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7 November 2018
Tunisia extends state of emergency
President Beji Caid Essebsi has decided to extend the countrywide state of emergency for an additional month starting 7 November after the latest attack in the capital....
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7 November 2018
Morocco regulates the status of about 50,000 migrants
Some 50,000 migrants living in Morocco have benefited from the process to regularize their status, representing about 85% of foreign nationals of 113 nationalities who submitted their application....
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7 November 2018
Humanitarian aid delivery completed at Syria’s al-Rukban Camp
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the UN have completed the delivery of medical and relief supplies to meet the needs of 50,000people at al-Rukban Camp on the Syrian-Jordanian borders....
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6 November 2018
Morocco to reinstate “direct and frank” dialogue with “sister” Algeria
Moroccan King Mohammed VI made a decisive move towards its long-time regional rival Algiers to break the political stalemate and restore ties, eventually including the re-opening of land borders....
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6 November 2018
Mediterranean migrant arrivals to Europe reach 100,630 in 2018
For the fifth consecutive year, migrations through the Mediterranean Sea exceed 100,000 arrivals, being the Western route the most active during 2018. ...
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6 November 2018
Tunisia’s cabinet reshuffle
Tunisian Prime Minister has appointed 13 new ministers in a partial cabinet reshuffle “to make the work of government more effective and to put an end to the political and economic crisis"....
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5 November 2018
Netanyahu revisits the death penalty
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has approved legislation which would make it easier for courts to hand death sentences to Palestinians who have killed Israelis or soldiers....
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5 November 2018
Three Syrian officials accused of ‘complicity in war crimes’ in France
France has issued international arrest warrants on "complicity in war crimes", among others, for three senior Syrian intelligence officials in connection with the deaths of two Franco-Syrian nationals....
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5 November 2018
The US reinstates sanctions over Iran
After the US unilaterally withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal, it has now reinstated strong sanctions over Iran, turning up the economic pressure on the country for its alleged missile and nuclear programme....
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