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Moroccan security and counterterrorism agents are helping once again French authorities to counter terror threats as the country is hosting Euro 2016, according to press reports. Following the breakthrough made by the Moroccan intelligence services which helped French police pinpoint the hideout of the terrorists responsible for the Paris deadly attacks of last November, France […]
The American first lady will visit Marrakech later his month accompanied by her two daughters, reports say. It will be the first visit by Michel Obama to the Kingdom of Morocco. She will be accompanied by their daughters; Malia and Sasha. During their one week stay, the Obama family will tour the city as well […]
The Moroccan government has denounced the car bomb attack that targeted lately a police bus, killing seven officers and four civilians in central Istanbul. In a statement released Wednesday by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, the North African Kingdom expressed its full solidarity with Turkey over this despicable criminal act contrary to the universal human values. […]
The European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) reckoned the Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM,) as one of the world’s best managed companies and for the quality of its services. It is the second time in a row that RAM is receiving the recognition. RAM is the only African carrier to win the award […]
Morocco, a beacon of moderate Islam, is about to open a new Foundation for African Ulemas (Islamic clerics/scholars) during this month of Ramadan, according to press reports. Dubbed “Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulemas,” this new academic institution, based in the city of Fez, will enhance further the special religious and cultural ties existing between […]
The United States has commended Morocco’s sustained efforts made in the fights against terrorism, saying the North African country has worked out a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy that includes vigilant security measures, regional and international cooperation, and counter-radicalization policies. In its Country Reports on Terrorism 2015, the U.S. Department says the Moroccan government has placed counterterrorism […]
Spanish Foreign Affairs minister José Manuel García has hailed the cooperation ties existing between security services of Morocco, Spain and France, saying this triangular cooperation is currently unmatched, the best-ever and the closest in history. Spain cooperates in this field with its neighboring countries, added the top Spanish diplomat, noting that his country is part […]
After Morocco expressed concerns last month that the US State Department’s 2016 human rights report contained factual errors and misrepresented the Kingdom’s efforts in that area, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress have voiced support to this response as being legitimate. In a letter sent to President Obama last Thursday, the 16-member group hails […]
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 […]
The passing away on Tuesday of the long-serving Polisario Leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz, who sat for 40 years at the helm of the Algeria-backed separatist front, is unlikely to end the senseless Sahara standoff because the deceased was not a decision maker in the Sahara issue but a mere underling that executed the orders of his […]