Morocco Travel Ban Leaves Belgian Tourists Grounded for Summer
8 July 2020
Belgians and Belgian-Moroccans will not be spending the summer vacation in Morocco this year. And for good reason.
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ISIS Recruitment of Moroccan Women in Europe Surges, Intelligence Reports Show
7 July 2020
Radical movements have recruited more Salafist women, including Moroccans in Germany and Belgium, with respective rates of 30% and 45%. This is revealed by the intelligence (…)
Belgium Restricts Travel from Morocco Despite EU ’Safe Countries’ List
7 July 2020
Belgium has decided not to open its borders to Morocco, which is nevertheless one of the 15 "safe" countries to which Europe had agreed to welcome nationals from July 1.
Belgian Court Extends Detention of Suspects in 13-Year-Old’s 42-Day Kidnapping Case
4 July 2020
The detention of the brothers Abderrahman and Yassin L., suspected of the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy from Genk, was extended on Friday. This is the decision of the Tongres (…)
Tragic Fall: 5-Year-Old Girl Dies in Liège Apartment Accident
4 July 2020
A 5-year-old Liège girl, Alla Rezkallah, died after accidentally falling from the 3rd floor of a building. The family is in shock.
Brussels Court Sentences Man to 10 Years for 2016 Cafe Stabbing Murder
4 July 2020
10 years in prison. This is the sentence handed down by the Brussels Assize Court against Robert Frroku for the murder of Abdelaziz Bouhali, 35, who died on August 11, 2016 (…)
Belgium Repatriates Three ISIS-Linked Women and Their Children from Turkey
30 June 2020
Three women from Antwerp and six of their children will be repatriated from Turkey to Belgium on Wednesday, July 1st. These women, along with foreign fighters, had left for (…)
Belgian Shrimp Shortage: Pandemic Disrupts Moroccan Peeling Industry
27 June 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has brought several sectors to a standstill in Morocco. As a result, Belgians are deprived of peeled shrimp, which they love.
ISIS Widow Stripped of Belgian Citizenship After Syria Return
27 June 2020
Rahma B., a 32-year-old woman returning from Syria, was sentenced on Friday, June 26, 2020, to five years in prison and a fine of 8,000 euros for her participation in the (…)
Belgian Official Resigns After Hot Mic Captures Xenophobic Remark
27 June 2020
While the president of the municipal council of Grimbergen (Flemish Brabant), Martine De Coppel (Vernieuwing), was in an online group meeting accessible to citizens by (…)