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On Wednesday (March 19), the United Nations decided to impose sanctions on illegal exports of Libyan oil in a unanimous vote. The resolution came only two days after the US Navy had boarded its tanker Morning Glory in international waters close to Cyprus. The tanker was loaded with illegally obtained crude oil and it managed […]
Morocco has stressed the need to foster trust between the parties to the Middle East peace process and urged these parties to show the much needed sense of realism and spirit of compromise in order to push forward the peace process. The call was launched by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI during the opening of the […]
The Al-Quds Committee which is holding its 20th session in Marrakesh this January 17-18 under the presidency of Mohammed VI, King of Morocco and chairman of the Committee, is poised to send a strong message to Israel about its unlawful practices in the holy city, deemed by Muslims, Christians and Jews as a common heritage. […]
The 3rd edition of the Africa-Arab summit which assembled most of the heads of states of the different countries from the two continents has ended in Kuwait. The summit gear’s towards building solid economic relations between them. The highlight of this year edition is the signing of the Kuwait Declaration. The host of the summit, […]
Egypt’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has summoned Tunisia and Turkey’s ambassadors’ respectively, in what it considers being a mingling in its internal affairs with respect to comments made by government officials from the two countries. These countries did not welcome the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from power by the military. The Minister of Foreign […]
Egypt has recalled its newly appointed ambassador to Israel, Atef Mohamed Salem, after the commander of Hamas military wing, Ahmed Al-Jaabari. was killed in an Israeli raid on Gaza strip. The announcement was made Wednesday evening by a presidential spokesman in a televised statement. The spokesman said that President Mohamed Morsi has also summoned the […]