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The US State Department Friday issued new warnings for US citizens against traveling to Tunisia’s South-eastern regions as well as to the mountainous regions in the West deemed still haunted by terrorists. The State Department said terrorist groups, like the Islamic State group, are still active in the south-eastern part of the North African country. […]
Moroccan security services said Wednesday they have averted and foiled terrorist attacks in the North African country thanks to the recent arrest of three extremists affiliated to ISIS terror organization. The three captured men were active in the Northern Moroccan cities of Tangier and Mdiq, said a press release issued by the Ministry of the […]
Morocco will ship military equipment to Niger to help the sub-Saharan country thwart the incursions of the terrorist group Boko Haram from neighboring Nigeria, a Moroccan source requesting anonymity told French daily, Le Monde. “King Mohammed VI allowed, out of solidarity with Niger, the supply of military equipment-with the exception of lethal ammunition- to support […]
Moroccan security services have dismantled another terror cell linked to the Islamic extremist group ISIS. The six-member cell was active in the cities of Agadir, Amezmez, Chichaoua, Ait Melloul and Laqliaâ (south central Morocco) According to a press release issued by the Interior ministry, investigations showed the cell was planning to join secretly ISIS branch […]
Mauritanian President has called on Washington to produce evidence of the alleged secret deal between Nouakchott and the al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on a truce during which the terrorist group would cease abductions and militancy in Mauritania for a renewable one-year period, and in return, Mauritania would release all al Qaeda prisoners. The […]
The United States has commended Morocco’s sustained efforts made in the fights against terrorism, saying the North African country has worked out a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy that includes vigilant security measures, regional and international cooperation, and counter-radicalization policies. In its Country Reports on Terrorism 2015, the U.S. Department says the Moroccan government has placed counterterrorism […]
The American government and Senegal on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to ease the deployment of American troops to the West African nation to counter humanitarian crises, natural disasters or terrorist attacks. The accord will give US troops access to areas in Senegal, such as airports and military installations, in order to respond to security […]
Ways of enhancing security and intelligence cooperation ties between Morocco and Gabon were reviewed Monday in Libreville at a meeting between president Ali Bongo Ondimba and Moroccan interior minister Mohamed Hassad. The meeting was attended by Head of the Moroccan Intelligence agency Mohamed Yassine Mansouri and Head of Morocco’s secret services Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is […]
Head of Morocco’s internal intelligence service, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who is also Chief of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN,) is visiting Moscow to seal bilateral collaboration in the fight against terrorism. The visit is taking place less than a month following the official visit King Mohammed VI paid to Moscow mid-March. Morocco and Russia […]
Ivorian security authorities have been able to identify the mastermind of the March 13 terrorist attacks thanks to Morocco’s valuable contribution. Moroccan daily in Arabic Al Ahdath Al Maghribia reported in its Friday edition that Ivorian security authorities were able to identify Kounta Dallaha as the ringleader of the March 13 massacre which left 19 […]