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One in two Moroccan women experience domestic violence- Study

Domestic violence is widespread in Morocco affecting 54% of Moroccan women, said a survey by family and solidarity ministry. The survey covered all Moroccan regions and found that 55.8% of urban women and 51.6% of rural women have suffered forms of violence. Women aged 25-29 were most likely to endure violence, the survey showed, adding […]

Isolated Tunisia tilts closer to Iran’s orbit

Tunisia’s president seems to be courting Iran, in a shift that risks further isolating the cash-strapped country. Once an advocate of the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Tunisia under president Kais Saeid has made a U-turn surfing on the anti-Jewish rhetoric of its mentor Algeria and following a foreign policy current that threw it […]

Morocco, Spain Bust Six-member Terrorist Cell Loyal to IS

Moroccan authorities in coordination with Spanish counterparts dismantled a terrorist cell comprising five Moroccans and a Spaniard loyal to IS. The Moroccan Interior Ministry explained in a statement that the terrorist cell was busted by Morocco’s counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in the area of Beni Chiker in Nador’s suburbs. The […]