Sahara: U.S. congressional delegation holds talks with Nasser Bourita

Over 60 US farm groups urge lifting duties on Moroccan phosphate imports

America's earliest upholders of Islam go back to the Founding Fathers

Discussions about Islam and Muslims were part of the United States’ history since the the country’s founding. America’s Founding Fathers were the first to accept the religion and declare that they «have no enmity against it».

Ira Zartman, the scholar who bridged Morocco and the United States

In Morocco, American scholar Ira William Zartman is renowned for his pivotal role in strengthening ties between Rabat and Washington. As head of the American Legation in Tangier for over 25 years, he began fostering connections with the kingdom as early as the 1950s. Today, the Tangier citadel, the oldest American building outside the United States, stands as a lasting tribute to a professor who turned academic research into a bridge for cultural and historical exchange across the Atlantic.

Moroccan and U.S. Ambassadors meet in Paris to strengthen bilateral ties

In 1839, the sultan of Morocco gifted the United States president Martin Van Buren a pair of lions

In 1839, sultan Abd al-Rahman ibn Hisham of Morocco sent a pair of lions to the US consulate in Tangier as a present for President Martin Van Buren. The gift was impossible to refuse and was shipped to the US by 1840.

ESCWA : U.S. tariffs threaten $22 billion in Arab exports, but Morocco could seize opportunity

A new ESCWA brief warns that new U.S. tariffs threaten $22 billion in Arab non-oil exports, with Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia facing $114 million in additional sovereign interest payments in 2025. Moroccan exports, however, may benefit from shifting U.S. trade dynamics, gaining ground as Chinese and Indian goods face higher tariffs.

Spain fears U.S. troop relocation to Morocco

Donald Trump's return to the White House is raising concerns in Spain, where officials fear the 47th U.S. president could order the relocation of some 3,000 troops and naval vessels from the Rota base to Morocco.

Can Morocco secure a U.S. terrorist designation for the Polisario Front ?

Can Morocco succeed in having the Polisario Front listed as a terrorist organization by the United States? As tensions escalate in the Sahara and the Sahel, Rachid Benlabbah, a Moroccan academic and specialist in Sahara and Sahel studies at the University Institute of African, Euro-Mediterranean, and Ibero-American Studies in Rabat, examines the legal, political, and security dynamics of Morocco's diplomatic offensive against a militarized Polisario and a weakened Algeria.

Algeria seeks to win over Trump with Gara Djebilet mine offer

The Algerians have spared no effort in trying to win over President Donald Trump, even going so far as to grant the exploitation rights for the Gara Djebilet iron mine in the Tindouf region. Under the terms of the 1972 agreement between King Hassan II and President Boumediene, half of the mine was to be allocated to Morocco.