Commander of Tripoli naval base warns ‘no foreign ship has the right to enter’ designated zone without permission The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal “search and rescue [ More … ]
Ghassan Salame, the UN’s new envoy to Libya, backed Italy’s drive to stem the flow of migrants leaving the north African state for Europe, despite concerns among human rights groups. The UN’s new envoy to [ More … ]
At least 97 people, including 15 women and five children, went missing on Thursday after their Europe-bound boat sank off the Libyan coast. At least 97 people are feared to be missing after their Europe-bound [ More … ]
Algeria is a “very important” and “very solid” partner for Germany in the Mediterranean region, said Monday in Algiers Parliamentary State Secretary to Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Uwe Karl Beckmeyer. “Algeria is [ More … ]
The Egyptian-Russian relations have witnessed a remarkable progress towards strengthening the political, economic, and military relations, especially after Al-Sisi’s access to power. On the political level, there were several mutual visits between Egyptian and Russian [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We experienced the invasion of Afghanistan. The gate of Central Asia fell in to the hands of the Western forces. We experienced the invasion of Iraq. The heart of Mesopotamia was taken [ More … ]
The Palestinian Authority ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad H. Mansour, said Friday that his government had begun preliminary negotiations with Egypt to define the extent of Palestinian-claimed territory in the Mediterranean off the roughly [ More … ]
Starting next summer, Russia and Israel will conduct their very first joint military exercise over the Mediterranean, according to Israeli website DEBKAfile. This was agreed upon during a meeting in Moscow on July 7 between [ More … ]
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