Moroccan-born Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, who spent 13 years in the Guantánamo Bay prison, was released to his home country—where authorities prompty detained him.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and related networks are said to control Saharan smuggling routes for Moroccan hashish to fund their regional operations.
Spain's conservative-led parliament passed a law that outlaws unauthorized protests, bans filming police, and allows summary deportations of African migrants.
Bibi Netanyahu appealed to US legislators to help Israel stave off a feared global push to bring Israeli leaders to trial on war crimes charges in the wake of the Gaza offensive.
Two synagogues were attacked in Paris and the rabbi of the Casablanca Jewish community brutally beaten in reprisals for Israel's "Operation Protective Edge."
Moroccan women protested to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane after he gave a speech urging women to stay at home and not work jobs.
Berber villagers in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco are blocking operations of the Imiter Mettalurgic Mining Company—whose principal owner is King Mohammed VI.
Morocco's parliament announced a proposal to amend Article 475 of the penal code, which allows rapists to avoid charges if they marry their victims.
The Free Syrian Army boasts of receiving new weapons shipments that could “change” the course of the war—amid revelations that the US has been arming them secretly for a year.
US troops newly arrived in Morocco will be redployed after Rabat axed joint maneuvers in retaliation for US support of expanding UN peacekeepers' mission in Western Sahara.
Amid a growing Pentagon footprint in the Maghreb, 1,400 US Marines will join Moroccan troops on the North African coast for a joint training exercise dubbed “African Lion.”
A Moroccan military court handed prison sentences, including eight life terms, to a group of 24 accused of killing members of the security forces in occupied Western Sahara in 2010.
