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The Belgian parliament has adopted a controversial counter-terrorism law allowing authorities to deport citizens born in Belgium or who arrived in the country before they were 12 if they threaten public security. The new law, adopted on Friday, could target Moroccan nationals settled in the country. Around 430,000 Moroccans live in Belgium, representing 60 per […]
A Moroccan citizen living in Turkey has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, Moroccan Daily, Al Massae, reported. The man known as Mamoun El Battoui and aged 42 was arrested in February in the town of Bursa, North of the country, for belonging […]
Chief prosecutors of France, Belgium, Spain and Morocco are meeting in French capital of Paris to discuss ways to improve intelligence sharing between the four countries in their counter-terrorism cooperation, reports say. The meeting in Paris is attended by François Molins from France, Javier Zaragoza from Spain as well as Moulay Hassan Daki and Frédéric […]
The US-based strategic intelligence firm, Stratfor, highlighted the efficiency of Morocco’s security services in aborting terrorist attacks and maintaining extremists in check. “One of the main factors helping to keep Morocco’s jihadists in check is the competence of its security forces. The country’s powerful intelligence agency, national police force, paramilitary police and Central Bureau of […]
Moroccan authorities have been warned to keep eyes open at the country’s airports in order to nab Islamic State (IS) fighters believed to be travelling with fake passports, reports say. Up to 6,000 people fighting under IS have been moving across borders, the Interpol reportedly told Moroccan authorities. Moroccan Arabic media Al Massae, which got […]
Commentaries by western intellectuals, media and government officials continue to hail King Mohammed VI for his speech against radicalism and terrorism. In a recent commentary on the French Le Point newspaper, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy highlights that at a time the west is mired in a sterile burkini debate, King Mohammed VI delivered a speech- […]
Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]
Moroccan security services have announced the arrest of an Italian man wanted for plotting terror attacks in the North African country, following an order issued by the extremist terrorist group of the Islamic State. The Italian-Isis terror member was captured last week at the airport of the Moroccan Eastern city of Oujda, near the Algerian […]
Morocco plays a key role on the regional and international levels in the fight against terrorism, said European MP Gilles Pargneaux during his latest visit to the North African Kingdom. “The relationship between Morocco and Europe is very extremely important”, he added, voicing European MPs desire to see cooperation between the two sides enhanced further […]
Egyptian national forces and coastguards assisted by Greek forces have been mobilized on the Mediterranean to look for the missing EgyptAir flight MS804, which disappeared from radar between Paris and Cairo. The plane Airbus A320 is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean at 2:30 am local time, around 280km north of the Egyptian coast. […]