Deal reached to free UAE hostages in Mali, sources say
This Oct. 30 story has been corrected to say that Islamic State-affiliated militants released the truck drivers, not JNIM, in paragraph 10) A deal has been reached to free two citizens of the United Arab Emirates who were kidnapped in…
Morocco to review Turkey trade deal over expanding deficit, sources say
Morocco is planning to review its trade agreement with Turkey and push for more Turkish investment to offset an expanding trade deficit driven largely by Turkish fabric imports, two sources told Reuters. Omar Hjira, the Moroccan cabinet member in charge…
US to appoint Turkey ambassador Thomas Barrack as special envoy for Syria, sources say
The United States will appoint President Donald Trump’s longtime advisor and current U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, as a special envoy for Syria, a person with direct knowledge of the matter and a diplomat in Turkey said. The decision…
Biden attacked Hur for asking him when Beau died. That didn’t happen, sources say.
President Joe Biden lashed out at Robert Hur last week over one particular line in the special counsel’s report on his handling of classified documents: that Biden “did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.” “How…