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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Mauritania

Illustrative: A Palestinian medic displays a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, February 3, 2021, as the Palestinian Authority began administering coronavirus vaccinations after receiving several thousands of doses of the Moderna vaccine from Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
February 24, 2021, 5:25 pm
Mauritania said among 19-20 countries to which Israel plans to give vaccines
African country has no diplomatic ties with Jerusalem; top health officials say they weren’t consulted on initiative by Netanyahu to exchange shots for diplomatic advantage
By ToI Staff
(Clockwise from top right) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould El-Ghzaouani and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. (Collage/AP)
January 19, 2021, 10:59 pm
Trump officials: Mauritania, Indonesia were next to normalize, but time ran out
US peace team was ‘weeks’ away from inking deal with northwest African country to re-establish ties with Israel, outgoing officials say, adding that Jakarta was not far behind
By Jacob Magid
Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani arrives at the G5 Sahel summit in Pau, southwestern France, January 13, 2020. (Regis Duvignau/Pool Photo via AP)
January 15, 2020, 12:43 am
Mauritanian official forced to resign after anti-Semitic tweet
Mariem Aouffa tweets French anti-slavery activist is a ‘Jew, an enemy of the Muslim religion’ after West African nation denies him entry
By AFP
Former president Yaya Jammeh (C,up), the Gambia's leader for 22 years, waves from the plane as he leaves the country on 21 January 2017 in Banjul. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
January 22, 2017, 11:43 am
Gambia’s defeated leader cedes power, flees country
Ending a 22-year reign of fear, Yahya Jammeh goes into exile after regional powers threaten military intervention to end political crisis
By AFP
The Mufti of Mauritania, Sheikh Ahmad Ould Habib al-Rahman, speaking at a sermon on September 16, 2016. (Screen capture MEMRI)
September 23, 2016, 11:49 pm
Mauritania’s mufti says Iran’s influence ‘worse than Zionism’
Cutting ties with Tehran is a prime interest of the ‘Sunni republic’ of Mauritania, says Sheikh Ahmad Ould Habib al-Rahman
By ToI Staff
Residents pass a kiosk, center, that is used as a clinic where girls are circumcised by a barber, in the Imbaba area of Giza, Egypt, Novenbe 26, 2012. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
August 31, 2016, 11:04 pm
Egypt parliament toughens penalties for female circumcision
Those caught carrying out genital mutilation, prevalent in Egypt but criminalized in 2008, could face 7 years in prison
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the Arab league conference on July 25, 2016 in Nouakchott, Mauritania (AFP PHOTO / STR)
July 26, 2016, 3:50 am
Arab summit slams terror waged in name of Islam
Leaders urge a ‘definitive solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, welcome French peace bid
By AFP
Arab League diplomats attend a meeting at the league's headquarters in Cairo on January 5, 2015. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed/File)
July 25, 2016, 7:24 pm
Arab summit cut to single day as heavyweights absent
Diplomats meet in Mauritania to address escalating Mideast tensions, Israeli-Palestinian talks
By Agencies
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi listens to US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the presidential palace in Cairo on May 18, 2016. (Amr Nabil/Pool/AFP)
July 25, 2016, 3:20 pm
Assassination plot reported against Egypt’s President Sissi
Cairo strongman skips trip to Arab League summit in Mauritania amid unconfirmed reports of plan to kill him there
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Arab League diplomats attend a meeting at the league's headquarters in Cairo on January 5, 2015. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed/File)
July 24, 2016, 2:41 am
Top Arab diplomats vow to defeat ‘terror’
Foreign ministers meet in Mauritania, call to renew Israeli-Palestinian talks, address ‘crises’ in the Arab world
By Hademine OULD SADI
This file photo taken on August 08, 2015 shows the bullet-riddled Byblos Hotel in Sevare, days after an attack killed 13 people. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 22, 2016, 4:45 pm
Mali arrests suspected mastermind of hotel terror attack
Security sources say suspect was planning to stage an attack on western targets this weekend in capital Bamako
By AFP
This image, taken from video provided by the SITE Intel Group made available January 17, 2013, purports to show militant militia leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar. (AP/SITE Intel Group)
May 19, 2015, 8:59 am
Jihadist group says it’s holding kidnapped Romanian
Islamic State affiliate in Burkina Faso says Romanian government bears responsibility for seized mine worker
By AFP
The Quran (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 25, 2014, 11:54 pm
Mauritania issues death sentence over Islam critique
People rejoice over first death penalty verdict in 30 years for man who penned article questioning Mohammed’s decisions
By AFP
Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk (AP/Hatem Moussa)
October 20, 2014, 12:17 am
Hamas official pans PA, Egypt for delayed Gaza reconstruction
Mousa Abu Marzouk says there should be no obstacles to entry of construction materials
By Lazar Berman
Egyptian bodyguards flank Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, second left, upon his arrival at the league's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Egypt, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
October 16, 2014, 11:26 pm
Arab League delegation to visit Gaza
Mission ‘in solidarity’ with coastal enclave will be led by Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby
By AFP
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