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Washington, which already froze military assistance package to Egypt over its intriguing relations with Pyongyang, has reiterated its demand to Cairo to curtail all ties with its historical North Korean ally. London-based The New Arab revealed that diplomatic sources familiar with ties between Egypt and the US pointed out that Washington requested that Cairo closes […]
Thirteen Moroccan associations benefited this year from a $10 Million grant donated by the U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program. According to MEPI regional director Manu Bhalla, the US financial assistance helps the beneficiary Associations carryout their projects seeking to create job opportunities for disabled persons, former prisoners and support entrepreneurship initiatives. For Mrs. […]
Egyptian Defense minister on a visit to South Korea has told host officials that the North African country has severed military ties with North Korea, meeting therefore a demand by the United States as condition to unfreeze military aid. The announcement was confirmed to the public by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, which cited […]
Morocco’s African leadership, the situation in North Africa and the Sahel as well as the longstanding American-Moroccan relations were at the heart of talks Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other US officials during a visit to Washington Thursday. In a statement to the press, Bourita said […]
The multi-faceted relations between the United States and Morocco were reviewed at a meeting in Washington Thursday between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The meeting provided an opportunity for the two officials to discuss a number of issues of shared interest, reported the news portal le360, quoting a source close […]
The US Administration has set six conditions to be met by Cairo before it unfreezes the military aid it cut last week, London-based The New Arab reports. Washington decided last week to delay $195m in military aid to Cairo because of concerns over Egypt’s human rights record, the ratification in May by President al-Sisi of […]
The US State Department denied Egypt $96 million in aid and delayed $195 million in military funding because of concerns over Egypt’s human rights record and its cozy relationship with North Korea. Sources from the State Department confirm that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson authorized the $195 million to be held in reserve until Egypt […]
Iran has warned that it will quit the 2015 nuclear deal and reactivate its controversial nuclear program if the US continues to target it with sanctions. “If America wants to go back to the experience [of imposing sanctions], Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month but within […]
Moroccan authorities have arrested a British dealer in the virtual Bitcoin currency charged with financial fraud in the United States, the Daily Mail reported. The Moroccan news agency had previously reported that the British citizen was arrested in Tangier in response to an Interpol notice without naming him and that his extradition will be decided […]
While the tourism sector in Egypt was hardly showing signs of recovery, terrorism once again touched this core of the Egyptian economy, with consequences likely to be catastrophic. Following the knife attack targeting tourists at the resort of Hurghada on the Red Sea, on July 14, the Egyptian government has strengthened security measures around major […]