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France’s Armed Forces Minister is traveling to Washington in the coming days to discuss US military support to French forces in the Sahel region, the ministry said in a statement. The announcement comes a month after a report in the New York Times claimed the Pentagon was planning to reduce its military activities in West […]
Ivanka Trump, daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, commended again Morocco’s commitment to advancing women rights through improving their access to land ownership. “On my last #WGDP trip, Morocco committed to changing laws to advance land rights for women and have now legally formalized these major reforms! “Congratulations to the Moroccan government and […]
Morocco and the USA, which are determined to reinforce their cooperation in security matters, have discussed at a meeting in Rabat Monday ways to bolster the fight against crime under all its forms. The meeting between Head of Morocco’s public prosecutor office Mohamed Abdelnabaoui and a delegation of US attorneys general discussed best practices in […]
The United nations, the US and Turkey have condemned the death of 30 military trainees who were killed Saturday in an airstrike, reportedly perpetrated by forces of east-based military commander Khalifa Haftar. Saturday’s bombing reportedly took place as cadets were gathering on a parade ground at the Hadaba academy in a southern district of capital […]
The US Navy was planning to participate in the African Sea Lion 2020, with its amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) now redirected to the Middle East. Amid escalating tensions between the USA and Iran, the Pentagon has canceled the joint American-Moroccan marine exercise, African Sea Lion 2020, that was due to start on January […]
African Lion, the annual Moroccan-US military exercise, will take place in March 2020 with the participation of 2500 US soldiers, Moroccan media reported. The games, which also bring together soldiers from other countries, are meant to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of participating armies tactics, techniques and procedures. Besides Morocco and the US, soldiers from […]
Morocco is on a list of twenty-two of the United States’ allies that will be delivered Raytheon’s Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The major US defense contractor, Raytheon, said in a Press release that the US Air Force, Navy and 22 foreign allies tapped the company with a $768 million contract for its AMRAAM. […]
The US has stopped supplying Egypt and Jordan with bomb sniffing-dogs after reports of negligence and deaths of the security animals. “Any death of a canine in the field is an extremely sad event and we will take every measure possible to prevent this from happening in the future,” said the Department of State. A […]
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) and American Airlines have sealed a code-share deal, which will allow smoother connections for passengers of both airlines. The deal is due to go into effect on Dec.26. The deal will enable AA’s customers to buy selected RAM flights to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN), which will provide connecting service to Marrakech. Early […]
The US Senate confirmed on Thursday Dec. 19 David T. Fisher to be the next ambassador to Morocco, succeeding Dwight Lamar Bush, who served in the North African Kingdom from 2014 to 2017. The nomination process took several months in the foreign relations committee of the Republican-dominated senate. During his confirmation hearing at the Senate […]