RABAT, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Morocco denied Wednesday that its decision to cut diplomatic relations with Iran was taken under pressure from other countries. The Moroccan Foreign Ministry made the remarks after pro-Iranian circles, including Iran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah, said Tuesday that Morocco ...
A street sign is posted at the entrance of the embassy of Iran in Rabat, Morocco, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, the Moroccan foreign minister said on Tuesday. (Mosa’ab ...
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. (Supplied)/ Morocco’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran were strained ever since Morocco hosted the ousted Shah of Iran and supported Iraq in its war against Iran. Diplomatic relations were severed due to long-time mistrust and hostility. ...
A man walks past the embassy of Iran in Rabat, Morocco, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, the Moroccan foreign minister said on Tuesday. (Mosa’ab Elshamy/Associated Press)/ ...
RABAT, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Citing Tehran's support to separatists in Western Sahara, Morocco announced on Tuesday to sever ties with Iran, only a few years after normalizing their diplomatic relationship. In a statement to the press, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said his country will ...
Morocco has severed diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran's alleged support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita on May 1 accused Iran and its Lebanese Shi'ite ally, Hizballah, of training and arming Polisario fighters with ...
Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, the Moroccan foreign minister said on Tuesday. Morocco claimed Western Sahara after colonial Spain left, but Polisario fought a guerrilla war for independence for ...
Morocco will sever diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s support for the Polisario Front, a Western Sahara independence movement, the Moroccan foreign minister said on Tuesday. Morocco claimed Western Sahara after colonial Spain left, but Polisario fought a guerrilla war for independence for ...
SDF commander Mazloum Abdi (L) signed the deal alongside interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R)/ A Kurdish-led militia alliance which controls north-eastern Syria has signed a deal to integrate all military and civilian institutions into the Syrian state, the country's presidency says. The ...
At least 6,000 Syrians are believed to have crossed into neighbouring Lebanon in the last few days to escape violence in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus. The area is a stronghold of Syria's ousted former President, Bashar al-Assad, and hundreds of civilians have been killed there by ...
Unrwa is warning of a renewed hunger crisis if aid supplies don't resume/ The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has accused Israel of weaponising humanitarian aid with its blockade of goods and electricity into Gaza. Speaking in Geneva, Philippe Lazzarini warned of a renewed ...
The defence ministry said security forces would step up their efforts to ensure stability and security in the coastal region/ Syria's defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country's western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been ...
Israel ordered all of Gaza's electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory. Energy minister Eli Cohen's announcement came a week after Israel cut off all aid supplies to the territory, which has a ...
Funerals have been held for some of the hundreds killed/ Syria's interim leader has appealed for unity, as violence and revenge killings continued in areas loyal to ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad on Sunday. Hundreds of people have reportedly fled their homes in the coastal provinces of ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticised "bullying governments" who "insist on negotiations"./ Iran's Supreme leader has criticised "bullying" countries in an apparent response to Donald Trump's letter demanding negotiations over its nuclear programme. Trump said on Friday he had ...
Security forces have set up checkpoints in Latakia, on Syria's coast/ Syrian security forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite minority group in continuing violence along the country's coast, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian ...
Police said the assailants pushed three men into the Tungabhadra River canal before raping the two women/ Two women were gang-raped and a man was killed in an attack near a popular Unesco World Heritage site in southern India, according to police. The two women - an Israeli tourist and an Indian ...
More than 90% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged, says the UN/ Leading EU nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion (£41 billion) and avoid displacing Palestinians from the territory. The plan, drawn up by Egypt and ...