Fire kills 4 in Morocco’s UNESCO-listed Fez: state media

Screengrab taken from a video of a fire that broke out at a popular market in the Moroccan city of Fez's UNESCO-listed old city, and killed at least four people. (X/@Tanja7com)
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Updated 06 June 2024
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Fire kills 4 in Morocco’s UNESCO-listed Fez: state media

  • Fez’s walled city is a popular tourist destination renowned for being one of the best-preserved in the Arab-Muslim world

RABAT: At least four people were killed in a fire at a popular market in the Moroccan city of Fez’s UNESCO-listed old city, state media reported Thursday.
The blaze, which broke out on Wednesday evening, also injured 26 people and caused “significant material damage” to nearly 25 shops, the MAP news agency said.
Ten of the injured suffered burns, with three in critical condition, it said. Initial investigations suggest a short-circuit sparked the fire.
Fez’s walled city, spanning 280 hectares (about 690 acres), is a popular tourist destination renowned for being one of the best-preserved in the Arab-Muslim world.


Jordan condemns US ambassador remarks on accepting Israel’s West Bank annexation

Updated 21 February 2026
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Jordan condemns US ambassador remarks on accepting Israel’s West Bank annexation

  • The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it rejects the ambassador’s “absurd and provocative statements”

CAIRO: Jordan condemned Saturday earlier remarks by US envoy to Israel Mike Huckabee, who said it would be acceptable if Israel took control of the entire Middle East, including the West Bank.
Huckabee has suggested that he would not object if Israel were to take most of the Middle East. 
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it rejects the ambassador’s “absurd and provocative statements,” in a statement published on Petra News Agency. 
Ministry spokesman Fouad Majali said the remarks “constitute a violation of diplomatic norms, an infringement on the sovereignty of the region's countries, a blatant breach of international law and the UN Charter.”
Majali also said they contradict diplomatic efforts by the United States and the declared position of US President Donald Trump in rejecting the annexation of the occupied West Bank. 
The spokesperson reaffirmed that the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip are occupied Palestinian territories under international law, and that ending Israel’s occupation is a must for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all of the occupied Palestinian territory, based on the two-state solution.