May, 2017

• 26 May

  At least 5 dead as militias clash in Libya capital

  At least five people were killed in fierce clashes on Friday between rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, seat of a UN-backed unity government, a hospital official said. The city has been gripped by a power struggle between dozens of militias since a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator …

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• 26 May

  Germany condemns attack on Copts in Egypt

  The German government is condemning the attack against a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt in which 24 people were killed and 25 wounded. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the news was being received with “deep sorrow,” noting that German is currently hosting a large gathering of the Protestant Church …

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• 26 May

  Death toll on new attack on Egypt Christians reaches 28

  Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on Friday, killing at least 28 people including children, officials said. The assailants in three pick-up trucks attacked the bus as it carried visitors to the Saint Samuel monastery in Minya …

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• 24 May

  OIL PRICE AND GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS

  Geopolitics experts, as well as stock market analysts agree about the complex relationship between the developments on the world stage and those in the field of oil production and trade. While continuing to influence and be directly influenced by geopolitics, the fossil fuel industry, especially the oil sector’s importance is …

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• 22 May

  Libyan PM, Trump held short talks on security

  The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Al-Serraj, met on Sunday with the US President, Donald Trump, on the margins of the Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, the US President reaffirmed his country’s full support for Libya in fighting terrorism. Trump …

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• 22 May

  East Libyan Forces launch series of air strikes in Jufra

  East Libyan forces have targeted rival brigades with a series of air strikes in the southern region of Jufra, officials and witnesses said on Sunday, three days after dozens of their men were killed in a surprise attack on an air base. The escalation risks reigniting warfare in Libya’s central …

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• 22 May

  Egypt army chief of staff discusses military cooperation with UK chief of defense intelligence

  The Egyptian army’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Hegazi, met in Cairo on Monday with the UK’s chief of defence intelligence, Air Marshall Philip Osborn, for talks on a wide range of issues, including regional security. Among the key topics under discussion was developments in the MENA region that …

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• 22 May

  Deadly violence on rise in CAR

  The latest upsurge in deadly violence in the Central African Republic saw the first use of heavy weapons and more sophisticated military tactics by a predominantly Christian armed group, a senior U.N. official said Thursday. Diane Corner, the U.N. deputy special representative in the beleaguered country, said that since May …

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• 22 May

  French President visits troops deployed to Mali

  French President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops fighting jihadists in conflict-torn Mali on Friday and urged faster progress on a peace accord signed in 2015. At the end of his first week in office, Macron flew into Gao, a city in Mali’s deeply-troubled north, where he was met by his …

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• 22 May

  US President could visit Egypt soon

  US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would visit Egypt soon during talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Saudi capital. “We will absolutely be putting that on the list very soon,” Trump said at the beginning of bilateral talks with Sisi, which came hours before …

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