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Figuig : Three Syrian Refugees sent back by force to the buffer zone separating Algeria and Morocco

Three Syrian refugees were intercepted by the police in Nador and sent back using force to the buffer zone in Figuig, Amnesty international reports. The incident was confirmed to Yabiladi by a source. #Urgent: 3 réfugiés syriens interceptés par la police Marocaine à Nador et renvoyés par force vers la zone de frontière de Figuig. #Maroc pic.twitter.com/H1iuqA7IiM — Amnesty North Africa (@AINorthAfrica) June 8, 2017 «A 15-year-old girl,

Homosexuality : Two men arrested after being caught red handed during Ramadan

Two men were arrested on the 5th of June after having had homosexual intercourse during Ramadan. The incident took place at Kariat Akermane in the Oriental region of the country, said the Spanish news agency EFE. The arrest of the two young men by the Royal Gendarmerie was reported by Akaliyat Association. According to the local media, the detainees were aged 16 and 19 and were caught in the middle of a sexual act by the mother of the youngest one in an abandoned house next to the beach. The

A Moroccan suspected of being a Jihadist deported from Italy

A Moroccan national who had been living in Italy since 2001 was deported from the European country on Friday because he represented a potential threat to society. He already has a crime record such as «resistance to public agent, threats, theft and concealment of stolen goods», writes the Italian news site Il Giornale. The Moroccan was placed under temporary release, he was identified as a user of Facebook publishing jihadist content. The Italian Interior Ministry declared that the

Sweden deports Moroccan migrants in an irregular situation

Sweden has accelerated the process of deporting Moroccan teenagers in an irregular situation, AFP news agency reports on Friday. These expulsions intervened following the application of an agreement «which requires Rabat to accept their return», writes the same source. Sweden reports that about 800 young people, even very young North Africans, mostly Moroccans live without having a regularized status in large cities such as Stockholm and Gothenburg. Regeringens arbete ger

A delegation of Chinese senior officials is visiting Morocco

A delegation of Chinese senior officials is in Morocco since the 6th of June to discover the country as a destination for tourists, reports on Thursday the Moroccan National office of Tourism (ONMT) in a communiqué. The group includes around fifty Chinese decision-makers who work for travel agencies, and media in the region of Pekin, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Their trip will last till the 16th of June 2017. The delegation will have the chance to discover during this visit tourism assets

Algeria suspends for the moment its plans of hosting the Syrian refugees

The Algerian authorities announced on Wednesday the 7th of June that they would «temporarily» cancel their plans of hosting the Syrian refugees stranded in the borders separating the two neighboring countries, le Monde reports. «The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has not been able to reach a solution», spokesman of the Algerian Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif said. The same person who announced Thursday 1st of June that Algeria will host a group of

Rio de Janeiro : Hassan Saada is finally coming home

The Moroccan Boxer hassan Saada is coming home on Friday 9th of June after retrieving his passport. A Brazilian court has allowed Saada to return to Morocco without any terms or conditions on his stay and the date of his return, Hesport reports. «The court has accepted a Hassan Saada’s request to participate in the African boxing championship. He was handed back his passport to leave for Morocco and join the tournament without putting any terms or restrictions to the trip»,

Panama court dismisses the Polisario phosphate claim

A Panama court has rejected a claim issued by the Polisario Front to block a Danish vessel that was carrying OCP phosphate rocks stating that the there was no evidence the cargo belonged to the group, the Moroccan company said on Thursday 8th of June in a statement. On the 17th of May, the Danish vessel Ultra Innovation that was carrying a phosphate cargo to Canada «has been detained by a national court» in Panama. The Separatist Front has filed a claim to hold the ship which was

Al Hoceima : Clashes between police and protesters

Protests in Al Hoceima city are still ongoing. On Thursday 8th of June, protesters in the northern town around 5 pm clashed with police officers who fired tear gas at dozens of young people who took the streets to manifest against corruption, AFP reports as published by Le Monde. According to the same source, around 5 pm, before Iftar time, a group of young people gathered to denounce corruption in the alleys. They were ruthlessly pushed back by the police to a crossroads in the neighborhood

Marrakech: A snake charmer dies after being bitten

A snake charmer died after being bitten by his snake in Jemaa el-Fna, Al Akhbar said today, as reported by the Mexican newspaper El Informador. The victim, aged 46, was bitten last month. he was transferred to the Mohammed VI hospital in Marrakech, where he died on Tuesday. The attack occurred while the man was feeding the animal. Charmers are not the only victims of snake bites. Tourists were also bitten, mistakenly thinking that the venom had been removed to avoid any danger. Travelers are

Princess Lalla Salma buys a € 3.8 million house in Greece

Princess Lalla Salma has just purchased a € 3.8 million house in one of the most beautiful island in Greece. According Athens magazine, the dream-like mansion has a unique aesthetic and is located in Kea, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea’s Cyclades archipelago, characterized by hilly countryside and quiet beaches. The new villa is a beautiful country house, combining architectural originality with luxury. «The figures are stunning: it has seven bedrooms - of which 4

«Hirak» : The European Coordination calls Rifains living abroad to boycott Moroccan banks

After only three weeks of its creation, the European coordination in solidarity with the protests movement in Al Hoceima has called Moroccans living abroad especially those who are originally from the Rif region to boycott the Moroccan banks. The organization is asking them to withdraw their assets deposited in the Moroccan banks until «all the demands asked by the protesters are realized and a meeting is set with the representatives of the popular Hirak», it indicates in a

Netherlands: No legal proceedings against Geert Wilders following his anti-Islam statements

The Dutch nationalist deputy Geert Wilders will not be prosecuted for the  anti-Islam comments he said in  Vienna on March the 27th 2015 during a rally of the Austrian extreme right-wing party, the Party for Freedom (PVV), informs Today the Dutch justice, as reported by 7 sur 7 online newspaper. The Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad (AD) had stated the words of Geert Wilders. He described Islam as an «ideology of war and hatred» which «calls people to become terrorists,

London’s Attack : The mother of the third attacker speaks to Italian media

  The Mother of Youssef Zaghba, the third suspect identified after the london’s attack, lives in a small town called Fagnano di Valsamoggia near Bologna, Italy. Valeria C, interviewed by Italian media has given her version of the story concerning her son Youssef. She declared as stated by Corriere Della Sera : «So My son has chosen hate». According to her, the Italian mother couldn’t reach her son over the phone since Friday. Her Husband Mohammed has warned her

Hateful and sexual mass emails targeting Canadian University students are sent by a Moroccan

For more than three months, students and staff of Montcon University, a French-language university located in New Brunswick, Canada were receiving hateful and offensive emails from an individual who lives in Morocco. In an article published today by CBCNews, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that since February, a female student studying at Montcon University has been the subject of «cyber terrorism». The same source indicates that : «a series of ten emails

Manchester Attack : The assailant was connected to ISIS and met Abdelhamid Abaaoud

The Manchester bomber who killed 22 people and injured 50 others during an Ariana Grande concert in the UK on the 22nd of May 2017, was able to enter Libya with the help of the same ISIS branch that trained the Brussels and Paris attacker. The information was reported on Tuesday by Belgian media based on an article published on the New York Times. On Saturday, the American media platform indicated that Salman Abedi, the terrorist who killed himself in the Manchester Arena, met in

Royal Air Maroc suspends transit flights via Doha to other Arab countries following the diplomatic crisis

Royal Air Maroc airline company has annulled transit flights via Qatar's capital Doha to and from UAE, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt due to the cancellation of flights from Qatar to these countries, after they cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf Arab state, Reuters reports on Tuesday quoting the airline costumer service. According to Map news agency, the Moroccan airline firm costumer service declared that flights to the above-mentioned destinations wont be «guaranteed nor

Hirak : accused of several serious offenses, Zefzafi and his fellows are placed in pre-trial detention in Oukacha

The investigating judge has ordered a pre-trial detention in the local prison of Casablanca of seven individuals, after their hearing. They were among the defendants implicated in the inquiry according to a communiqué issued by the Attorney General of the King at the Court of Appeal of Al Hoceima on the 27th May 2017, announces the Attorney General of the King to the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. Investigations are still under the supervision of the Casablanca prosecutor's office with