Morocco News
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Armed Factions Shell Foua and Kefraya amid Fighting across Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll from two explosions at the Miami and Gabriel restaurants in central Qamishli had risen to…
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Rights Council Seeks Limits on Government Appointments to Anti-Discrimination Body
Morocco’s National Human Rights Council sought to limit Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane’s appointment powers over the Authority for Parity and the Fight…
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Paris Cancels Fireworks, Brussels Cancels Celebrations, and Moscow Closes Red Square
The world celebrates New Year’s Eve on Thursday amid fears and warnings of extremist attacks affecting preparations across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the…
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Bahraini F-16 Crashes in Southern Saudi Arabia; Pilot Survives
Yemeni resistance fighting moved closer to areas surrounding Sanaa amid reports of heavy militia losses. Humanitarian conditions worsened in Taiz, where…
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Sami Tantoush Released after Two-Month Kidnapping
Reliable Libyan sources said military leaders arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday to contact General Paolo Serra, the Italian security adviser to the UN mission…
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Essebsi: Saudi Anti-Extremism Alliance Answers Critics
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi affirmed that Saudi Arabia’s initiative to establish the Islamic military alliance to combat extremism “silences the…
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Syrian Democratic Forces and ISIS Clash Near Tishreen Dam
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced today, Thursday, that government forces shelled areas in the Qalamoun mountains. The number of barrel…
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Demirtaş’s Moscow welcome deepens Russia–Turkey dispute
The Russian-Turkish dispute escalated after Selahattin Demirtaş, the leader of the Kurdish opposition party, the “Peoples’ Democratic Party” (HDP), received a warm welcome in Moscow on Wednesday. During his visit, he met…
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Jazan hospital fire kills 25 and injures 107
At least 25 people died and 107 were injured in a fire that broke out at a hospital in the city of Jazan, southern Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Civil Defense Authority has…
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Security Council backs Skhirat agreement and Libya’s government
On Wednesday, the Security Council unanimously approved a resolution welcoming the Skhirat Agreement, signed on December 17 in the suburbs of Rabat, which aims to form a government of national accord and…