Moroccan Authorities Arrest Belgian-Syrian Fugitive Wanted by Qatar for Financial Crimes
12 July 2024
A 60-year-old Belgian citizen of Syrian origin was apprehended at the port of Tanger Med, Morocco, as he was disembarking from a ferry from Spain.
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Syrian Singer Badr Rami Seeks Moroccan Citizenship at Mawazine Festival
23 June 2024
On the sidelines of his participation in the Mawazine festival, Syrian artist Badr Rami expressed his wish to obtain Moroccan nationality.
80-Year-Old Moroccan Ex-ISIS Member Seeks Royal Pardon, Prison Transfer
13 April 2024
Arrested on his return from Syria, then incarcerated in a prison in Meknes in 2018, an 80-year-old Moroccan jihadist is now asking for the royal pardon and a reduced sentence. (…)
Former Teen Jihadist Shares Cautionary Tale in New Memoir
5 March 2024
Leaving for Syria in the company of his older brother and his best friend, a Franco-Moroccan managed to leave a Jabhat al-Nosra, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, katiba to return to (…)
French Woman Sentenced for Joining ISIS in Syria, Released After Time Served
30 November 2023
Salima R., 33, was sentenced on Wednesday in Paris to two years in prison for having spent four years in Syria with her husband, a former member of the Islamic State (IS) (…)
Spanish Judge Seeks to Question Imprisoned Moroccan Jihadist in France Over ISIS Roles
4 June 2023
Judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Santiago Pedraz, is asking France for authorization to question Loubna Fares, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin married to a jihadist and (…)
French-Born Moroccan Orphans Stranded in Syria: Lawyer Urges Repatriation
2 June 2023
Lawyer Marie Dosé is calling for the return of two orphans, of Moroccan origin but born in France, currently stuck in Syria since 2019. These teenagers, aged 14 and 16, have (…)
Moroccan TV Series "Bnat El Assas" Gains Arab Audience with Syrian Dubbing on Emirati Channel
27 April 2023
The Moroccan television series "Bnat Al Assas" (The Daughters of the Caretaker) by director and actor Driss Roukhe has been dubbed in Syrian dialect. The film is being (…)
Morocco Absent from Jeddah Summit on Syria’s Arab League Reintegration
17 April 2023
Several reasons explain Morocco’s exclusion by Saudi Arabia from the meeting on the reintegration of Syria with the Arab League, held on Friday in Jeddah.
Former ISIS Member Faces Trial in Paris for Terrorist Conspiracy
26 February 2023
A Moroccan woman arrested in Turkey and then deported to France will be tried for criminal terrorist conspiracy between 2013 and 2017, for two stays in Syria and Iraq (…)