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Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) arrested a 24-year-old ISIS supporter in Sale, Rabat’s twin city, Thursday. The suspect was plotting terror acts across Morocco and had connections with another ISIS member, the BCIJ said in a statement released Friday evening. This arrest is the result of bilateral cooperation relations and close coordination between […]
The US State Department has praised Morocco’s counterterrorism strategy and stressed that “the United States and Morocco have a long history of strong counterterrorism cooperation.” This came in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) released Thursday by the State Department. The annual report welcomed the Kingdom’s efforts in the fight against terrorism, noting that […]
The Royal Moroccan Navy’s Sigma-class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah (F 615) joined on Tuesday the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) in a maritime drill carried at the Strait of Gibraltar within the frame of the longstanding U.S.-Moroccan military cooperation ties existing between the two allies and partner countries. The largest American aircraft carrier […]
The vaccine of the American laboratory Pfizer is globally less effective against Omicron but protects at 70% against severe cases, according to a study presented Tuesday and carried out in South Africa, which detected the new variant in November. There are many uncertainties about the nature of this new form of Covid-19. Scientists’ initial observations […]
Brazilian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle out 481 kg of cocaine destined to Algeria, Spanish agency EFE reported on Monday, citing security sources. The cocaine was concealed in 22 packages stored in an asphalt plant in the southern city of Paranaguá. An investigation was opened to identify all those responsible for this major […]
The ambassadors of Morocco and Israel to the United States, Lalla Joumala and Michael Herzog hosted a joint event in Washington to celebrate the first anniversary of the Morocco-Israel-USA tripartite agreement which triggered a dynamic of cooperation in the service of development and peace, with, in particular, the resumption of Moroccan-Israeli diplomatic relations. Actually, Morocco […]
Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Alberto Franco França, has announced that he is planning to visit by mid-2022 Morocco, a country, he said, that “now holds a key position in North Africa as a bridge to other countries and continents.” Carlos França welcomed the quality of relations between Morocco and Brazil, which are based […]
Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies has reaffirmed strong support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, saying it is “the only credible and serious basis for reaching a lasting solution under Morocco’s sovereignty in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. In its latest statement released on the Sahara, the Paraguayan legislative institution welcomes the new resolution […]
Morocco has been chosen to co-chair Africa Focus Group, set up by the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, in recognition for the key role played by the Kingdom in the fight against terrorism. Morocco will chair the Group along with the United States, Italy and Niger. The newly set up group is tasked with enhancing […]
Algeria’s hostility and mounting escalation against Morocco is an attempt to “evade and conceal” a “critical” socio-economic situation on its territory, said Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale. “Algeria, instead of addressing its own mistakes, vehemently tries to blame Morocco for all its troubles, even if fortunately the Algerian people does not […]