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Tag: counterterrorism
Morocco Arrests Four Terrorist Suspects
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 ... Read More
Italy to deploy counterterrorism Troops in Niger
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is to ask the Parliament’s permission to redeploy troops currently stationed in Iraq to Niger where terrorist groups are increasingly ... Read More
State Department Commends Morocco’s counter-terrorism Leadership
The US State Department has commended Morocco for its leading contributions to global initiatives aiming at countering terrorism, citing notably the Kingdom's input to the ... Read More
Morocco Busts 9 Terror Cells, Arrests 189 Extremists in 2017
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 ... Read More
New Year’s Celebrations: European Police Request Moroccan Assistance
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, ... Read More
Rabat, Paris Vow to Step up Counterterrorism Cooperation
Morocco and France renewed commitment to reinforcing their security cooperation at a context marked by the threat of foreign terrorist fighters relocating from the Middle ... Read More
US Should Look at Morocco for Ways to Prevent Mass Shootings- Christian Science Monitor
The US should look at Morocco's comprehensive anti-terrorism strategy in its efforts to put an end to mass shootings, said the editorial board of the ... Read More
Imam Training, Key Instrument of Morocco’s Religious Diplomacy
Morocco is set to build on its moderate school of Islam as a bulwark against extremism conducive to pre-empting radicalism at home and abroad. To ... Read More
Morocco Steps in to Pre-empt Radicalization of Muslim Youth in Europe
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 ... Read More
Morocco Bent on Tracking Radicalized Individuals Abroad
Abdelhak Khiame, Head of Morocco's counterterrorism agency, the Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), said that the Kingdom is working on a new strategy to ... Read More