A Moroccan man was arrested Tuesday, 24th of April, in the Basque region northern Spain for publishing jihadist propaganda and trying to recruit people for ISIS, said EFE and Xinhua quoting the Spanish Interior Ministry. The Spanish Civil Guard arrested the 24-year-old suspect in the city of Andoain after searching his place «in order to recover all of the evidence of his intense activity in internet and social media», said the same source. Born in Al Hoceima, the
Spanish Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido, on Wednesday in Athens, underscored Morocco's huge effort in fighting illegal immigration, describing it as «fundamental» for controlling the inflow of illegal immigrants towards the European Union (EU). «Morocco deserves, in our opinion, a special mention» for its efforts in this area, said Zoido in a meeting with Greek Minister for Migration Policy Dimitris Vitsas, and Greek Deputy Minister of civil defence Nikos
Two days after granting the EU fisheries council a go-ahead to relaunch negotiations for a new fisheries agreement, Moroccan and European officials are gathered around the same table. This meeting will be held in Rabat from April the 18th to the 22nd, said EFE. EU countries are rushing to conclude this primordial agreement before the expiry of the current one set to end on July the 14th. However, while this initiative has been welcomed by Andalusia, Galacia and the Canary Islands, Spanish
A 26-year-old Moroccan national was arrested on the 6th of April in Şanlıurfa (south-eastern Turkey), following an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish police. I. J. is suspected of being «one of the leading ISIS’ recruiters in Spain and Morocco who sends [fighters] to Syria and Iraq,» report EFE and Europa Press. According to a press release issued by the Spanish Interior ministry, the Moroccan alleged terrorist «is one of the first 'foreign
The Spanish court sentenced ten members of a cell affiliated with the terrorist organization "Daesh" to eight to twelve years in prison, on Wednesday. "They planned to commit attacks in Barcelona or a filmed execution", said AFP. Among the convicts are five Moroccans, four Spanish and one Brazilian. The judgment issued by the National court, specialized in cases of terrorism says that the members of this cell were "willing to carry out, at any time, an attack against institutions such as the
Spanish Socialist deputies in Huelva, Malaga and Lugo have submitted a series of written questions to the government to know if the Spanish government will ask the European Union to negotiate the security conditions Spanish fishermen are exposed to when operating in Morocco under the fisheries agreement, said Europa Press. Negotiations between the EU and Morocco will start on the 16th of April, the three MEPs Pepa Gonzalez Bayo, Miguel Angel Heredia and Margarita Perez Herraiz said.
Three Moroccans were arrested in Spain for belonging to a criminal network that smuggles glass eels to Asia, Associated Press reports Friday. Four Chinese citizens and three Spaniards were also arrested in the same operation which has been conducted in March by the European Union’s police body and revealed today. The Spanish Civil Guard seized 460 kilograms of glass eels in southern Spain. They were intended to be sold for 400 million Euros, said the same source. The network takes
Muslim community representatives in the municipality of Roquetas de Mar (Southern Spain) have expressed their «worries» after the dead body of a Moroccan woman was found on Saturday 31st of March. They demanded «the Spanish authorities to do everything they can» and «investigate the death», of the Moroccan national said online newspaper Ideal. «We want to know who killed her,» they said. The victim, aged 48 years old, was single and
Mohamed Salem Ould Salek had a heart attack yesterday afternoon, and has been in a state of coma since then, said a Moroccan media. «As requested by his family, the Polisario’s foreign minister was transferred in a hurry through a plane from Algiers, where he resides, to a clinic in Seville», a source that required anonymity told Yabiladi. This incident, which has not been confirmed yet by the Polisario’s media platforms, comes only twenty-four hours after the death of
A 21-year-old woman has been tried on Tuesday, 3rd of April, after being accused of posting more than 230 photos and videos on social media justifying terrorism, reports the Spanish TV channel Antena 3. The Moroccan national also broadcast texts praising the holy war. She is facing a seven-year sentence. Since 2014, this young woman was objected to «an intense process of religious radicalization,» said the prosecutor, María Antonia Sanz, in the indictment, together