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• Transavia Launches New Rotterdam-Fez Flight Route for 2021
  27 August 2020, by Ginette

  The city of Fez is making its entry into the catalog of new destinations recommended in 2021 by the low-cost airline Transavia.
  Transavia announced in a press release that Fez will be served this winter and during the summer of 2021. The flights will depart from Rotterdam Airport. An opportunity for Dutch tourists to discover the beauty of the medieval architecture of the city, its alleys or its lively souks.
  According to the same source, a survey conducted by a Dutch travel agency had (…)

• Glory Lightweight Title Bout: Khbabez Challenges Champion Abena in Rotterdam Showdown
  5 May 2023, by Said

  On June 17, Donegi Abena will defend his Glory lightweight champion title at the Collision 5 event at the Rotterdam Ahoy. And it is Tarik Khbabez who will be his challenger.
  At 31 years old, "The Tank", a fighter under the Moroccan flag, will have the opportunity to win the Glory lightweight champion belt against Abena, a young 25-year-old fighter who had won the title in February by beating Sergei Maslobojev by TKO.
  Khbabez had lost last year against Maslobojev after a split jury (…)

• Glory Collision 5: Tarik Khbabez to Face Fellow Moroccan for Interim Title After Champion’s Withdrawal
  15 June 2023, by Said

  While he was originally supposed to face the current light heavyweight champion, Donegi Abena, the Moroccan Tarik Khbabez will face another Moroccan at the GLORY: Collision 5 event scheduled at Rotterdam Ahoy.
  Tarik Khbabez, known as "Tank", and "Momine" Mohamed Amine, will compete for the interim title in the co-main event of the evening. Following a serious food poisoning of Abena.
  "We are completely shocked and incredulous because we just received the news that Tarik will not fight, (…)

• Former Moroccan Soccer Star Faces Trial for Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering
  2 March 2021, by Kamal

  The former Moroccan international, Rachid Bouaouzan, will appear in court in Rotterdam this week for his alleged involvement in international cocaine trafficking and money laundering cases.
  The footballer of Moroccan origin is suspected of having laundered more than 160,000 euros during his time in Barcelona. He would also be involved in the importation of about 2.1 tons of raw cocaine.
  The former Sparta Rotterdam player, now 37 years old, had been arrested last December, before being (…)

• Unrest Erupts in Dutch Cities Following Morocco’s World Cup Advancement
  7 December 2022, by Ginette

  Like on December 1st, incidents occurred on Tuesday in several Dutch cities after Morocco’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.
  While the celebration of the victory was taking place in a good atmosphere, some of them began to throw fireworks towards the heavily present police forces.
  The police intervened to disperse the crowd by evacuating the Mercatorplein in Amsterdam and the Kruisplein in Rotterdam. The same incidents were recorded in The Hague, prompting (…)

• Moroccan-Dutch Kickboxer Tarik Khbabez Set for Glory 84 Clash Against Latvian Debutant Kristaps Zile
  2 February 2023, by Said

  The Moroccan-Dutch Tarik Khbabez will face Kristaps Zile in a fight scheduled for March 11 at Glory 84 in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
  Despite his defeat against Sergej Maslobojev for the Light Heavyweight title last October at the Gelredome, the Moroccan kickboxer says he is very focused on his sixth fight within the Glory organization. He had already suffered a similar defeat last year in a confrontation against Antonio Plazibat at Glory 80 event.
  Zile, for his part, is making his debut (…)

• Moroccan Champions Headline Glory 84 Kickboxing Event in Rotterdam
  9 March 2023, by Prince

  Glory 84 will take place on Saturday, March 11 at the Topsportcentrum in Rotterdam. Three Moroccan kickboxers, Tyjani Beztati, Tarik Khbabez and Nabil Khachab, will participate in the event.
  The headliner of Glory 84 is the "champions’ fight" pitting Moroccan Tyjani Beztati, three-time lightweight champion at Glory, against featherweight champion Petchpanomrung "Petch" Kiatmookao. The Moroccan will defend his title in this fight.
  The other highly anticipated fight of this Glory 84 will (…)

• Glory 84: Beztati Defends Heavyweight Title Against Petch in Rotterdam Showdown
  11 March 2023, by Prince

  The Moroccan kickboxer Tyjani Beztati will face the Thai Petchpanomrung at Glory 84 this Saturday night in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This is the main event of the event.
  In this main event, Beztati, the heavyweight champion, will defend his title against Petch, the featherweight champion, who will try to become a double Glory champion. The other highly anticipated fight at this Glory 84 this Saturday is the one between the Moroccan Tarik Khbabez and the Spaniard Daniel Toledo in the light (…)

• Police Dog Subdues Aggressive Suspect in Rotterdam Mosque Incident
  9 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Dutch police deployed a police dog to neutralize a dangerous individual who had hidden inside a Moroccan mosque in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  A video posted on YouTube shows the suspect trying to attack four police officers when they tried to approach him. The assault was so brutal that the officers were forced to call in their dog to neutralize him.
  The mosque management had to call the police services because of the aggressive behavior of the individual, who posed a real threat (…)

• Moroccan Consulate in Rotterdam Closed After COVID-19 Outbreak Among Staff
  12 August 2020, by Kamal

  The Dutch health authorities proceeded, on Monday evening, to the closure of the offices of the Moroccan Consulate in Rotterdam, following the appearance of new cases of Coronavirus contamination.
  According to information relayed by Hespress, an employee of the Consulate was confirmed positive for Covid-19 during the past week, without this immediately leading to the closure of the offices.
  And it was on the initiative of the CGD, a service of the Dutch Ministry of Health, that all the (…)