Category: Opinion
Why Turkish intervention in Libya damages Italy in particular?
- By Omar Haddad
- . August 5, 2020
While the Turks and mercenaries sent by the Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Libya are doing good and bad weather, Italy seems to have no
Unaoil bribery case: Executives involved fall like dominoes, Whiteley sentenced for three years
- By Omar Haddad
- . August 1, 2020
On Thursday, a former senior executive of Monaco-based oil consultancy, Unaoil, was convicted in a multi-million-dollar bribery case and sentenced for three years. Stephen Whiteley,
Why should Europe stop funding the Libyan Coast Guard?
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 31, 2020
Europe, and Italy in particular, continue to finance the Libyan Coast Guard, prolonging the suffering and becoming complicit in the death of migrants and refugees
COVID19 is fading away the flickering magic of Arab spring in Morocco
- By Fatima Saif
- . July 25, 2020
Centuries old tradition of “Makhzen” can be seen on streets of Morocco, a platform to share grievances by a network of advisers, spies, military men and people with business interests….
Growing diplomatic activity indicates that something is about to change in Libya
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 23, 2020
On July 21st, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs….
Despite calls for a ceasefire, in Libya a military escalation is expected
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 13, 2020
Despite calls from the international community to reach a ceasefire in Libya and the return of the parties to the dialogue table, the movements on the ground in recent weeks…
Annexation plan: Would global pressure be enough to stop Netanyahu from seeking now-or-never opportunity
- By Layla Nour
- . July 12, 2020
With increasing global condemnation against Israel’s infamous annexation plan, the world has been awaiting a statement from the Israeli hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Social media monitoring in Turkey: detention, prosecutions over criticisms of Erdogan’s regime
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 6, 2020
Turkish authorities have detained and prosecuted large numbers of journalists and activists over social media posts criticizing Turkey’s regime, including the Erdogan’s management of COVID-19….
Turkey to solve Libyan crisis of electricity, thousand million dollars projects announced
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 4, 2020
On June 29, the president of the General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL), Abdul Majeed Hamzah, had a long meeting with the Turkish ambassador to Tripoli, Serhat Aksin….
Italy confiscates 14 tons of amphetamines made by ISIS, probably destined for Syrian mercenaries in Libya
- By Omar Haddad
- . July 1, 2020
On Tuesday, the Italian of Naples seized 14 tons of amphetamines, 84 million of captagon-branded tablets, produced in Syria by ISIS to finance terrorism. Their worth on the market is over 1 billion euros….