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The Moroccan Royal Navy Coastguards, operating off the coast of Nador, engaged, Friday, in a chase of two suspicious boats after the latter refused to obey to the order to stop. The pursuit enabled the units of the Royal Navy to catch the two go-fast boats, equipped with very powerful engines, which were actually used […]
Morocco outperformed the rest of the Maghreb ranking first in the Global Soft Power index 2023, a ranking underscoring the country’s efforts to polish its image and expand its influence globally. Soft power refers to a nation’s ability to influence others through non-coercive means, such as culture, values, and foreign policy. Morocco came in the […]
Morocco has denounced South Africa’s complicity with Algeria and the polisario, its unconditional appropriation of Algeria’s geopolitical agenda, and its blind ideological support to the armed separatist group. This came in two letters addressed by Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, to the UN Secretary General and to members of the Security […]
Morocco’s historic performance in FIFA World Cup 2022 has lifted the country’s global football status and enhanced its chances of joining the bid of Spain and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup finals. Morocco’s Atlas Lions gained worldwide praise and respect in Qatar’s World cup tournament after eliminating Spain and then Portugal in knockout […]
Expert on Middle Eastern affairs Ehud Yaari has warned against Iran’s scheme to lay its influence and flare up wars in distant areas, mainly in North Africa and the Sahel-Sahara region, noting that the Iranians may acquire new outposts that would increase their ability to blackmail and threaten, and of course allow new jumping off […]
A pathological fixation on Morocco has been ongoing in Algerian media at the instigation of a military-run regime that made attacking Rabat its daily tactic in a failed attempt to distract a disenchanted people from its own looming financial and economic collapse. Last but not least, Algerian state-sponsored media, including once-independent TSA, revealed their superficiality […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of three ISIS operatives who were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the North African Kingdom. Aged between 19 and 28, the jihadists were nabbed by counter-terror units in simultaneous operations conducted in the cities of Tetouan, Larache and Souk El Arbaa. After raiding their homes, the […]
The World Food Program cited in a report a series of dysfunctions that hindered the delivery of aid to the population held against their will by the Polisario in Tindouf camps. The report mentioned WFP’s non-ability to oversee the distribution of aid in the camps due to a lack of free access, adding that it […]
The Arab Ministerial Committee on Iran has reiterated its solidarity with Morocco in the face of the interference of the Iranian regime and its ally Hezbollah in the Kingdom’s internal affairs. A statement issued by the Committee at a meeting it held in Cairo stressed that the arming and training by Iran of separatist elements […]
The African Development Bank AfDB ranked Morocco the second largest industrial country in the African continent with a narrow margin behind South Africa. Moroccan industrial exports accounted for 21% of Africa’s manufactured exports, widening the gaps with North African peers such as Egypt and Tunisia. Morocco has developed in the previous decade the industrial acceleration […]