Fears Rising Mosul Offensive Would Drive Moroccan Jihadists Back Home

International security experts have sounded the alarm that the foreign fighters enrolled in the Islamic State group in Iraq, including around 2,500 Moroccans, may be planning to return home as Iraqi authorities and international coalition forces are increasing offensives to take over the group’s stronghold of Mosul. The terrorist group is also under pressure in […]

Morocco takes over presidency of UfM Parliamentary Assembly

Morocco has officially taken, Wednesday in Strasbourg, the presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). The handover of the presidency of this body to the speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi El Alami, took place during the meeting of the Mediterranean delegation chaired by European Parliament President, […]

Libya: Saadi Gaddafi gets first hearing in Tripoli court

Libya has held its first Gaddafi trial on Sunday after Saadi Gaddafi appeared in a court in southern Tripoli. After being detained since March 2014 following his extradition from Niger, Saadi is charged with the murder of a football player and unlawful imprisonment. The trial didn’t last for long. According to Sadiq Al-Sour, the chief […]