Abdelkrim Al Khattabi

Articles

• Morocco’s Commemorative Stamp Sparks Controversy with Spanish Military
  23 October 2021, by Prince

  Barid Al-Maghrib has just put on the market postage stamps featuring Moroccan nationalist figures who fought the Spanish and French protectorates. But the stamp commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Anoual has caused controversy in the ranks of the Spanish army.
  Among the stamps produced by the Moroccan company are stamps featuring the image of Mohamed Abdelkrim al-Khattabi, the Riffian leader who fought against the Spanish occupation of Morocco in 1921, and Mouha Ou Hammou Zayani, (…)

• Morocco Demands France Return Seized Documents of Rif War Hero El Khattabi
  28 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  After the Moroccan Archives, it is the turn of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) to demand that France return the documents requisitioned from the hero of the Rif War (1921–1926), Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi.
  The CNDH, through the Moroccan diplomatic services, has addressed a letter to the director of the Diplomatic Archives at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs in France, to demand "the restitution of the original documents seized by the French troops in 1926", the (…)

• Rif War Centennial: Abdelkrim’s 1923 Prisoner Exchange Shaped Spanish-Moroccan Relations
  28 January 2023, by Prince

  January 28, 1923 - January 28, 2023. It has already been a century since the Spanish government paid 4.2 million pesetas as ransom to Abdelkrim el-Khattabi, the leader of the Rif, for the release of 328 Spanish prisoners.
  The 328 prisoners released, out of more than 10,000 soldiers sent to the front, were transported to Melilla, after two and a half years of captivity in Ajdir. The others died of illness, torture and famine, reports Republica.
  To free these Spanish prisoners, Abdelkrim (…)

• Moroccan Rebels Inflict Major Defeat on Spanish Army in 1921 Battle of Anoual
  31 July 2023, by Sylvanus

  The victory of a group of Riffian rebels led by the Moroccan Abdelkrim El Khattabi over the Spanish army on July 21, 1921 in Anoual marks the beginning of the Rif War (1921-1926). The Battle of Anoual remains a memorable battle both in Morocco and in Spain.
  The resistance to the dual French and Spanish protectorate established in Morocco in 1912 takes a major turn in 1921. For eight years, Spain has been trying to administer the northern region of Morocco, particularly in the Rif, under (…)