(moroccoworldnews.com) The World Economic Forum (WEF) released its annual report last month. The report shows that Morocco has advanced two places compared to last year. In 70th position, Morocco dominates over all the other North African countries, including Algeria (87th), Tunisia (95th), and Mauritania (173rd).
The recent bombardment of Aleppo has killed 96 children in one week alone and delayed the resumption of the school year. “Nothing can justify such assaults on children and such total disregard for human life. The suffering and the shock among children is definitely the worst we have seen,” Justin Forsyth, the deputy executive director of UNICEF, said in a… Read more »
(JPOST.COM) Saudi Arabia, a conservative Muslim country in the Gulf that follows the strict guidelines of Wahhabi Islam, has one of the highest rates of divorce in the world. At a rate of 127 cases per day, divorce rates have increased dramatically in the Kingdom. An example of this can be seen in Jeddah, a major port city, where divorce… Read more »
(bbc.com) At least 15 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been killed in clashes with Islamic State militants, as they move on the group’s stronghold of Dabiq. A monitoring group reported that the rebels were killed by landmines that exploded while they attempted to secure the village of Turkman Barih. One rebel commander said he expected to reach Dabiq, which is about… Read more »
(PressTV) Yemeni forces have targeted and destroyed an Emirati military vessel in a rocket attack near the Red Sea port city of Mokha, al-Masirah TV says. A military source said Ansarullah fighters and allied army forces launched rockets at an HSV-2 Swift hybrid catamaran operated by the Emirati navy off the shores of the Red Sea port city of Mokha early on Saturday,… Read more »
When researching the current events I wanted to focus them mostly on air strikes. When you hear news talking about the Middle East most of it is about how we are going to use air strikes to defeat ISIS instead of ground troops. I feel as if though I did not understand how often these air strikes happen and how much… Read more »
Although there are many participants currently in the Syrian Civil War, a recent addition that has the potential to cause disaster for the region is the direct involvement in the conflict of Turkey. As a nation, Turkey has strained relations with many of its Allies and adversaries. The actions of president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following the unsuccessful coup attempt in July,… Read more »
Out of all the articles I posted I wanted to start with possibly the most bizarre article that really got my attention. The fact that an Egyptian Billionaire is willing to buy an island for refugees is really something I would have not expected at all. He is worried about the living conditions of the refugees and the fact that… Read more »
(The Guardian) Isis’s minister of information, Wa’il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, killed in Raqqa by US-led coalition airstrike An Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group’s propaganda has been killed in Syria in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition on 7 September, the Pentagon has said. A statement from Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that the airstrike… Read more »
(The Guardian) At 6am on Saturday 13 August, Ahmad Arfaj, a primary school teacher in Yemen’s Saada governorate, returned home from the local mosque after performing the dawn salah, the first of his five daily prayers. A friend accompanied him to his doorstep. “I went in to see and greet my family and I brought coffee and we preferred to… Read more »