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Morocco strengthens air defense with Thales Ground Master 400 Radar

Morocco has reinforced further its airspace defense with the acquisition of Thales Ground Master 400 radar, offering the Royal Armed forces tactical advantage as the mobile radar system can easily deploy and detect all types of aerial threats.   The delivery of the long-range radar was made end July 2021 under a contract signed in […]

Lebanon: At least 41 dead in IS Beirut attack

The death toll of the twin bomb attack on Thursday in Beirut claimed by the Islamic State group increased to 41 with more than 200 people injured. The attack took place in a Shia neighborhood where Hezbollah is influential but the statement of responsibility made by IS did not cite that it was motivated by […]

Morocco’s Central Bank expects economy to shrink -5.2%, cuts rates to release liquidity

Morocco’s central bank cut the key interest rate from 2% to 1.5% to shore up the economy and reduced the reserve requirement for banks to 0% to release more liquidity. The Bank revised downwards its forecasts for 2020 to -5.2%, the lowest rate since 1996, compared with 2.5% in 2019, as the coronavirus impact and […]