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The Moroccan Royal Navy is in talks with Turkish shipbuilder Ares Shipyard to buy 15 vessels including 10 ARES 35 FPBs and 5 ARES 80 SATs to bolster the kingdom’s coast guard’s fight against illegal migration. The talks, according to Tactical Report, are ongoing but the media did not reveal the value of the deal […]
Egypt has asked Turkey to suspend the military agreement signed with Libya as part of conditions to normalize ties between the two countries. Egypt and Turkey held several high-level security and intelligence meetings to thaw ties, strained since 2013 after Ankara cut ties with Cairo in the wake of incumbent Egyptian president Fattah al-Sisi’s military […]
Acquiring advanced combat drones has featured as a main component of Morocco’s army modernization efforts with the receipt of 12 Turkish Bayraktar drones and news of an upcoming launch of the manufacturing of Israeli Kamikaze drones in the North African Kingdom. The first batch from Turkey, which is part of an order of 13 Bayraktar […]
Tunisia has demanded the review of the free trade agreement with Turkey in a bid to protect national production, the Tunisian minister of Trade has announced. Mohamed Boussaid told local daily La Presse that the trade balance with Turkey has been very disadvantageous for Tunisia. Tunisia and Turkey signed in 2005 a free trade agreement […]
Attack helicopters have for long been a black hole in the Moroccan army but now no more as Morocco seeks to bolster capacity with mighty US and Turkish helicopters. Reports pointed that Morocco is negotiating a deal with Turkey to buy 22 T129 ATAK helicopters worth 1.3 billion dollars. The deal would add to an […]
Turkey Tuesday complained to Libyan authorities about the desecration of its flags by followers of Libyan rebel General Khalifa Haftar, in Tobruk, East of the oil-rich African country. Haftar’s supporters placed a Turkish flag on the street for cars to drive on it en route to the headquarters of the House of Representatives in Tobruk, […]
Turkish airport operator, TAV, shut down Wednesday the international Enfidha Hammamet airport amid protests from the union of workers. The operator according to its communication chief Rim Dhamer, wrapped up activities after last flights, Webdo Tunis reports. Activities at the airport will resume after issues with the union of workers are sorted out, Dhamer said. […]
Turkey on Tuesday commended the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s role as a pole of stability in the region. This came during talks held by videoconference between Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The Turkish official praised during the talks the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s […]
Karpowership, a Turkish company which supplies Lebanon with a quarter of its energy needs, has shut down this Friday its two floating stations over failure by the Middle East country marred in financial crisis, to pay its arrears, Reuters reports. A source knowledgeable of the matter but who required anonymity told Reuters that the company […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to bolster his country’s economic cooperation with Libya through massive investments from Turkish companies to contribute to the North African country’s reconstruction. “In Libya, we must now focus on reconstruction, on development and on the well-being of our Libyan brothers,” President Erdogan said Monday during a joint press conference […]