Morocco Says Arrests Nine Suspected Islamist Militants With Libya Ties
Reuters by Aziz El Yaakoubi Morocco said on Thursday it had dismantled a suspected militant cell linked to Islamic State's affiliate in Libya and that some of the nine men arrested were planning attacks in the North African kingdom. It was the latest in a series of...
Kerry: US Position On Western Sahara Has Not Changed
Middle East Monitor US Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that the US position on the Western Sahara has not changed, noting that dialogue will continue to find a final settlement. The Moroccan Royal Office said Kerry’s remarks came during a phone conversation...
Morocco Dismantles Cell Tied To Libyan Group And Set To Act
Associated Press Morocco's Interior Ministry says investigators have dismantled a nine-member cell linked to the Islamic State group in Libya that was in the final stages of preparing "terrorist operations" in the North African kingdom. The ministry statement, carried...
Morocco Slams UN Chief’s Comments On Sahara Issue
Gulf News Report Dubai: Tension flared between Morocco and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the two sides engaged in a bitter war of words regarding the situation in the Sahara. The tension started on March 5 when Ban referred to Morocco’s “occupation” of the...
Morocco: Bunkering At Tanger Med Port
Shipandbunker.com by Aegean Marine Petroleum The new port of Tanger Med port, situated 40 Km East the old port of Tangiers and 20 Km south of Gibraltar, has a strategic location on the North African coast of Morocco at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar where the...
Morocco, Law To Defend Cultural Heritage, Against Plunders
Ansamed In the desert region of Errachidia, it can happen to run into children selling fossils or big stones tracing the story of when the sea 10 million years ago covered the Sahara. In the north, between Rabat, Fes and Meknes, traffic circles round the remains of...
HM The King Holds Phone Conversation With US Secretary Of State John Kerry
HM King Mohammed VI held Wednesday a telephone conversation with the US Secretary of State John Kerry, the Royal Office said in a statement. The phone conversation focused on the Sahara issue, the statement added. On this occasion, Kerry told the Sovereign that the US...
Two Draft Laws On Judicial Co-operation Between Tunisia And Morocco Passed
Tap Tunisian News Agency Two draft organic law on judicial co-operation between Tunisia and Morocco were passed, Tuesday. The first draft law which was passed by 135 votes and one abstention, stipulates the ratification of the co-operation convention in the field of...
King Mohammed Stresses Morocco’s Sahara Perspective
Gulf News Report Dubai: In a speech marking the 40th anniversary of the Green March delivered in November in Laayoune, a major city in the Sahara, the Moroccan monarch was straightforward about the current situation, the days ahead for the region and the development...
Security Council Response Needed In Western Sahara Crisis: U.N. Official
Reuters By Louis Charbonneau The United Nations Security Council must act to ensure Morocco's decision to expel personnel from a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed territory of Western Sahara does not set a bad precedent for other missions, a U.N. official said...