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The Moroccan Interior Ministry Friday announced it dismantled in the Northern city of Tetuan a three-man cell connected to Daech that was preparing attacks against institutions and security authorities. The operation was led by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the judicial arm of the domestic intelligence service. According to the early investigation findings, […]
Terrorist organizations in North Africa have found in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps breeding grounds for the recruitment of new members. Head of Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) Abdelhak Khiame puts the number of Polisario members within IS ranks at 100 individuals. In an interview with France 24, Khiame reiterated concern regarding […]
Around 100 members of the Separatist Movement have joined ranks of the Islamic State group (IS) in Libya and in Sahara desert, head of Morocco’s BCIJ (Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation) Abdelhak Khiame, told France24. Suspected for ties with terrorist organisations, the separatist movement’s connection with IS is a bombshell and puts Morocco’s security under […]
Moroccan security services announced Wednesday the arrest of seven members of the terrorist organization Isis. The cell was active in the northern city of Fez and nearby town of Moulay Yacoub. Its members were busy working to recruit volunteers for the extremist group. According to Moroccan interior ministry, the police seized bladed weapons, military uniforms, […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled a terrorist cell in an operation that resulted in the arrest of 15 individuals with suspected links to IS (Daesh), the Interior Ministry said. The individuals were arrested in the cities of Casablanca, Fez, Tangier, Marrakesh and Agadir where they were plotting attacks and recruiting would-be Jihadists, […]
Moroccan counter-terrorism forces Thursday netted three alleged Islamic State group (IS) militants in the city of Fes, in the northeastern part of the North African country. The credit for this latest successful operation again goes to the Bureau Central des Investigations Judiciaires (BCIJ) known as Morocco’s FBI. The three militants were arrested in a morning […]
Moroccan authorities have captured two ISIS members who were active in the city of Casablanca, the economic capital of the North African country, which had already been targeted three times by the terrorists. According to the Interior Ministry, the two jihadists were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Morocco. They have already started getting […]
An Appeals court in Morocco upheld a guilty verdict for French national, Thomas Gallay, on charges of funding a terrorist cell based in the Moroccan Atlantic city of Essaouira. Gallay, 36, saw his prison term reduced to four years in prison after a lower court had initially handed him a six-year sentence. He was found […]
US news portal Breitbart underscored the pro-activeness and effectiveness of the Morocco’s anti-terrorism approach, which resulted in busting several terrorist cells before they moved into action and geared efforts towards tackling the root causes of extremism. In an article entitled “Morocco Takes Lead in Fighting Jihadist Terrorism,” Breitbart sheds light on the achievements of the […]
French national, Thomas Gallay, who was indicted on charges of funding a terrorist cell based in the Moroccan Atlantic city of Essaouira appealed his conviction after he was handed a six year prison sentence. Gallay, 36, said he had to sign confessions in Arabic language that he ignores and appealed the court’s decision in tandem […]