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The newly installed Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced that a five-day conditioned nationwide ceasefire in Yemen is underway but stressed that its longevity will depend on Houthis’ actions. The urgent need to decree a ceasefire has been stressed by humanitarian relief organizations which find difficulties reaching the populations needing help. During a joint press […]
The latest developments of the situation in Yemen, after the Saudi-led military coalition in the country ended the Operation Decisive Storm and launched the Renewal of Hope Operation, will surely be at the center of the summit talks to be held on Wednesday by the Saudi ruler King Salman and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI. The […]
UN investigators have found that Israel responsible for Gaza bombing of United Nations schools and shelters during which 44 innocent Palestinians were killed and 227 others were injured. According to the findings of an inquiry ordered by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Israel was responsible for striking seven United nations sites used as civilian shelters […]
A UN expert has called on rich Western countries to take in some thousands of the Syrian and sub-Saharan migrants to end the tragedies of boat disasters occurring in the Mediterranean Sea. The call was made as the EU leaders are convening an emergency summit in Brussels to discuss the migration crisis and consider all […]
An agreement between the two rival Libyan governments seems getting closer, as the two parties agreed on 80% of the UN draft proposal, but attention could soon switch to extremist groups linked with the Islamic State after a video released on social media showed the killing of around 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. UN Envoy […]
President Obama has called on Gulf counties to be more cooperative in Libya in order to end the war because military action will not be enough. The war between the two rival governments has been going on alongside negotiations. Groups who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State have also begun operations in the country […]
UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar has resigned from his post after he was criticized for failing in his mission by Yemeni president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his Sunni Arab allies particularly those of the Gulf countries. The resignation of Benomar, an experienced Moroccan diplomat, comes as the Saudi-led coalition continues airstrikes targeting the rebel […]
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 country as he held the West responsible for the situation in Libya. A U.N-led dialogue for a transitional unity government is about to resume in Morocco but renegade General Khalifa […]
The newly set up Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has dismantled a jihadist cell at Selouane in the region of Nador, close to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, and arrested six of its members. According to the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior which made the announcement, a seventh individual with close ties with this […]
The Saudi-led airstrike campaign has received a big blow from the U.N after Chaloka Beyani, U.N.’s rapporteur for internally displaced persons, accused the kingdom of carrying out bombings that destroyed public and other civilian buildings including hospitals. Since the operations became two weeks ago, Riyadh has stressed that it targets rebels and their positions. Beyani […]