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• Turkey Deports 11 French Nationals Linked to Jihadist Groups
  10 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Turkey is pursuing its policy of expelling foreign jihadists from its soil to their countries of origin. In total, 11 jihadists were sent back, on Monday, December 9, 2019, to France.
  "The expulsion of foreign terrorist fighters continues. In this context, eleven French nationals have been deported," the Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement.
  These expulsions took place on Monday, December 9, according to a source at the ministry. A source in the case in Paris had told AFP that (…)

• BCIJ Arrests ISIS-Linked Extremist Planning Suicide Attacks in Meknes
  17 December 2019, by Kamal

  A 41-year-old extremist who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Daesh was arrested in Meknes by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ).
  The individual, suspected of preparing suicide terrorist attacks, was active in the search for information on the use of explosives while conducting propaganda campaigns for Daesh’s extremist ideology.
  This information was communicated by the BCIJ in coordination with the judicial police of Meknes, who carried out a raid at the (…)

• ISIS Supporter Arrested in Morocco, Foiling Planned Suicide Attack in Meknes
  16 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  While planning a suicide attack, an ISIS supporter was arrested in Meknes last Saturday. This is the result of a joint operation carried out by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and the judicial police services of Meknes.
  The man arrested in Meknes is a 41-year-old extremist, a supporter of the "Islamic State" group, who is active in the same city, according to the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in a statement.
  According to the same source, the (…)

• Turkey Deports Moroccan ISIS Suspect in Ongoing Repatriation Effort
  18 December 2019, by Kamal

  A jihadist, holding Moroccan nationality, was repatriated on Monday, December 16 to his country of origin, according to a statement from the Turkish Ministry of the Interior.
  The information is relayed by the Anadolu agency. It confirms the statements made by the ministry spokesman on November 11, regarding the triggering of the extradition process for jihadists from foreign countries.
  The spokesman had specified that Turkey is not a hotel reserved for members of the Islamic State (…)

• Belgian Woman Accepts 5-Year Sentence for Islamic State Involvement, Sister Appeals
  28 December 2019, by Ginette

  Fatima B., one of the two sisters convicted by a Belgian court, while they were in Syria, has decided not to appeal her conviction anymore. She accepts to serve five years in prison for participation in the activities of the terrorist group Islamic State, while her sister, Rahma B., convicted on the same charges, maintains her appeal which will be examined in March by the Antwerp Criminal Court.
  It is on March 19 that the Antwerp Criminal Court will examine the appeal filed by Rahma B. (…)

• Morocco Prepares to Repatriate Hundreds of ISIS Families from Turkey
  28 December 2019, by Ginette

  280 Moroccan women and 391 children could be repatriated from Turkey. Turkish and Moroccan authorities are coordinating the imminent return of jihadist families.
  Turkey has started expelling foreign activists and families of members of the Islamic State (IS) group in recent months. The Turkish authorities are coordinating, with their Moroccan counterparts, these expulsions for a number of Moroccans who went to join IS. Among them are women and children, according to Hespress.
  At the end (…)

• Comedian Exits Ownership of Controversial Sevran Bar After Dispelling Anti-Women Claims
  29 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  After joining the capital of the Jockey-Club bar in Sevran in 2018, the comedian Yassine Belattar is no longer a shareholder. He would have "deflated the false reputation of the place, which was said to be forbidden to women, even to non-Muslims".
  He had been a great support for Amar Salhi, the owner of Jockey-Club, before retiring. In December 2016, France-Télévision had, in a report, presented this bar as an establishment forbidden to women, permeable to the radicalization of the (…)

• Turkey Arrests 64 Suspected ISIS Members in Multi-City Raid, Seizes Weapons
  31 December 2019, by Kamal

  Following a large-scale police operation in several cities, the Turkish authorities arrested 64 people, including a Moroccan national, suspected of belonging to the Islamic State Daesh.
  The operation, which was launched on Monday morning, took place in the Turkish capital, Ankara, in Kaiseri and in Batman. Individuals of various nationalities were arrested during the police raids.
  The search of the places of residence by the security agents allowed the seizure of firearms, ammunition, (…)

• Libyan Foreign Minister Seeks King Mohammed VI’s Help Amid Security Crisis
  1 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Abdelhadi Al Houij, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked King Mohammed VI to help his country in the crisis that has shaken it since the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
  The crisis facing Libya is not political but rather security-related, said Abdelhadi Al Houij, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs to Assabah. According to him, the current situation in the country is characterized by the proliferation of weapons and the tyranny of outlaws and Daesh fighters.
  Based on this rather (…)

• Convicted ISIS Recruiter Found Dead in Portuguese Prison
  11 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  While incarcerated in Portugal, Abdessalam Tazi was found dead on Thursday morning in his individual cell at the Monsanto prison (Lisbon). The Moroccan had been convicted of recruiting jihadists and financing terrorist activities for the Islamic State (IS).
  According to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, as soon as the death of the inmate was confirmed by the medical services, his body was transported to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for an autopsy. In the meantime, an (…)