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Qatari QInvest Fund Partners with Morocco’s Ithmar Capital to Carry out Major Tourism Projects

The Qatari QInvest Fund and the Moroccan Sovereign Wealth Fund Ithmar Capital have set up a joint venture, through which they are to partner in carrying out three large-scale tourism projects to be launched shortly in Morocco. According to the Moroccan news portal, le360, the recently created new company, Oryx Capital, will carry out studies […]

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Morocco’s African Leadership at Heart of Moroccan-US Talks in Washington

Morocco’s African leadership, the situation in North Africa and the Sahel as well as the longstanding American-Moroccan relations were at the heart of talks Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other US officials during a visit to Washington Thursday. In a statement to the press, Bourita said […]

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Morocco’s Intelligence Services Helped France Avert New Terrorist Attack

Tip-offs offered by Moroccan security services helped France bust a terrorist cell with suspected links to the perpetrators of Catalonia attacks, Moroccan media reported. The information forwarded by Moroccan intelligence services led France to locate and arrest three individuals who were plotting a bomb attack on a bank, Al Ahdath Al Maghribia reported. French Interior […]

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US-Moroccan Relations Reviewed at Meeting in Washington

The multi-faceted relations between the United States and Morocco were reviewed at a meeting in Washington Thursday between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. The meeting provided an opportunity for the two officials to discuss a number of issues of shared interest, reported the news portal le360, quoting a source close […]

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Why Should the Maghreb Remain Priority Area in French Foreign Policy?

France and the three Maghreb countries, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, are bound by longstanding historic, cultural and economic ties that makes the three North African states a priority area in the French foreign policy. A report recently published by the Paris-based think thank, Institut Montaigne, stresses that the Maghreb is a priority area for France […]

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King Mohammed VI Undergoes Successful Pterygium Surgery

King Mohammed VI of Morocco underwent a successful pterygium surgery at the Quinze-Vingt Ophthalmology Hospital Center in Paris. A statement co-signed by Professor Jean Philippe Nordmann, head of department at the said hospital, and Professor Abdelaziz Maaouni, the King’s personal physician, said that the King is doing well after the surgery. It explained that the […]

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Morocco Resolutely Engaged on Path of Tolerance, Religious Coexistence, Newsweek

The efforts spearheaded by King Mohammed VI to preserve Morocco’s religious diversity and traditions of tolerance and coexistence were highlighted by Newsweek. In an article entitle: “Morocco’s Muslim Monarch is Trying to Preserve the Country’s Jewish History- Before it’s Too Late,” Yardena Schwartz points to the centuries-old history of religious diversity and coexistence in the […]

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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 […]

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Moroccans Offered Visa-Free Entry to Qatar, Official

Qatar announced Tuesday that it was granting visa-free entry to Moroccan nationals wishing to visit the Emirate. The announcement was made by Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani at a meeting in Doha with a visiting Moroccan delegation. The delegation included Speaker of the House […]

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Catalonia Terrorist Attacks Stress Need for Overseeing Religious Discourse in European Mosques

The terrorist attacks that hit Barcelona and Cambrils are the outcome of an extremist religious discourse propagated by unqualified Imams in Europe that leads to the swift radicalization of disenchanted youth, said Abdelhaq Khiame, Head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). In an interview with Radio 2M, Khiame warned of […]