Working with the FBI and the Moroccan intelligence officers, Spanish police have arrested a «profoundly radicalized» Moroccan who was plotting attacks targeting Barcelona during the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown. Quoting the Guardia Civil, the Guardian reports that the Moroccan citizen was arrested, Friday, in the Catalan capital as part of the surveillance operation. In a statement, police said that the suspect has reportedly been in contact with ISIS for at least
The United States Government transferred, Wednesday, the ownership of 21 specialized vehicles to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces’ Special Operations Company (MSOF), the American embassy in Rabat said in a press release sent Thursday to Yabiladi. The operation is valued at $1 million, the same source added. The US embassy’s Office of Security Cooperation and the Utalh National Guard have been in contact with the MSOF since 2017. The three agencies held «numerous combined
What is there to remember from the interview given Thursday evening by Saadeddine El Othmani to Al Aoula channel ? Unfortunately, almost nothing concrete.
An internal document compiled by the department of epidemiology and fight against diseases introduces the different scenarios about the end of the lockdown in Morocco. The document highlights the decisions taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
Invited, Thursday, by national TV, Morocco’s head of government Saadeddine El Othmani said that Moroccans stranded abroad because of the coronavirus health crisis can be repatriated «once borders are reopened». During his appearance, El Othmani confirmed the figures communicated earlier today by the head of consular affairs at the Foreign Ministry Mohamed Basri, adding that more than 27,000 Moroccans are currently awaiting repatriation. This surprising statement
The number of Moroccans stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown continues to grow. Recent figures presented by embassies and consulates suggest that 27,585 Moroccans are currently stranded abroad. 5,704 of them are housed, fed and supported by the Kingdom’s diplomatic representations abroad. Regarding the repatriation operation which had been announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, without giving a specific date, Moroccans will have to wait. Indeed,
140 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Wednesday and Thursday in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 5,548, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. The Ministry reported that 50,944 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 183, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 2,179. The confirmed coronavirus cases in the Kingdom are
By the end of the 16th century, a mysterious respiratory disease that killed hundreds of people hit Morocco. The illness was called «K’hikiha», in reference to coughing that was one of its annoying and persistent symptoms.
Since yesterday, several media reports claimed that «Prince Moulay Rachid has offered the shepherd who has his sheep deliberately crushed by a man in his car a new flock of sheep». The daily newspaper L’Opinion, which quoted online newspaper Akhbarona as well as the Twitter account of Medi1 TV journalist Youssef Belhaissi reported the news. The same source revealed that «the gesture comes as a compensation for the damage caused by the suspect against the 14-year-old
American social media and technology company Facebook has announced the deletion of 118 pages, 389 Facebook accounts, 27 groups and 6 Instagram accounts targeting several countries, including Morocco. In a statement released Tuesday, Facebook said that the activity of these accounts, groups and pages «originated in Iran and focused on a wide range of countries globally including Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone,