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Morocco’s FBI, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), has dismantled 49 terrorist cells, including 44 groups loyal to ISIS, and arrested 772 people on terrorism charges since its creation in 2015. Head of the BCIJ Abdelhak Khiame told French paper Le Monde that 97 Moroccan foreign fighters who returned from conflict zones were also […]
The setbacks suffered by IS in the Syrian and Iraqi fronts are pushing thousands of foreign fighters to return to their home-countries where they pose a serious risk to stability and security. Morocco is one of the countries with a significant number of foreign fighters in the Middle East whose return puts authorities on high […]
Morocco’s counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), dismantled a terror cell made up of seven extremists loyal to IS group. The IS members were arrested in the cities of Tangier and Meknes, the Interior ministry said in a statement. Initial investigations reveal that the cell members were plotting to join a branch […]
Moroccan security services arrested four terror suspects in the region of Souss-Massa, two of them were students at the Islamic Studies School. The suspects were arrested by Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in the cities of Inezgane, Ait Melloul and Chtouka-Ait Baha. In 2017, the BCIJ busted nine terror cells […]
Moroccan authorities continued their unabated crackdown on terrorists in 2017 with the busting of nine terror cells and the arrest of 189 extremists and 20 returning foreign fighters. These figures were revealed by the chief of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), Abdelhak Khiame who said that the total number of […]
Moroccan security and intelligence services have been asked by their European counterparts to help in securing the New Year’s Eve celebrations against growing terror threats, according to Moroccan press reports. This is neither a first nor a surprise request, says Al Ahdath Al Maghribiya daily, noting that the European security agencies have issued a red […]
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled another terrorist cell made up of four Daesh supporters in Fes on Wednesday (October 25), the Interior Ministry announced in a statement. The first investigations revealed that the respondents, thoroughly permeated by the Daesh discourse and influence, were planning to carry out attacks in Fez to harm […]
Morocco is putting forward its pre-emptive approach to avert the radicalization of Muslim youth in Europe mainly through ensuring an adequate training of Imams in accordance with the tolerant values of the Maliki school. In an interview with the Financial Times, Abdelhak Khiame, head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism agency, reiterated Morocco’s readiness to offer Imam training […]
Moroccan security services dismantled a terrorist cell in Fez comprising 11 members pledging allegiance to IS. The Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled the “”extremely dangerous terrorist” cell whose members were plotting attacks on “sensitive areas” in a scheme to undermine the security and stability of the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry said in a […]
The sound cooperation between Moroccan and Spanish security services in the fight against terrorism has led to the arrest of 175 jihadists, said interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoido. In a interview published lately by La Razon, the Spanish official described neighboring Morocco as “a friend, a partner and an ally” of Spain in the war […]