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Police in Morocco. Reuters

Morocco Says it Thwarted Plot Similar to May 16, 2003 Attacks

by Latifa Al-Arosni | May 14, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat-Morocco’s authorities have thwarted a “dangerous” terrorist plot similar to the May 16 events that Casablanca witnessed in 2003. The Interior Ministry announced on Friday the arrest of a Chadian national affiliated with ISIS and unraveled a...

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File photo of the Moroccan house of representatives. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Moroccan parliament unanimously passes rape law amendment

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Jan 23, 2014 | Uncategorized

Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Moroccan House of Representatives passed on Wednesday a proposed amendment to the Moroccan Criminal Code to that will prevent men convicted of rape of a minor from avoiding punishment if they marry their victims. The newly enacted amendment...

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A picture taken on September 13, 2013, shows Moroccan and Algerian flags in Saidia, at the border between the two countries. (AFP PHOTO/FADEL SENNA)

Morocco FM reignites Algeria dispute

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Nov 8, 2013 | Middle East

Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—A recent diplomatic spat between Morocco and Algeria over the disputed Sahara territory was reignited on Thursday after Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar gave a strong speech during a parliamentary session in which he made reference...

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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane (R) speaks with a Reuters journalist in Rabat July 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Morocco: Opposition figure accuses ruling party of seeking to establish caliphate

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Sep 6, 2013 | Middle East

Rabat, Asharq Al-Awsat—Senior Authenticity and Modernity Party figure Aziz Benazzouz has accused Morocco’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) of being loyal to external forces and seeking to establish a caliphate. The PDJ seeks to “control state...