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Israel has agreed to sell Morocco the Barak MX air and missile defense system in a deal worth more than $500 million, Israeli media reported. The deal was approved by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) after Morocco and Israel sealed a defense cooperation pact last November. The Israeli air defense system protects against a range of […]
The Polish LUG group, one of the leading European manufacturers of professional lighting solutions, inaugurated this Monday in Laayoune, its Moroccan branch dubbed “LUG Maroc”. “The opening of this branch in Laayoune reflects our firm belief that Morocco is among the strategic priorities of our group,” said the president of the Polish lighting giant, Ryszard […]
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) on Sunday foiled an international drug trafficking attempt, at the level of Oum Dreiga, along the defense line in the Moroccan Sahara. The trafficking attempt was foiled as part of the surveillance of Morocco’s borders and during the patrols conducted by the FAR along the defense line at the level […]
The embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Kiev on Saturday advised Moroccan citizens in Ukraine to leave the country for security reasons. In light of the current situation, Morocco’s embassy in Kiev recommends that Moroccan citizens in Ukraine leave the country for their safety via available commercial flights, said a statement from the diplomatic […]
A coalition bringing together the 27 states of the European Union and 13 other countries, including Morocco, was announced on Friday at the One Ocean Summit, with the aim of achieving an international treaty on the protection of high seas, an area of ecological lawlessness, currently under negotiation. The announcement was made by French President […]
Morocco and Finland have signed an agreement meant to foster their cooperation in the energy sector. The document was signed during a virtual meeting between the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leïla Benali, and the Finnish Minister of Economy, Mika Lintilä, represented in Rabat by the Finnish Ambassador to Morocco, Pekka Hyvönen. The […]
Algeria has failed in its endeavor to bring Palestinian factions together around the mediation table which it pinned hope for in its quest to host the Arab league summit. Algeria’s quest is more about whitewashing the image of a decaying regime that punches above its weight diplomatically to distract its own citizens from the deepening […]
Head of Moroccan government, Aziz Akhannouch, is taking part in the first high-level summit dedicated to the ocean, which opened Friday in Brest, northwest of France, to strengthen international cooperation in combating illegal fishing, decarburizing shipping, and reducing plastic pollution in high seas. Akhannouch was greeted by President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at the […]
The US government officially returned a fossilized Moroccan crocodile skull to Morocco in a ceremony held at the Moroccan Embassy in Washington, DC this week. The US Embassy in Rabat announced this Thursday that the Art Crime Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has returned the fossilized crocodile skull to the Moroccan Embassy […]
Morocco’s economic activity has recovered most of the ground lost during the severe global recession of 2020 with a growth rate of 6.3% last year and medium-term growth prospects of 3.5%, as the country continues its fiscal and monetary stimulus, the IMF said. Morocco has posted the highest growth rate in the MENA region in […]