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Another cargo of five US-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks arrived in the port of Casablanca on Wednesday (May 7), reported Far-Morocco, a website specialized in armaments and defense. This cargo and a similar delivery in July 2016 are part of an order of 250 of this type of third generation battle tanks, as the […]
The US embassy in Cairo Monday instructed its staff to avoid religious sites outside Cairo as attacks against Coptic Christians multiply. The embassy said on its website that risk for possible additional attacks is still high. “Terrorists have attacked targets associated with the Christian community in Egypt. Incidents have occurred in both urban and isolated […]
The US State Department has denounced the brutality of the security personnel accompanying the Turkish President after they roughed anti-Erdogan protesters Tuesday in Washington. Footages of a brawl between a small group of protesters believed to be pro-Kurdish and some men dressed in black suits, identified as Erdogan’s security agents, went viral on social media. […]
Moroccan navy is currently taking part off Spanish coasts in the 13th iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Phoenix Express 2017 along with maritime forces from Europe and the United States. The Moroccan frigate, Tarik Ibn Ziad, took part in the naval exercise, which was sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and facilitated by U.S. Naval […]
The leadership of King Mohammed VI was celebrated in Washington by the Energy Efficiency Global Forum which awarded the Moroccan Monarch its annual Energy Efficiency Visionary award. The award was handed to Morocco’s Ambassador to Washington Lalla Joumala during a ceremony in which the forum organizers highlighted the leadership of King Mohammed VI in the […]
Morocco’s foreign ministry voiced satisfaction with the support expressed by the US for a political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy proposal under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In a statement issued Friday following the adoption by the Congress of the US 2017 appropriation bill, the foreign ministry “welcomed the provisions relating to the […]
President Trump’s foreign policy adviser Walid Phares has warned against attempts by Tunisian Islamists and their Tripoli-based counterparts to bring down President Caid Essebsi’s democratically elected regime. The US official and Trump’s right-hand man for the Middle East indicated on his facebook page that Washington received intelligence that Tunisian Islamists are colliding with their Libyan […]
The Tunisian Foreign Ministry said that it has summoned the UK’s ambassador to protest against a decision to ban passengers on flights from Tunisia from carrying their electronic gadgets in cabin. The UK has banned carrying in cabin electronic devices larger than a mobile phone including laptops and tablets for security reasons. The ban requires […]
The US defense department once again sounded the alarm over Moscow’s growing interest in Libya, indicating that ties between Russians and head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is evident. After Syria, Moscow and Washington have engaged in another diplomatic showdown in the North African country. General Thomas Tom Waldhauser, who heads […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed his determination to work together with the new President Donald Trump “to achieve optimal implementation of the strategic partnership” between Morocco and the United States. In a message of congratulations to Trump on the occasion of his election 45th President of the United States, the Sovereign underlined the close friendship […]