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Gdim Izik Trial: Moroccan Court Hands Jail Terms Ranging from Two Years to Life Imprisonment

An appeals court in Salé handed jail terms ranging from two-year imprisonment to life sentence to 23 individuals accused of killing 11 members of the Moroccan security forces during the dismantling of the Gdim Izik camp near Laayoune. In 2013 a military court sentenced the defendants to jail terms ranging from 20 years to life […]

Morocco’s Security Chiefs Meet Senior Italian Officials in Rome

A Moroccan delegation composed of Director General of the Foreign Intelligence Agency Yassine Mansouri and Director General of National Police & Domestic Intelligence Service Abdellatif Hammouchi held talks, on Monday in Rome, with senior Italian political and security officials, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Morocco’s top security officials arrived in Rome on Sunday and […]

Israel-Gaza Truce – Peace until the Next War?

Recently, a truce was mediated – by Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi – between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. But … how long can such a truce last before the new round of warfare is unleashed? Notwithstanding many obvious analogies with the previous tensions between the two sides (such as Operation Cast Lead at the […]