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Washington has accused Russia of covertly deploying at least 14 fighter jets to Libya last week to back the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army of east-based renegade commander Khalifa Haftar in his campaign to oust the government from Tripoli and the Russian state-sponsored private military contractors (PMCs) operating on the ground in Libya. In a statement […]
The Tunisian army has secretly repatriated 25 Indian nationals stranded in the North African country amid covid-19 pandemic, Tribune India reports. The group of 25 Indians touched down at Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on a special military aircraft on Saturday, the media says. The plane was on its way to bring back home Tunisian […]
Rabat-based Bayt Mal Al-quds Agency has provided medical assistance to hospitals in the holy city of Al Quds to strengthen the capacity of these hospitals to cope with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance includes prevention kits, masks, disinfectants, protective suits and other medical equipment required in emergency, isolation and quarantine units. Bayt […]
The Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group has left Libya after forces of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) took over the strategic Al-Watiya airbase, a local mayor said. Salem Alaywan, mayor of the town of Bani Walid, told a local television channel that three planes took off with Wagner elements. A UN Libya sanction […]
Egypt has blamed the UAE, its ally in Libya, after protégé rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar lost early this week a key airbase to forces controlled by UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Egyptian sources told London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed daily that Cairo has been “very disappointed” by the UAE’s “unilateral moves” in the Libyan crisis. Haftar […]
The Arab Monetary Fund has granted Morocco a $127 million loan to provide financial resources to meet the country’s needs amid the global COVID-19 crisis, the Arab financial institution announced this Wednesday in a statement. The loan agreement was signed earlier this month by Morocco’s Economy and Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun and the General manager […]
Moroccans should watch out who they elect in local elections because some elected officials may tend to transpose their beliefs and ideologies on the public space as was the case recently in Temara, near Rabat, when a mayor named alleys and streets after Wahabi preachers known for their extremism. Morocco which follows the path of […]
Morocco has received lately 36 respirators and 98,000 facemasks donated by Chinese state-owned Development Bank (CDB). The donation comes after Bank of Africa (BOA) of Moroccan BMCE Group had sent four months ago medical supplies to China following the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province. After the Chinese hospitals, doctors and health workers were overwhelmed […]
A panel of experts under UN Libya Sanction Committee has accused a UAE company for supplying helicopters and boats to rebel General Khalifa Haftar to attack vessels off Libyans coasts, Anadolu news agency reports. In confidential letters, the Panel of Experts has named Emirati company Fulcrum Holding in the purchase of six helicopters and two […]
A report by a UN working group has blamed Wagner Group, a Russian security company, for smuggling inside war-torn Libya up to 1,200 mercenaries who have been on the side of rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar. The report, drafted by independent sanctions monitors and submitted to the UN Security Council Libya sanctions committee, stressed that the […]