First Independent Mena Newspaper
Pressure on rival Libyan political protagonists to endorse the UN-proposed government is increasingly upping with the international community and UN Security Council pushing hard, despite strong division within camps, to back Leon’s proposed government. On Sunday a number of countries, friends of Libya, called on the political protagonists to swiftly back and implement the UN […]
Moroccan and Spanish security services have carried out this weekend another successful anti-terror operation which enabled them to capture in total 10 members of a cell which recruits and sends fighters to the Islamic State. Six of the members of this Isis recruiting group were arrested in Moroccan economic capital city of Casablanca, while the […]
Olive oil export revenues in Tunisia increased eight-fold in the first half of 2015, reaching €591.3 million, an impressive performance that leaves Tunisian olive oil professionals upbeat over the future. Last year, production increased five-fold in the North African country which claimed the title of the world’s second-largest olive oil producer for the first time, […]
Algerian Navy has received early this week its logistics ship “BDSL Kalaat Beni Hammad” which was overhauled by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia. The Spanish company had earlier modernized a sister logistics support and landing ship, BDSL 473 Kalaat Beni Rached, as part of a deal concluded with the North African country. “This major modernization program has […]
UNSMIL Chief warned the House of Representatives that Gen. Haftar’s military actions in Benghazi puts the Dialogue process in jeopardy and that targeting civilians will further widen the gap between Libyans. Bernardino Leon condemned from the Moroccan seaside city of Skhirat Gen Haftar’s military raid on Benghazi Friday claimed to be aimed at neutralising IS […]
Palestinian diplomacy won a landmark victory Thursday as a large number of the UN General Assembly members voted for hoisting the Palestinian flag alongside other nations at the UN Headquarters and offices. The UN General Assembly on Thursday decided that “the flags of non-member observer States shall be raised at the world body’s headquarters and […]
Moroccan and Spanish authorities announced Tuesday that joint coordinated anti-terrorism operations enabled to disintegrate ISIS recruitment cells operating in Morocco and Spain. The operations led to the arrest of 14 suspects, 13 in Morocco and one in Spain. “The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled Tuesday, in coordination with the Spanish security services, a […]
Some European countries are planning to restart military operations in Libya as soon as a Unity government is formed and sources have claimed that movements would begin as early as the end of this month. The United Kingdom, United States, Italy, France, Spain, and Germany are expected to collaborate with the U.N and the E.U […]
Morocco has embarked on the rehabilitation of the ancient Jewish district of Marrakesh, locally known as “Mellah.” The project to rehabilitate the quarter, built in the 16th century to accommodate the Jews escaping the Spanish Inquisition—includes some thirty priority actions to safeguard houses that are threatened with collapse, refurbish Foundouks, rehabilitate homes and develop public squares […]
London based paper Financial Times revealed on Wednesday that the European Union is planning to lean on Algeria to increase its gas import, a way to reduce its dependence on the Russian gas sources. According to the paper, talks have been initiated by the EU energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete and a new importation plan […]