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Three French nationals, including one of Algerian origin, were arrested Monday (Feb. 11) in Salé, Rabat’s twin city, for their alleged involvement in the financing of terrorism and for links with fighters operating in Syria and Iraq. Investigations revealed that the suspects have forged close ties with fighters of the Islamic State terror group (ISIS), […]
US intelligence agencies have warned against the persistent worldwide threat posed by the terror groups and Al Qaeda. During a Senate hearing, Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats said ISIS still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria, and it maintains eight branches, more than a dozen networks, and thousands of dispersed supporters […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of 13 jihadists linked to the extremist ISIS group. Aged between 22 and 44, members of this terror cell were operating in various cities including Casablanca, Salé, Mohammedia and El Kelaa Sraghna. These ISIS operatives were planning terrorist attacks in the North African country. Search carried out by […]
Hungarian paper Népszava has recently published a story on Morocco, hailing the stability of the kingdom, that it described as “one of the most open countries and the most moderate of the region, the most tolerant of other religions and most welcoming to tourists … “. The Hungarian left-wing paper, founded in 1877, noted Morocco’s […]
Morocco, France, Spain and Belgium have just set up a joint security cell, tasked with foiling any terrorist attacks during the year’s end holiday season. According to local daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, which is reporting the news this Monday, the joint security cell is already operational and works around the clock. The daily, quoting […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Friday the arrest of six operatives of ISIS extremist group who were planning to carry out terrorist acts in the North African Kingdom. Aged between 24 and 37, the members of this jihadist cell were nabbed in the city of Beni Mellal by units of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation […]
Two jihadists, members of ISIS terror group, were nabbed Friday by Moroccan security services, engaged in a tireless war against terrorism and extremism. According to Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the suspects, aged 25 and 18, were planning to carry out a terrorist attack threatening the country’s stability. The two ISIS operatives were […]
Moroccan security services have announced the arrest Saturday of an engineering student with ties to the jihadist terror group, ISIS. The arrest was made in the city of Mohammedia (near Casablanca) by Morocco’s FBI, Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ). According to Moroccan authorities, the captured ISIS member was planning a terrorist plot to undermine […]
The relentless fight against terrorism led by Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), since its inception in 2015, enabled the institution to dismantle 57 terrorist cells, including eight during the year 2018. These figures bring the total number of cells dismantled in Morocco, since 2002, to 183 structures that projected terrorist attempts in the […]
Moroccan foreign Minister Nasser Bourita called at a meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s 9th Ministerial Plenary Meeting for continuing the fight against terrorism and extremism by addressing the root causes of these calamities. “Our approach should remain a strategic one, with a long-term perspective that goes beyond territorial victories to address the core foundations […]