Morocco Will Not Host 2016 Arab League Summit- FM Salaheddine Mezouar
Asharq Al-Awsat Cairo- The League of Arab States (LAS) announced on Feb.20 that Nabil Elaraby LAS Secretary-General has received a phone call from Salaheddine Mezouar, who expressed Morocco’s apology for not being able to host the Arab League Summit. The convention...
Protest Marks Five Years Of Morocco’s Reform Movement
Middle East Eye AFP Hundreds of protesters gathered in Morocco's capital Rabat on Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the country's pro-reform movement, born during the Arab Spring, an AFP journalist said. The demonstrators turned out to celebrate the "February...
Morocco Postpones Summit Due To Lack Of Preparation By Members
Middle East Monitor Morocco decided on Friday to postpone the meeting of the Arab League scheduled to start on 29 March in Marrakesh over “disunity” and the lack of preparation among member states, AlKhaleejonline.com has reported. A government statement said that...
No Unity, So No Arab Summit: Morocco
9news.com.au by RAW Morocco has decided not host the 2016 Arab League meeting, saying it wants to avoid giving a false impression of unity in the Arab world. The annual meeting, which would have been the group's 27th, was initially set for on March 29 in the Moroccan...
Renewable Energy Is At The Heart Of Middle East Economic Growth
Daily News By Daniel McDonald The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in the past, many leaders in the region may be tempted to wait for prices to rise again. But this collapse is...
Zurich Insurance Said To Plan Sale Of S. Africa, Morocco Units
Bloomberg Business Matthew Martin/Jan-Henrik Foerster Company is working with advisers to explore unit sales. Insurance firm is reviewing assets to help stem losses. Zurich Insurance Group AG has started a process to sell its units in South Africa and Morocco as it...
Spain-Sahara: Polisario Downcast By Podemos’ Unexpected Turnaround
Sahara News by Ali Haidar The Polisario leaders were starting to believe that the winds were blowing in their favor in the Iberian Kingdom, when the unexpected turnaround of the Spanish extreme leftist party, Podemos of Pablo Iglesias, distraught them. Podemos was so...
Morocco Arrests 10 Suspected IS Militants, Including Frenchman
Reuters By Zakia Abdennebi Moroccan authorities said on Friday they had arrested 10 suspected militants linked to the Islamic State, including a French citizen, and seized weapons and bomb-making materials in raids on their hideouts. The cell is the latest in a series...
Why The U.S. Strike In Libya Wasn’t Just About Libya
Foreign Policy by Dan de Luce, John Hudson Washington was also trying to protect Tunisia — and help keep the Arab Spring’s only success story from going off the rails. The U.S. air raid in Libya Friday that destroyed an Islamic State training camp reflected growing...
Morocco, Citing Arab Disunity, Says Won’t Host Summit
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco has decided not host the 2016 Arab League meeting, saying on Friday it wanted to avoid giving a false impression of unity in the Arab world. The annual meeting, which would have been the group's 27th, was initially set for on March...