed by Egypt, UAE, Russia, France and USA. “We are absolutely against the breaking up of Libya, whether in reality, or on the map, or politically […]