First Independent Mena Newspaper
Iraq reiterated, on Saturday, its firm support of the territorial integrity of Morocco. “I reiterate Iraq’s constant position on the Moroccan Sahara issue and its support for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Morocco,” Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein said at a joint press conference with his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita, who was visiting […]
Morocco’s strong commitment to the fight against terrorism and violent extremism was scrutinized in a report by the Institute for Applied Geopolitics Studies, published under the direction of Manon Chemel and Alexandre Negrus. The report, titled “Morocco: what status vis-à-vis France and Europe?” highlighted the North African country’s comprehensive and multidimensional approach to respond to […]
The United States on Monday (7 November) imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms, this time targeting South African entities, who it says have provided financial or material support to the Islamic State (IS) group. Following the financial penalties against a Somali IS weapons trafficking cell imposed […]
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, announced November 1 the re-election of Egypt’s ex-Minister of Investment, Mahmoud Mohieldine, as executive director and member of the board. Mohieldin represents a group of Arab states, namely Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, along with the Maldives. Following his re-election Mohieldin stressed that […]
Iraq’s government has agreed to continue supplying Lebanon’s electricity company with heavy fuel oil for another year, Zawya reports. Najib Mikati, the Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister, Thursday, said he made the request to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who agreed to extend the agreement signed last year under the same terms. In July 2021, Baghdad […]
People took to streets Monday in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, and blocked roads to protest against power cuts that left many without electricity in 50C heat, Arab News reported. The demonstrators burned tires, blocking the main road to the provincial capital. The protests, the Saudi media notes, began after the collapse of the […]
An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the defense of the pensioner has said, Arab News reports. Lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP Tuesday the Court of Cassation overturned the conviction of his client James Fitton who is expected to be freed. “We […]
Six Iraqi police forces were slain Wednesday after their position was attacked by Islamic state group (ISIS) fighters, in north of capital Baghdad, AFP reports citing a military source. “Between 10 and 15 ISIS group fighters attacked this federal police forward position around 12:30 am (2130 GMT Tuesday). The attack lasted around an hour,” the […]
In the framework of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, a meeting and debate was held at the Hotel Montrbrillant-Cornavin, Geneva, on 14 June 2022, on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child in Conflict Zones: Situation of Child Soldiers. This meeting was jointly organized at the initiative of Rencontre […]
Two European counterterrorism reports have reported the movement of Islamic state group fighters, including Moroccan nationals, leaving Syria and Iraq to lawless Libya. Published by the European Center for Counterterrorism and France’s Center of Terrorism Analysis, the reports stress that fighters of the global terror group are fleeing Syria and Iraq, two hubs of the […]