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A source from Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has flatly denied allegations that the Moroccan carrier lets control of its planes to novice pilots who pay money to get the flying hours required to be hired as experienced pilots. The source’s reaction came after French France 3 TV aired on March 23 a program about the […]
An Algerian military helicopter crashed Sunday near Reggane (Adrar) in the south of the country causing the death of 12 soldiers. According to the defence ministry, the crash was caused by a technical problem. Two other soldiers have been injured in the crash. “A helicopter, a troop carrier Mi-171 type belonging to the Algerian air […]
Some details of the talks between King Abdullah II of Jordan and some leaders in the US congress in January have surfaced indicating the king admitted that Jordanian and British special forces were active in Libya and that he called for overcoming the ideological differences of the cold war era and religious differences and to […]
Morocco is maintaining contacts with the military component of the MINURSO and remains committed to cooperation with this component in the framework of the mandate entrusted to him, said Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar Thursday, explaining that Rabat’s recent decisions to remove the UN staff from the Moroccan Sahara are legitimate and proportionate to the UN […]
Several Tunisian security officials have been suspected of helping terrorists acquire Tunisian passports and national identity cards. Some terrorists nabbed by Tunisian security forces reportedly admitted they received assistance from some security officials who helped them acquire fake Tunisian passports and ID. Tunisian newspaper “Achourrouk” relayed by “tunisie numerique” reveals that several officers from the […]
Moroccan authorities announced Thursday the arrest of nine Islamist militants linked to ISIS affiliates in Libya. They were planning to carry out terror attacks in the North African kingdom. According to an interior ministry statement, the captured cell members were active in the cities of Marrakesh, Sidi Bennour and Smara (southern Morocco). Hundreds of Moroccan […]
Moroccan banks are operating now in 22 African countries and around 17 per cent of their foreign activity is on the continent, says Financial Times in a special report shedding lights on Morocco’s economic potentials. “These African countries represent a real growth potential given the level of banking penetration, which remains one of the weakest […]
Sunni religious experts of several countries met in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to discuss ways to overcome terrorism which has tarnished the image of Islam, misused by terrorists to kill innocent lives as it occurred in Brussels on Tuesday. The two-day meeting gathered prominent Sunni religious experts who have condemned the Brussels attacks and distanced […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry has reaffirmed, in a phone talk with King Mohammed VI, that Washington’s standpoint on the Sahara issue remains unchanged. The Royal Office actually announced that King Mohammed VI has had on Wednesday talks over the phone with US Secretary of State John Kerry and that the talks mainly dealt […]
The United Nations announced Tuesday it closed down, as requested by Morocco, the MINURSO military liaison office in Dakhla. The measure was part of Morocco’s retaliation against the UN Chief’s recent blunders. The UN also withdrew three military observers. According to UN spokesman Farhan Haq, Rabat gave a 72 hour deadline for the military observers […]