Morocco Grapples with Repatriation of 277 Nationals from ISIS Camps in Syria and Iraq
4 November 2022
There are nearly 300 Moroccan nationals in the camps run by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Morocco is following their cases.
Terrorism
Man Sentenced to 8 Months for Death Threats Against Lille Mosque, Praising Terrorism
26 October 2022
The Lille court on Wednesday sentenced, to eight months’ imprisonment with immediate detention, the man who had threatened, last June, a mosque in the city.
Morocco Foils Terror Plot: 5 Daesh-Linked Suspects Arrested in Anti-Terrorism Sweep
26 October 2022
Five people close to the terrorist group Daesh were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ). They intended to carry out attacks (…)
Moroccan Man Sentenced for Foiled Drone Attack Plot on Barcelona Soccer Stadium
25 October 2022
Mohammed Yassine Amrani, the pro-Daesh Moroccan jihadist, accused of attempting a terrorist attack against the Camp Nou (FC Barcelona stadium) during a match, was sentenced to (…)
Spain Orders Expulsion of Moroccan Imam Accused of Radicalizing Youth
22 October 2022
The Spanish justice system has ordered the expulsion of Moroccan Salafist Mohamed Badaoui, accused of jihadist indoctrination and radicalization of minors in the Muslim (…)
Son of Moroccan Victim Testifies in Nice Terror Attack Trial
15 October 2022
Mathieu Bousfiha, whose parents died in the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016, testified on Friday before the special assize court in Paris. He recounts the atrocious death of (…)
Imam Among Suspects in Spain-Morocco Anti-Terror Raid, Police Say
7 October 2022
One of the suspects arrested last Tuesday by the Spanish police, in collaboration with the Central Office of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), in Melilla and Nador, is an imam.
Spanish Court Acquits Five Moroccans of Terrorism Charges
6 October 2022
For lack of sufficient evidence, the Spanish justice system has acquitted five Moroccans, accused of being members of a terrorist group intending to carry out attacks and (…)
Joint Spain-Morocco Operation Dismantles ISIS-Linked Terror Cell in Nador and Melilla
4 October 2022
A security operation jointly carried out by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and the General Intelligence Directorate of the Spanish National Police, led to (…)
Morocco Foils ISIS-Linked Terror Plot After US Intelligence Tip
29 September 2022
A special brigade of the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) arrested on Thursday a Daesh supporter in Casablanca. According to intelligence received from (…)