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Tag: NATO
UK: Government plans defence budget increase to curb ISIL threat
British Prime Minister is expected to ask lawmakers Monday to consider increasing the defence budget as such an increase is necessary to face up the ... Read More
Libya: UN sends strong message to peace process spoilers
The UN is determined to take the bull by the horns to ensure that Libyans reach a peace agreement that will help save the country ... Read More
Tunisia calms Algerian nerves over Washington status
After Washington upgraded its ties with Tunisia to the level of a strategic ally during President Béji Caid Essebsi’s maiden visit as president, Khemaies Jhinaoui ... Read More
Tunisia to be designated U.S major non-NATO ally, Obama tells Essebsi
Tunisia will join Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, and Morocco as the fifth Arab country to be designated as a major non-NATO ally of the U.S. The ... Read More
Boycott of USA-GCC Summit, a Warning or a Declaration of Independence?
Rulers of Four Arab countries out of the six nations forming the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are snubbing the summit to be hosted by President ... Read More
Al-Thinni seeks Russia’s help for West chaos in Libya
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk-based government is in Moscow and has called on Russia to support the lifting of the arms embargo on the ... Read More
Libya to be “second Somalia,” oil Minister
Libya is on the verge of becoming a failed state if the war in the country does not come to an end and attacks on ... Read More
Turkey: Missile defense systems from China will not be used with NATO
Turkey’s defense minister Ismet Yilmaz has maintained that the country has not sidelined plans to buy a new missile defense system from China despite concerns ... Read More
Libya: UN led dialogue begins in limbo
Talks between the two governments of Libya will begin in Geneva on Wednesday but only the one based in Tobruk could be present. The Tripoli ... Read More
French Defense Minister for political solution in Libya
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stressed the need to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis rather than another military operation in the ... Read More