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Libya’s neighbors and regional blocs Tuesday expressed concern over the ongoing fighting wrecking the dialogue process in the North African oil-rich country, pointing out that only Libyans themselves can solve their own problems, therefore rejecting foreign intervention. Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Niger, Libya, Sudan, Algeria, the African Union, the EU, the UN, and the Arab League […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed Morocco’s “unconditional and constant support for the historical and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, particularly the right to establish their independent State on their liberated territories, with East Al Quds as its capital”. This came in a message addressed to the Chairman of the UN Committee on the Exercise […]
A terrorist blast hit a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, pushing president Beji Caid Essebsi to declare a 30-day state of emergency and impose curfew in the capital. “They want to make us live with horror but we are going to bring that […]
Tunisian authorities announced Monday they arrested seven women operating with the IS media cell in charge of promoting the terrorist organization and praise the group’s actions in Tunisia. The women told security forces that they were tasked with promoting the group on internet and celebrate its actions in Tunisia. Security sources said the women belong […]
UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar has been appointed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as his Special Adviser, at the level of Under-Secretary-General. “Mr. Benomar is a veteran United Nations senior leader who brings to this position a deep understanding of political dialogue processes and international peace-building efforts,” said Ban in a statement issued by his […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday urged Israelis to consider the two-state solution to end the historic conflict with Palestinians while saying that he knows the move will require courage. Kerry was addressing an Israeli gathering at UN, in commemoration of the 1975 speech delivered by Israeli ambassador Chaim Herzog denouncing a UN “resolution […]
Tripoli Attorney General’s office announced Wednesday that an Emirati has been nabbed for spying for the United Arab Emirates in the aftermath of the Leon-gate which revealed that former UN mediator collided with the Emiratis against the Tripoli-based Libyan administration in the Libyan peace Dialogue Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, head of the Investigations Bureau at the Office […]
Morocco, which will host the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) next year, has adopted a major green move translating its attachment to the protection of the environment. Six years ago, the North African country banned black plastic bags. Now the Moroccan House of Representatives (Parliament) has […]
Security sources Wednesday said they arrested five Tunisians in the Remada, in the governorate of Tataouine as the men were trying to join IS in Libya, now a training ground for jihadists. Police sources say the men had been watched for quite a time and security forces received confirmations that they were planning to join […]
Armed men belonging to Revolutionaries of Tripoli, a militia group reportedly linked to the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli government, has kidnapped a member of this government, namely Mohamad al-Gaddar in charge of Planning. The security and defence commission of the General National Congress (GNC) strongly condemned the kidnapping on Tuesday and asked for the […]