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Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
Middle East
September 2, 2021
Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17, becoming…
Egypt, Algeria pledge to continue pushing for Libya resolution
Egypt
August 31, 2021
Egypt, Algeria pledge to continue pushing for Libya resolution
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Monday that Egypt and Algeria have pledged to continue coordinating to restore stability,…
Algeria breaks off diplomatic ties with neighboring Morocco
Middle East
August 25, 2021
Algeria breaks off diplomatic ties with neighboring Morocco
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria formally broke off diplomatic relations with neighboring Morocco on Tuesday, with the foreign minister citing…
Russia supports withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya
Middle East
August 20, 2021
Russia supports withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat assured his Libyan counterpart Thursday that Moscow supports the withdrawal of all foreign fighters…
Algeria accuses groups it links to Morocco, Israel of setting wildfires
Middle East
August 19, 2021
Algeria accuses groups it links to Morocco, Israel of setting wildfires
ALGIERS, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Algeria on Wednesday blamed devastating wildfires this month on two groups it recently designated as…
Libya says senior official released, 2 weeks after abduction
Middle East
August 18, 2021
Libya says senior official released, 2 weeks after abduction
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities said a senior government official was released on Tuesday, two weeks after armed men abducted…
Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
Middle East
August 18, 2021
Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
TUNIS, Aug 17 (Reuters) – At the Sidi Bahri market in Tunis, shoppers were pleased with the president’s attacks on…
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Fear and hope on Libya’s reopened highway
SIRTE, Libya, Aug 12 (Reuters) – The green bus rumbling from Benghazi to Tripoli this week was the first to…
Is Morocco’s ‘Arab Spring’ moment finally here?
Middle East
August 13, 2021
Is Morocco’s ‘Arab Spring’ moment finally here?
Earlier this week, hundreds of Moroccans protested the death of Yassine Lekhmidi, a 25-year-old man in the city of Sidi…
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
Middle East
August 11, 2021
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
In a self-made video, posted live on Facebook, young Tunisians on the boat clattering noisily toward the Italian coastline look relaxed, as…