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Morocco implements major defense trade reforms

Morocco’s Customs and Indirect Taxes Administration has unveiled comprehensive regulations governing defense materials, weapons, and ammunition trade, establishing strict frameworks while facilitating essential commercial flows for the national defense industry. The new circular, based on Law 10-20 of 2020, creates three distinct material categories with specific regulatory requirements. Category A covers exclusively military equipment including […]

Iraq cancels imprisonment sentence of British national accused of smuggling antiquities

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the defense of the pensioner has said, Arab News reports. Lawyer Thaer Saoud told AFP Tuesday the Court of Cassation overturned the conviction of his client James Fitton who is expected to be freed. “We […]

King Mohammed VI, President Macron lay basis for ‘exceptional’ Moroccan-French partnership

King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron have ushered a new era in the history of Moroccan-French relations as they seal an “exceptional partnership” for the years to come. This came in a Royal Office statement on the occasion of the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Rabat, at the helm of an important […]