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Riot police in Rabat. Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

Morocco Busts Terrorist Cell Planning Attacks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat-Morocco said Wednesday it has broken up a three-member terrorist cell that was active in three cities. One of the network’s members is the brother of a militant who had fought in Syria and Iraq and who is currently serving his sentence under the anti-terror law....

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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 showing an aerial view of Casablanca, Morocco, with the King Hassan II Mosque at the forefront. (Reuters)

Morocco real estate group to issue Kingdom’s first mortgage bond

by Lahssen Moqana | Jul 21, 2014 | Business

Casablanca, Asharq Al-Awsat—Morocco’s Addoha Property Group is planning to issue bonds worth 2 billion Moroccan dirhams (244 million US dollars) this week, in a bid to restructure existing debt. Issued between July 23–25 the new restructured debt will be secured...

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File photo of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. (SPA)

King Abdullah deputizes Crown Prince Salman to manage state affairs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 1, 2013 | Middle East

Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, has deputized Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the deputy prime minister and minister of defence, to administer the affairs of the state and take care of the...