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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu welcomed the decision by Moroccan authorities to close the schools affiliated to the group led by the US-based Turkish controversial preacher, Fethullah Gulen. « We welcome the statement by the Ministry of Interior of Morocco that FETO schools will be completely closed within one month, » said Cavusoglu on his […]
On the backdrop of the assassination of the Russian Ambassador in Turkey and the praise such a terrorist attack received from some activists on social media, the Interior Ministry launched a campaign to crackdown on condoning terrorism and take legal action in this regard. Condoning terrorism is a crime under the Moroccan penal code, said […]
A day after the European Parliament (EP) voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution to freeze talks on the adhesion of Turkey to the European Union (EU), President Erdogan blasted the EU bloc that the results have “no value in our eyes” and warned on Friday that Turkey could ease access to the EU by […]
A Moroccan citizen living in Turkey has been sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to join the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria, Moroccan Daily, Al Massae, reported. The man known as Mamoun El Battoui and aged 42 was arrested in February in the town of Bursa, North of the country, for belonging […]
Spanish security services announced on Monday the arrest of two Moroccan nationals having links to the terror ISIS organization. According to a press release issued by the Spanish Interior Ministry, the two men, residing in the southern Spanish city of Murcia and the northern city of Valladolid, were planning to carry out an attack in […]
Morocco, with an annual production of 140,000 tons, ranks fifth in the list of the world’s largest olive oil producers and exporters, several Moroccan media outlets said. Only six years after the launch of the Green Morocco Plan to boost agricultural production, Morocco managed to bolster its olive production by 70% from 783,000 tons in […]
The tourism industry in many North African countries was affected this year by the terror threats as travelers avoid popular destinations such as Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey…targeted by terrorists. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, Egypt is one of the worst hit places, with tourist arrivals down nearly 50 pc so far this year. […]
The terrorist attacks that struck Tunisia in 2015 have scarred the country’s reputation as a holiday destination and left it struggling to win its share of the Mediterranean tourist market back. This year, Russians and Algerians are saving the tourist season after ISIS attacks deterred tourists from the traditional markets of France, Britain, Germany and […]
Moroccan bus operator, City Bus, will be in charge of urban bus transportation in the Guinean capital Conakry, under an agreement between the Guinean Transport Ministry and the company. City Bus will also ensure bus links to the outskirts of the city as well as inter-urban transport, the Guinean transport ministry said in a statement, […]
President Erdogan claimed that foreign parties were involved in last month’s failed coup against his government stating that it “was not just an event planned from the inside.” “The actors inside acted out a scenario for a coup written from the outside,” he said, before scolding the West for “supporting terror and standing by the […]