Morocco establishes itself as French travelers’ favorite non-European destination for summer 2026 . With bookings up 17.7%, the kingdom ranks fourth overall, just behind the Greece-Spain-Italy trio.
The Atlas Défense company, a subsidiary of Turkish manufacturer Baykar , has begun recruiting Moroccan executives for its Benslimane plant. This industrial complex will handle the maintenance and production of combat drones for the Royal Armed Forces.
A strong tension erupted on Sunday at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca after the cancellation of a Royal Air Maroc flight to Istanbul. The airline justifies this decision by technical and weather constraints, rejecting accusations of negligence.
Royal Air Maroc passengers refused to leave their plane on Sunday in Casablanca to protest the unexpected cancellation of their flight to Istanbul. The airline cites technical requirements and unfavorable weather conditions.
The deal that was supposed to send Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri to Saudi Arabia and bring Frenchman N’Golo Kanté to Fenerbahçe in Turkey fell through at the last minute. In a scathing statement, the Turkish club blamed the failure on an “incorrect data entry” by Al Ittihad.
Spain is turning to Turkey to address a critical shortage of 30,000 truck drivers, abandoning the initial recruitment initiatives carried out in Morocco. A new agreement provides for the massive arrival of Turkish drivers in order to stabilize a logistics sector in which 10% of positions remain vacant, threatening the competitiveness and delivery times of the Spanish economy.
It’s all hands on deck at the Customs Administration. A large-scale control operation is targeting Turkish and Chinese goods importers , accused of massive underinvoicing. The State hopes to recover nearly 3 billion dirhams in evaded duties and taxes.
Foreign judges, particularly French ones, have never been as numerous in requesting Morocco to track down criminals or dirty money. The 2024 report from the Public Prosecutor’s Office reveals an explosion in requests for judicial assistance: 322 letters rogatory received , an increase of nearly 23% in one year.
Morocco is taking a new decisive step in its military sovereignty strategy. After inaugurating at the beginning of the fall an armored vehicle factory in partnership with India, the Kingdom is preparing to launch local drone production, thanks to an Israeli technology transfer.
Morocco is seeing its tourism offering transformed before the 2030 World Cup, thanks to an unprecedented hotel project led by the Turkish group Rixos and its Moroccan partner, the real estate group Alliances.
The Turkish company Baykar Technologies is accelerating the construction of its drone production plant in Benslimane, Morocco. The unit will be completed and operational as early as next year.
The Moroccan Lawyers’ Club is taking legal action against Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman, requesting that the Turkish prosecutor’s office open an investigation, summon her, and "if necessary, arrest her upon her entry into Turkish territory" due to the defamatory remarks she has made against Moroccan institutions.