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1 July 2019
Lebanon starts demolishing Syrian refugees’ camps
On 1 July, the Lebanese army demolished several Syrian refugees’ shelters near the northern village of Arsal. In April the Lebanese Higher Defence Council decided to give an ultimatum to Syrian refugees in order to take down their “houses”....
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27 June 2019
Morocco and the EU celebrate their 14th Association Council in Brussels
On 27 June, the 14th Association Council between the EU and Morocco was organized in Brussels; HR/VP Federica Mogherini and Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita attended the meeting and announced a “Euro-Moroccan partnership for shared prosperity.”...
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26 June 2019
The US-led Manama Conference boycotted by the Palestinian Authority
On 25 and 26 June the US organized in Manama, Bahrain, an international conference in the framework of the “Deal of the Century”, to underline the importance of the economy for the Israeli – Palestinian conflict resolution....
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26 June 2019
Commissioner Avramopoulos meets Egyptian president Al-Sisi in Cairo
On 26 June, the European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos met the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Cairo to discuss about new strategies to deal with illegal migration. ...
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26 June 2019
The EU mobilises additional €21 million for Palestinian refugees
On 26 June, the United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced that the European Commission mobilised €21 million, on top of €82 already paid, into programs aimed to support vulnerable Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. ...
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25 June 2019
U.S. and Iran tensions rise
The US launched new sanctions against Iran senior figures, which led to a tying up of diplomatic relations. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on 24 June against the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian FM Javad Zarif. ...
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24 June 2019
The Summit of the Two Shores takes place in Marseille
The 5 + 5 foreign ministers (France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya) signed the "Commitments for a new ambition in the Mediterranean" in order to implement the projects proposed by civil society and to respond collectively to the common challenges in the...
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