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King Mohammed VI of Morocco has strongly condemned as “unacceptable” Israel’s practices in Jerusalem that are meant to impose a fait accompli in the city, and urged the international community to take decisive actions to compel Israel to put an end to these provocative practices that could incite extremist tendencies, further tension, animosity and violence […]
The Libyan National Army commander, aligned with east-based rival government, Khalifa Haftar has been reportedly receiving military aid from Israel with the secret support of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which backs him against the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA), reports say. London-based The New Arab, citing a source close to the Field Marshal […]
Turkey and Israel are seemingly set to finalize the deal on a pipeline that will connect the two countries before the end of the current year, during an official visit to Tel Aviv by Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak. The Turkish official’s visit to Israel was announced by Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, on the […]
Gaza Strip ruler Hamas Friday vigorously slammed the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), which complained with the Islamist movement the discovery of a tunnel under an UN-built school in Gaza. UNRWA discovered on June 1 “part of a tunnel that passes under two adjacent agency schools in the Maghazi camp” during construction work, spokesman […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has stressed that reaching a peace agreement with Palestine would be determined by security concerns to ensure Israel’s safety. He told Army Radio that in any peace agreement with the Palestinians, “we will have to maintain military control of all the territory west of the Jordan River.” Netanyahu claimed […]
Gulf States have offered Israel official recognition should the Jewish state embrace peace. The offer comes as leaders of the Gulf States doubt Israel’s keenness to enter in negotiations with Palestine. Tel Aviv is mulling plan to move the Israeli capital to Jerusalem; an idea backed by Washington, which also indicated that it would move […]
Arab leaders opened Wednesday in Jordan their annual summit with focus on resolving conflicts and war against terrorism in the region. The Agenda also includes debates on latest developments of the situation in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many Arab countries especially of the rich-oil Gulf monarchies blame Iran for its intervention […]
King Mohammed VI has received in Rabat King Abdullah II of Jordan with whom he held talks on bilateral ties and latest developments in the Arab region. The Jordanian King is in Morocco as part of an official visit during which he will meet several Moroccan officials. A grand reception was organized in Rabat in […]
The Arab Parliamentary Union called on Spain to return the occupied enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in addition to the Mediterranean Chafarinas Islands to Morocco. The call was made in the closing statement of the 24th congress of the Union, which was held in Rabat. In this regards, Arab MPs underscored the efforts led by […]
Morocco spent $6.2 billion on weapon deals from 2011 to 2015, said an annual Congressional study dubbed, “Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2008-2015, one of the most comprehensive assessments of global arms sales available in an unclassified form. The US continues to be the main arms supplier of Morocco over the same period with […]