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• France Weighs Repatriation of ISIS Fighters Amid Security Concerns
  13 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  While Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet advocates the repatriation and trial of French jihadists in France, the position of her entourage on the subject remains unchanged.
  "We cannot take the risk of a dispersion in nature [of French jihadists. We won’t have fifty solutions: either we will repatriate them because we consider it better for them to be under French control, or they will evaporate... With the risks that this entails," Nicole Belloubet said in an interview with Libération. (…)

• Morocco Emerges as Key Ally in France’s Sahel Counter-Terrorism Efforts
  14 January 2020, by Ginette

  An associate researcher at the Thomas More Institute believes that in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, Morocco remains a major asset for France. Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier addressed this in his analysis entitled "The geopolitical stakes of the Sahel and the fight against fanaticism: an overall vision".
  It is by analyzing the issues of the G5 summit, which opened this Monday in the city of Pau, that the researcher emphasized that "thanks to its religious legitimacy, Morocco is (…)

• French ISIS Brides in Syrian Camp Plead for Return, Face Legal Uncertainty
  15 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  French women interviewed by Brut media in the Al-Hol refugee camp have delivered poignant testimonies. Gathered in this place that houses displaced persons from the territory once occupied by the Islamic State, they did not hide their grievances against the former caliphate. They all want to return to France, but fear facing a judicial spiral.
  In his Syrian journey, Charles Villa, the Brut media reporter, first visited one of the Kurdish prisons near Hassaké, in northern Syria, where some (…)

• Report: Over 250 Moroccan Fighters Linked to ISIS in Libya, Syria
  17 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The European Center for Terrorism in France recently published a report on terrorist activities in Libya. It emerges that the number of Moroccans fighting in the ranks of Daesh in Libya amounts to about 260 jihadists.
  At least 260 Moroccans are fighting in Libya for Daesh. According to the statistics published in a recent report by the European Center for Terrorism in France, there are several hundred Moroccans, leading the fight on Libyan soil, for the benefit of the terrorist (…)

• Belgian Mothers Unite: Jihadist’s Parent and Terror Victim’s Mom Pen Book for Social Change
  28 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Fatima Ezzarhouni, 48, and Sophie Pirson, 61, respectively the mother of a radicalized person and the mother of a victim of the double attack carried out on March 22, 2016, have been looking in the same direction, with the same acuity, since their meeting in 2018. They are looking for a publisher for a book they are preparing in order to bring about qualitative change in society.
  After the pains and resentments, the time has come to write a book. The Belgian-Moroccan, Fatima Ezzarhouni, (…)

• Spanish Police Arrest Moroccan Man Suspected of Online Jihadist Recruitment
  29 January 2020, by Ginette

  A Moroccan national, accused of participating in "crimes of indoctrination and apology for terrorism", was arrested in Reus by the Spanish police. According to the Spanish authorities, the defendant is a great orator of the "jihadist doctrine and the ideas of Daesh".
  The 38-year-old suspect is considered a dangerous element, for having been in contact with other terrorists arrested in the past. His target is people who do not share the values promoted by the Muslim religion and the (…)

• Belgian Court Sentences ISIS Fighter to 5 Years, May Strip Citizenship
  31 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  An Islamic State fighter, originally from Borgerhout, Saïda El Mimouni, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.
  The federal prosecutor’s office requested five years in prison, a fine of 8,000 euros and the deprivation of Belgian nationality for Saïda El Mimouni, currently in Syria with her two children. The court will deliver its judgment on February 25.
  The fighter was the companion of Rachid Iba, a member of Sharia4Belgium. The federal prosecutor’s office argues that Saïda (…)

• Morocco: Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Plotting Tourist Attack in Fès
  2 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  An individual was sentenced to 10 years in prison for terrorism and apology for terrorism, nearly a month after his arrest. This is the verdict handed down by the Salé Court of Appeal, specialized in terrorism cases.
  The 31-year-old man had been arrested while preparing a terrorist attack against a "hadar" team in Fès and national and foreign tourists, as well as several tourist establishments such as hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and cabarets in the city and its surroundings, (…)

• Morocco Faces Pressure to Repatriate Hundreds of ISIS-Linked Women and Children
  3 February 2020, by Ginette

  Morocco must consider making a decision on the repatriation of the many Moroccan women from the terrorist organization Daesh, held in Turkey and Syria. The families of these detainees are calling on the Moroccan authorities to speed up the procedure for the return to the homeland of these women who "would no longer pose any danger".
  For the coordination of the families of Moroccans in Syria and Iraq, after repatriation, the State must ensure "to guarantee them a fair trial". For their (…)

• Morocco Dismantles ISIS-Linked Terror Cell, Multiple Arrests Made
  5 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  A terrorist cell was dismantled on Monday by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). Several arrests were made.
  Based on precise information, the cell, composed of members aged between 18 and 59, has been in the clutches of the bureau under the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) since this Tuesday.
  The cell in question was active in Casablanca, Mohammedia and Azilal, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior. The members of this cell, (…)