Features Headlines Libya

Fighting in Tripoli, Libya: More than 50 dead and nearly 150 wounded

Heavy fighting between two influential armed groups on the outskirts of the Libyan capital from Monday to Tuesday August 15 evening left at least 50 people dead and more than 140 wounded, medical sources said on Wednesday August 16. In a “provisional toll” published on Facebook, the Center for Emergency Medicine, which manages rescue operations […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco sets up field hospital to treat strawberry Covid-19 cluster

Morocco has set up a field hospital in Lalla Mimouna near Kenitra to treat hundreds of coronavirus cases who were infected in a hotspot linked to strawberry farms and packaging plants. On Friday, the country recorded 457 cases in that cluster, the biggest single day number of infections since the country declared its first case […]

Headlines Maghreb Morocco

Covid-19: Moroccan Army Deploys Field Hospital in Response to Health Crisis

The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have completed the setting up of a first field hospital in Benslimane (near Casablanca) to support the country’s response to the Coronavirus, which has so far killed 40 people in the country, infected 676 while 29 others recovered. According to the local Medi1 TV station, the field hospital was […]

Americas Headlines International Morocco

African Lion 2019: Military drills & humanitarian actions

Pending the effective start of the African Lion 2019, the Moroccan-US yearly military drills, scheduled for April 1, units of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and the US Army have deployed in the region of Tata in Southern Morocco, a field hospital that will provide medical care to the local population. As in the previous […]

Asia Headlines International Morocco

Morocco’s Army Sets up Field Hospital in Gaza

King Mohammed VI gave his instructions to set up a medical-surgical field hospital of the royal armed forces (FAR) in Gaza, following the recent tragic events that took place in the Palestinian territory, leaving hundreds of injured. This royal solicitude is meant to provide the necessary medical care to the Palestinian civilians wounded during the […]