Tunisia Recalls Ambassador to Rabat for Consultation

Tunisia Recalls Ambassador to Rabat for Consultation
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Tunisia Recalls Ambassador to Rabat for Consultation

Tunisia Recalls Ambassador to Rabat for Consultation

Morocco recalled its ambassador to Tunisia on Friday after Tunisian President Kais Saied held talks with the head of the Polisario Front movement

Morocco said Tunisia’s decision to invite Brahim Ghali to a Japanese development summit for Africa that Tunis is hosting this weekend was “a grave and unprecedented act that deeply hurts the feelings of the Moroccan people.”

It also said it would no longer take part in the summit.

In response, Tunisia announced it was recalling its ambassador to Rabat for consultation.

Tunisia’s ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement early on Saturday that the country maintains its complete “neutrality over Western Sahara issue in compliance with international legitimacy.”

It said the African Union had circulated a memorandum inviting all members of the African Union, including the head of the Polisario Front movement, to participate in the activities of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit in Tunisia.



Israeli Strike Hits Vehicle at Beirut Southern Entrance, State Media Reports

File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
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Israeli Strike Hits Vehicle at Beirut Southern Entrance, State Media Reports

File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah
File photo of Lebanon's Khaldeh area, Lebanon August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported an Israeli strike on a vehicle on Beirut's southern entrance, as the Israeli army said it hit a "terrorist" working for Iran.

According to the NNA, "an enemy drone targeted a car on the Khalde highway" south of Beirut, AFP reported.

The Israeli army said it "eliminated a terrorist responsible for smuggling weapons and advancing terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops, on behalf of the Iranian Quds Force", the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.