European Nations Seek Morocco’s Expertise in Counter-Terrorism Efforts

Morocco has demonstrated in many ways that it has a good approach in the field of the fight against terrorism, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. According to several French media, Spain, France and Belgium want to take advantage of the Moroccan experience to protect themselves from jihadist attacks.

These countries want to dry up the many sources of extremism that continue to threaten the security of the old continent. They also want to put an end to the circulation of jihadist fighters, cybersecurity. These countries are also interested in the experience of the Moroccan intelligence services.

The same source specifies that the surveillance of the Internet is among the priorities in the security cooperation plan between the European countries and Morocco. The objective is to eradicate the presence of "lone wolves", a major threat to the European continent, in the wake of the military failure of Daesh in Syria and Iraq.

On the sidelines of Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit to Morocco, some French media, including Nice Matin, recalled the strategic role played by the Kingdom in terms of intelligence to thwart several terrorist attacks in France, including that of 2015. Thanks to Moroccan intelligence, the terrorists who had taken refuge in an apartment in Saint-Denis at the time were located and arrested. In this regard, the Moroccan intelligence services had traveled to Paris and Brussels to support the investigations, the same source specifies.