Geostrategy - TRENDS MENA

The 5th edition of the AVSEC Global Symposium, which started on Sunday in Dubai, brought together globally recognized security experts,...
The three-day event will host 35 speakers and over 700 delegates from more than 50 countries.
Held since 2013, the symposium is one of the most significant aviation security events in the region and one of the biggest globally.
Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest. She said in an...
Haugen had shared a trove of Facebook documents alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health
During the 2020 US presidential election, she said, the company realized the danger that such content presented and turned on safety systems to reduce it.
Announced in the early 1980s, the project for a refinery in southern Libya had been put on hold for years...
An annual income of $75 million is expected from the project, said state oil company head Mustafa Sanalla.
The refinery will be built near Al-Charara oil field, which produces an average of 300,000 barrels of oil a day.
Jordan's king held a telephone call with Syria's president on Sunday, the palace said, in the first such conversation between...
The two discussed "bilateral ties and means to bolster cooperation"
During their call, Abdullah stressed Jordan's "support for efforts to safeguard Syria's sovereignty"
France's jets regularly fly over Algerian territory to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers are helping...
France said the decision to cut visas had been made necessary by the former colonies' failure to do enough to allow illegal migrants in France to be returned.
Algiers on Saturday recalled its ambassador to France, citing "inadmissible interference" in its affairs.
The country is emerging from almost two decades of conflict and insurgency since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam...
The country is emerging from almost two decades of conflict and insurgency since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein
Although security has improved in recent years, elections threaten new volatility in a nation still terrorised by militant attacks
DUBAI: The EU aims to cooperate with the Gulf states on climate change, global access to vaccines and supporting the...
Josep Borrell is on a visit to Riyadh, UAE and Qatar.
A cooperation agreement will be signed with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
A total of 329 seats are up for grabs in the election, which was moved forward from 2022 as a...
There are fears voter turnout could drop below the 44.5 percent figure registered in 2018.
More than 25 million citizens are eligible to vote. They are supposed to present a biometric card for what was conceived as a fully electronic voting process.
The statement, from the Algerian presidency, said it had withdrawn its ambassador following media reports of the French president Macron’s...
The statement, from the Algerian presidency, said it had withdrawn its ambassador following media reports of the French president Macron’s comments
The French daily Le Monde reported that Macron had made critical remarks about Algeria during a meeting with descendants of figures from the war of independence
Male candidates were elected in all 30 of the seats up for election despite 28 women initially being cleared to...
Women candidates fail to break through in Qatar vote for the Shura Council
It is not known when the appointments will be announced, or when the council will meet