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Egyptian authorities Thursday handed over to Hamas four of its fighters kidnapped three years ago at Rafah crossing point. The Palestinian movement announced the release of the four officers, believed to be members of the group’s naval commando forces. The men were kidnapped from a bus at the crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday pledged to increase trade volume with Chad by 40 percent from the current $60 million to $100 million, as part of plans to bolster ties between the two countries. President Erdogan made the statement on receiving visiting Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno in Ankara, state-run news agency Anadolu reports. […]
Morocco’s first sugar refinery Cosumar confirmed that production in its new refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, will start by the end of 2019, as planned. The confirmation was made by the firm’s CEO Mohammed Fikrat in a statement to the media Tuesday, in Casablanca. The establishment of the new white sugar refinery, named Durrah sugar […]
Varroc Lighting Systems opened Tuesday a greenfield 17,000-square meter facility in Tangier, Morocco. The facility produces headlamps, rear lamps, and daytime running lamps for current and future customers located in Morocco, Spain, and France. Speaking on this occasion, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, said the opening of this plant […]
In a second bash on Fattah al-Sisi, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the European Union bloc for being “insincere” because they attended the joint summit with the Arab League in Egypt, a country with an impressive record of executions. Erdogan, speaking at an electoral rally in Giresun said the EU, is insincere considering its […]
The First summit between the League of Arab States and the European Union held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, February 24-25, has reiterated the two sides’ commitment to reaching a two-state solution, and to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians. In a declaration adopted by the summit Monday, the two […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged never to encounter President Fattah al-Sisi if the latter does not free prisoners, including ousted President Mohamed Morsi among other top figures of the Muslim Brotherhood organization. In an interview Saturday Erdogan branded the regime of al-Sisi an “authoritarian and totalitarian” power, insisting that he can never meet […]
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has pardoned and ordered release of a number of Egyptian citizens jailed in the kingdom as he headed to Egypt to attend the joint European Union-Arab League summit. The prisoners to be released failed to pay legally prescribed fines for violating residency rules, state-run news agency SPA reports. The agency […]
Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan has been appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN announced in a statement. Major General Ur Rehman succeeds Major General Xiaojun Wang of China, whose tour of duty ended on 17 […]
Morocco and India have agreed to set up a Joint Working Group on Counterterrorism to develop a comprehensive approach to combat terrorism including cross-border terrorism, terrorist financing, and recruitment of terrorists. The agreement was signed Monday in Rabat by visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The agreement setting […]