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Intercepted IS Coded Messages Put Intelligence Services on High Alert

Moroccan intelligence services and their foreign counterparts, mainly French and Spanish, have been on the alert after they intercepted coded messages exchanged by members of the Islamic State group (IS) calling for attacks in Europe and Morocco, local daily Al Massae reports Tuesday. The services doubled their guards after they discovered coded WhatsApp messages. Moroccan […]

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France: Moroccan Secret services tipped off French authorities on a terror act

Moroccan intelligence services warned French authority of the Tuesday terror act against Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Roman Catholic Church which claimed the life of priest Jacques Hamel. Morocco sent the photo of the second attacker, French Magazine Marianne reports. Marianne in a Thursday report claimed that French authorities were sent on July 22; four days before the attack, […]

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Morocco, Key Regional & International player in the Fight Against Terrorism

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 […]

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Moroccan-French Security Cooperation in Full Swing

Cooperation between Morocco and France in the fields of security and fight against terrorism is in full swing as evidenced by the regular contacts and continued dialog between the two partner countries. Just a couple of weeks after Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and the French President François Hollande held a meeting at the Elysée during […]

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Morocco: 3 soldiers sentenced to three years in prison for possession of IS flag

Morocco military court has sentenced respectively three Morocco military personnel to three years in prison after the suspects were found in possession of an IS flag, reports say. The three men positioned in Tichla region, were caught three month ago after the national gendarmerie received information that they were in position of the flag. The […]

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Morocco-UAE: Pope Francis’ Africa tour secured by Moroccan intelligence service

Moroccan intelligence services helped secure a safe trip to Africa for Pope Francis, reports say. Moroccan intelligence services in conjunction with French intelligence service helped to secure a safe tour for Pope Francis to Africa. According to French media Le Mag quoting local media Pope Francis’s two-day stay to Central African Republic (CAR) torn by […]

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Moroccan Security Services Disrupt Terror Plots in Spain

Once again Moroccan counter-terrorism services have proven their efficiency and key role in the war against terrorism in the region and around the world. After helping the French police identify and locate the mastermind of the Paris attacks, the Belgians moved quickly requesting Morocco’s assistance to fight their own home-grown terror cells and solitary wolves […]