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A Milan court of justice condemned on Tuesday a Moroccan-born kick-boxer to six years in prison for planning to attack the Vatican as well as the Israeli embassy in Rome. The man, identified as Abderrahim Moutahrrick, was a former Switzerland kick-boxing champion. His wife Salma Bencharki has been also handed a five-year jail sentence. The […]
Thanks to a pre-emptive security approach, Moroccan authorities succeeded in aborting 341 terrorist plots and dismantling 168 terrorist cells before they moved to action, Director General of International Cooperation at Morocco’s Interior Ministry, Mohamed Moufakir, said. Speaking at a seminar on security cooperation in the Mediterranean region in Rabat, Moufakir highlighted the efficiency of Morocco’s […]
The United Nations warned Maghreb and Sahel countries of the relocation of Islamic State fighters fleeing defeats in Iraq, Syria and Libya. “There are great risks that these jihadists join sleeping cells of al Qaida, and settle in the Maghreb and in the Sahel,” the UN said in a report. Moroccan Arabic media Akhbar Al […]
The Spanish interior ministry Tuesday announced it pinned down two Moroccans belonging to a terrorist recruiting cell affiliated to the Islamic State group (IS). The two men, aged 25 and 27, were nabbed at Badalona, North-East of Barcelona. According to the ministry, they use internet to recruit and indoctrinate would-be terrorists for IS. These internet-recruited […]
Three additional terrorist suspects reportedly connected to the seven-member Islamic State group cell dismantled in El Jadida, Salé and other localities late January have been nabbed. The interior ministry Monday announced the arrest of the three men following investigations in the busted cell. The suspects were pinned down at Martil and Boulaâouane close to the […]
After annexing Crimea and securing a foothold on the Syrian coast, Putin’s Russia steadily moves to materialize a new Mediterranean policy boosting its naval presence through strong alliances with north African countries says an analysis published on the French magazine, Liberté Politique. The analysis, signed by historian Bernard Lugan, highlights the central place Morocco occupies […]
The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday announced it would impose entry visa to citizens of neighboring countries, including Tunisia, in a move to curb terrorism. Chadian, Nigerien, Egyptian, Algerian and Tunisian citizens will need a visa to enter the country. The measure is meant to fight entry of terrorists on the Libyan soil, […]
A Tunisian man locked up for minor offenses, has been convicted for pushing fellow inmates to travel to Syria for jihad. The man aged 34 and married to an Italian converted Muslim woman has been convincing other inmates to travel to Syria once they finish observing their prison terms, local media quoted Augusto Zaccariello, a […]
A Moroccan man affiliated to the Islamic State group (IS) plotting a shoe bombing attack has been arrested by the Moroccan countre-terrorist forces after failing to join the terrorist organization in Irak, and Syria, reports say. Counter-terrorism forces of National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) netted the IS sympathizer at Oued Laou, near the […]
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has alerted Moroccan authorities of possibilities of terrorist attacks like the truck attack in Berlin and rampage shooting in Istanbul in the kingdom. The CIA pointed out that some fighters of the Islamic State group (IS) who fled lately the terrorist group’s strongholds in Iraq and Syria are heading […]