Remembering Forced Expulsions In The Arab World
Commentary Magazine Michael Rubin There are two ironies concerning refugee flows in the Arab world. The first is how selective some Western advocates are when they focus exclusively on displaced Palestinians and Palestinian refugees, and the second is how they...
QC Allocates QR400,000 For Morocco Flood Victims
The Peninsula Qatar Charity (QC) has allocated QR400,000 as emergency aid to the flood-hit south-eastern regions of Morocco, in the first phase of a relief package. A QC delegation visited Morocco to assess the humanitarian situation in the affected areas. The...
Daesh Threatens Morocco Massacre
By Mawassi Lahcen in Casablanca for Magharebia Islamic State supporters parade through eastern Libya (Barqa) in this photo posted online November 16th, 2014. Daesh cells are also cropping up in Morocco. Islamic State supporters parade through eastern Libya (Barqa) in...
Maghreb news 2014-12-05
Magharebia Terrorism | 2014-12-05 AQIM partners with Colombian drug cartel Insecurity in Libya helps expand the narco-terrorism nexus in the Sahel, analysts say. Elections | 2014-12-05 Calls for calm in Tunisia Remarks by Tunisian presidential rivals spark a political...
Maghreb news 2014-12-04
Magharebia Human Rights | 2014-12-04 Maghreb tackles human rights Participants at the World Human Rights Forum in Marrakech call for a rejection of extremist and violent currents. Politics | 2014-12-04 Libyans support Operation Dignity, doubt dialogue Libyans shun...
Moroccan Jihadists Reveal Motives
By Siham Ali in Rabat for Magharebia Dozens of young Moroccan jihadists participated in a new survey. The surprising results were released on November 23, 2014. Religious beliefs are not the reason why young Moroccans join Daesh in Syria and Iraq, a new survey of...
Maghreb news 2014-12-03
Magharebia Terrorism | 2014-12-03 Terrorists target Libyan civilians After their loss in Benghazi, Islamist militias turn to retaliatory attacks against civilians. Politics | 2014-12-03 Tunisia parliament holds opening session Tunisia's historic new assembly will...
More Than 600 Volunteers Mobilised As Heavy Floods Hit Moroccan Cities, Kill Dozens
By Soraya Dali-Balta IFRC The Moroccan Red Crescent Society has mobilised its resources and deployed more than 600 volunteers to respond to the rising needs and has also set up first aid posts to offer medical services and psycho-social support. Photo: MRCS The winter...
Migrants Storm Spanish North African Enclave Fence
Spain says several hundred African migrants have stormed the border fences separating its North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco, with some 30 managing to make it across. The Interior Ministry said some 600 migrants took part in two separate attempts early...
Maghreb news 2014-12-02
Magharebia Politics | 2014-12-02 Algeria re-launches constitutional reform President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resurrects plans to amend Algeria's constitution, sparking calls for a different strategy from the opposition. Human Rights | 2014-12-02 Maghreb civil society...