Member states of the Union for the Mediterranean

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Moroccans Eye Spanish Enclave Across Tiny Border

It's one of the shortest land borders in the world: a few dozen metres of plastic cord across a sandbank separate...

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Spain Rescues More Than 200 Migrants From Med

Spanish coastguards rescued more than 200 migrants on Saturday as they attempted to make the perilous sea crossing from...

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Spain Rescues 173 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean In One Day

Spanish coast guards rescued more than 170 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from northern Africa in four...

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Lebanon Bans Wonder Woman Film Over Israeli Actress

Lebanon has banned the screening of Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" because of its lead actress Gal Gadot, who...

International

Morocco and Algeria In Row Over Syrian Refugees

Conflict in Syria has forced people to flee their homes Morocco and Algeria have become embroiled in a diplomatic row...

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Netanyahu Says Israel Committed To Treating Syrian War Wounded

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel remained committed to treating war wounded from Syria and...

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Syrian Refugees Settle In Egypt, Give Up On West

After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West...

International

Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained

Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...

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One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate

One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects,...

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Merkel Visits Algiers In Bid To Curb Africa Migrant Flow

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Algeria from Monday to press efforts to get North African countries to reduce...

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Syria Refugees Shrug Off Peace Talks But Dream of Home

Almost six years into a war that has devastated their country, Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon say they expect...

International

Migrants Storm Border Fence In Spanish Enclave of Ceuta

Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish border guards were injured when 1,100 African migrants attempted to storm a border...

Opinion

Who Needs Greater State Projects In the Balkans?

Foreign Affairs, a renowned American foreign policy journal, recently published an article under the title Dysfunction...

Opinion

Brexit – PakistanizationFinally Comes Home

Foreign Affairs, a renowned American foreign policy journal, recently published an article under the title Dysfunction...

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$600bn’ Lost During Arab Spring Protests

The Arab Spring protest movement has cost the region $614bn in lost growth since 2011, the UN says. The estimate is the...