ISIS Fighters, Including Moroccans, Shift to Libya as Europe Tightens Border Security

The information is revealed by two reports, one from the European Center for Counterterrorism and the other from the Center for Analysis of Terrorism (CAT) in France.

These dozens of Moroccan fighters have arrived in Libya by sea, reports the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. To limit these maritime movements, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) has stepped up surveillance patrols along the entire coastline, from eastern Libya to western Gibraltar.

Coming from Syria and other crisis countries, these Moroccans would participate in the internal conflict in Libya, which pits the Government of National Unity (GNA) led by Fayez Al-Sarraj against the National Liberation Army (NLA), led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, specifies the same source.

France, Germany and Italy, on the sidelines of a European summit, have called for an end to the Libyan conflict, fearing that this crisis could ignite the countries around the Mediterranean, including Spain, Italy, France and the Maghreb countries. To ward off this eventuality, the establishment of intelligence coordination with Maghreb countries, including Morocco, is being considered.