Moroccan FM Supports Intervention in Bahrain

In an interview with Al Hayat, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri voiced support for the Gulf Cooperation Council intervention in Bahrain that quelled the uprising there in March. “Nobody can say ‘no’ to the intervention,” he said. Morocco has recently been invited to join the GCC. Rising oil prices have enriched Gulf countries while straining the trade balance of Levantine and North African countries who are also suffering revenue declines from waning tourism in the midst of the regional uprisings.