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• French Special Forces Drama "Black Hearts" Gains Traction on Prime Video
  10 February 2023, by Sylvanus

  "Black Hearts", a French series focused on the search for French Daesh soldiers, was filmed largely in Morocco. It is available on the Prime Video platform.
  Since February 3, lovers of the 7th art have had the opportunity to watch "Black Hearts", a French series largely filmed in Morocco. Divided into six episodes of about 50 minutes, this French mini-series "follows the daily life of a Special Forces commando in Iraq." "The French Special Forces are deployed in Iraq, on the eve of the (…)

• Morocco Arrests 25 ISIS Affiliates Planning Terrorist Attacks Across Kingdom
  19 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  Elements of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the General Directorate of the Territorial Surveillance Agency (DGST) and the Royal Gendarmerie have arrested 25 people suspected of supporting the Islamic State in several cities of the kingdom. They were planning terrorist attacks.
  Carried out under the supervision of the competent prosecutor’s office on December 8, this operation resulted in the arrest of 25 extremists in Tétouan, Ksar El Kébir, Fès, Meknès, Agadir, (…)

• ISIS Militants Who Threatened Morocco Killed in Syria Combat
  21 February 2019, by Amine

  Abdelkhalek Mahdali and Khalid Boumedienne, Moroccan terrorists affiliated with Daesh, famous for having threatened Morocco with major attacks in a video, were killed in combat last week in Syria.
  These deaths were reported by Ledesk, which states, speaking of the jihadists who now only await death in Syria: "This was already the case for Abdelkhalek Mahdali and Khalid Boumedienne, both originally from Fnideq, who were killed in combat last week in Syria. The two Moroccan jihadists are (…)

• Belgium Revokes Citizenship of 8 Terror Convicts with Moroccan Ties
  31 July 2020, by Ginette

  Eight people, including Moroccans, convicted of terrorism, have been stripped of their Belgian nationality in their absence. The justice system accuses them of "having seriously failed in their obligations as Belgian citizens".
  These eight people who have had their Belgian nationality revoked have been sentenced to at least 5 years in prison for terrorism. Most would have joined the Islamic State and the ranks of Daesh in Iraq or Syria, where their fate is uncertain. They no longer have a (…)

• Spanish Police Arrest Moroccan Man Suspected of ISIS Ties in Málaga
  15 January 2019, by Said

  The Spanish National Police arrested this Tuesday morning in Manilva, in the Málaga region, a Moroccan national for his alleged membership in a terrorist group.
  The 27-year-old Moroccan is also accused by the police services of glorifying terrorism, the Spanish Ministry informs in a press release, according to which "the arrested man has sworn allegiance and obedience to Daesh and its caliph, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi".
  Furthermore, the man is suspected of wanting to go to Syria to join the (…)

• Italian-Moroccan Volunteer Shares Experience Fighting ISIS in Syria
  24 February 2019, by Amine

  Karim Franceshi, an Italian-Moroccan who fought Daesh in Syria, has just recounted some of the most important periods of his life, in an interview given to an Italian media. In 2016, he had already published a work "Il Combattente" (the fighter).
  For Karim Franceschi, barely 29 years old today, the fight against the Islamic State concerns everyone. He joined the city of Kobane in Syria, at the age of 17 and joined the volunteer militia of the "Ypg" (People’s Protection Unit) to fight (…)

• Morocco Secretly Aided US-Led Coalition Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Pentagon Agency Reveals
  26 March 2019, by Amine

  It’s official but indirectly said: Morocco would have been involved in the fights against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (under the US Department of Defense) has let the information slip into one of its notes.
  While the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency was trying to explain why (in addition to the $4 billion on the table) it was allowing the sale of heavy weapons to Morocco (F-16s and missiles, among others), it confirmed that Morocco (…)

• Moroccan Wives of ISIS Fighters Offered Repatriation from Syrian Camps
  9 June 2019, by Kamal

  A team of five members, mobilized by the international coalition, has made contact with the Moroccan wives of Daesh jihadists, detained in the camps of the Syrian Democratic Forces, El Qasd.
  With the main objective of weakening and exterminating the Daesh organization, the coalition, which brings together 80 countries including Morocco, is currently conducting lengthy investigations into Moroccan women detained in the El Qasd camps. According to Al Massae, the team is offering the (…)

• Spanish and Turkish Police Arrest Moroccan ISIS Fighter Near Syrian Border
  17 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  A Moroccan jihadist who had stayed in Spain and fought in Syria was arrested on January 16 in Turkey, during a joint operation with the Spanish police.
  The operation, carried out by the Spanish authorities, in collaboration with the Turkish police, reports the EFE agency, made it possible to arrest the jihadist in a Syrian locality near the border with Turkey.
  The defendant was preparing to enter a European country, after having fought under the banner of the terrorist organization (…)

• Morocco Dismantles ISIS-Linked Terror Cell: 13 Arrested in Multi-City Raid
  23 January 2019, by Said

  Thirteen people, including two former detainees, alleged members of a terrorist cell were arrested this morning in several cities by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ).
  Aged 22 to 44, these individuals were arrested in Kelâa Sraghna, Salé, Casablanca and Mohammedia, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
  According to the initial investigations, the members of this cell affiliated with the terrorist group Daesh "have adhered to the propaganda of this terrorist (…)