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The self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA), based in eastern Libya and opposed to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Wednesday vowed to sink any Turkish vessel entering Libyan waters, in reaction to the maritime agreement between GNA and Ankara concluded on Nov. 27. ”I have an order, as soon as the Turkish research vessels […]
Turkey will deploy military troops to Libya if the UN-backed Government of National Accord, GNA, makes the request, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday in Ankara. “Regarding sending troops to Libya, if they request assistance, we would respond to that demand,” Erdoğan said during an event for World Human Rights Day in Ankara. On Monday, […]
The Union of Arab Football Associations, UAFA, has slapped a $57,000 fine on Raja Casablanca because of fans’ inappropriate behavior during the Nov. 23 tie with city rival Wydad as the two clubs clashed for the last 16 match of the Arab Club Championship also known as the Mohammed VI Cup. Raja axed Wydad 5-5 […]
The pseudo Sahrawi activist, Aminatou Haidar, known for her collaboration with the Algerian intelligence services, is reportedly about to launch a campaign to defend the Kurdish cause and carry out actions in an attempt to secure the release of her friend and spiritual mentor Abdullah Ocalan. As the news was being reported by a pro-Kurdish […]
UN-backed Government of National Accord, GNA, said Thursday, it will present a list of Russian mercenaries who are allegedly combating alongside Khalifa Haftar whose forces have been trying to capture Tripoli. The GNA, according to Khaled al-Meshri, the head of the Tripoli-based government’s Supreme Council of State, is compiling the list of the Russian fighters […]
The Moroccan-Saudi Joint military Committee held on Tuesday its second meeting in Rabat to review cooperation between the two countries’ armed forces during the 2018 & 2019 period and set their joint program for 2020. The meeting was co-chaired by Lt. General, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the Saudi General, Chief […]
Saudi Arabia Sunday announced it has taken leadership of the Group of Twenty or G20, until the meeting of its leaders in the kingdom next year in November. The Gulf country takes over from Japan and becomes the first Arab country to assume the presidency of the powerful organization encompassing leaders of developed and developing […]
Moroccan businessman Mohamed Horani, CEO of payment solutions company HPS, has been appointed Honorary Consul-General of Singapore government in Casablanca, with jurisdiction throughout Morocco. In his new task, Mr. Horani, 65, will support the work of Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Morocco, Mr. George Goh, says a statement released Sunday by Singapore’s ministry of foreign Affairs. […]
The deepening trade deficit with Turkey and the increasing complaints of Moroccan enterprises have finally pushed Morocco’s trade and industry minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy to ask for a rebalancing of the Free Trade Agreement with Turkey. Speaking in Istanbul, the Moroccan minister told his Turkish peer, Ruhsar Pekcan that Morocco wants a review of […]
King Mohammed VI has warned that the continuing Israeli practices in violation of international legitimacy and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories fuel tension, violence, instability and sow the seeds of religious conflict and hatred. These Israeli practices include further settlement activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, depriving Palestinians of a […]