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Food Aid Stampede Kills 15, Injures at Least 20 in Rural Morocco

Morocco woke up on Sunday to a human tragedy that cost the lives of 15 persons, mostly women, and wounded at least 20 others following a stampede during a food distribution operation in a village near Essaouira. The victims were crushed as hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered to collect baskets of food at the […]

Morocco: Three Alleged IS Militants Arrested in Fes

Moroccan counter-terrorism forces Thursday netted three alleged Islamic State group (IS) militants in the city of Fes, in the northeastern part of the North African country. The credit for this latest successful operation again goes to the Bureau Central des Investigations Judiciaires (BCIJ) known as Morocco’s FBI. The three militants were arrested in a morning […]

Morocco Denounces in Strongest Terms Algeria’s Expulsion of Syrians to Border Town

Morocco’s Foreign Ministry summoned Algeria’s ambassador in Rabat and denounced the expulsion of 54 Syrian migrants by Algerian authorities to the Moroccan border town of Figuig as an “inhumane behavior”. During the meeting, the Foreign Ministry expressed concern at the expulsion by Algeria of Syrians undergoing vulnerable conditions. “It is immoral and unethical to manipulate […]