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Morocco: Seven alleged IS militants en route to Libya arrested

Moroccan security authorities Tuesday succeeded in disrupting plans of seven extremists to join IS in Libya. The seven alleged militants, from Marrakech, Laayoune and Boujdour, were arrested as they were attempting to go to Libya through the Moroccan-Mauritanian border. According to a statement released by the Interior Ministry, the alleged terrorists were trying to cross […]

Airports: Morocco Eyes 60 Million Passengers by 2025

Morocco has 18 international airports which welcomed in 2019 over 25 million passengers. They are currently capable of handling 40 million travelers.   In order to avoid their congestion due to the growing number of tourists visiting the North African kingdom and continuous opening of routes by the airliners, Morocco’s Airport Authority (ONDA) intends to […]

Development model: Ad-hoc committee to submit report by June 2020

Morocco’s ambassador to Paris, Chakib Benmoussa, who has just been named head of the new ad-hoc committee for the development model, sketched out the mission of the task force and said its members, who will be unveiled in the coming days, will have to submit their report to King Mohammed VI by June 2020. At […]