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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks during an interview with Reuters in his house in Rabat, Morocco, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Moroccan PM After his Visit to Mauritania: Every Cloud has a Silver Lining

by Al-Sheikh Mohamed | Dec 29, 2016 | Middle East

Nouakchott – Morocco and Mauritania began a new chapter after the relationship between the two countries faced some problems following statements of secretary-general of Istiqlal Party Hamid Chabat saying that Mauritania had originally been part of Morocco and is a...

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King of Morocco Reiterates Support in Telephone Call to Mauritanian President

by Lahssen Moqana | Dec 28, 2016 | Middle East

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI broke the ice that has dominated Mauritanian – Moroccan relations in recent years by calling the President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. A statement made by the royal court said that King Mohammed VI “telephoned Mohamed...

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Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane speaks during an interview with Reuters in his house in Rabat, Morocco, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Moroccan PM Avoids Getting King Involved in Government Lineup Disputes

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Dec 20, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat- Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has expressed his unwillingness to resort to royal arbitration regarding consultations on the government line-up which is in a stagnation state due to dispute between Benkirane and some parties, after more than two...

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Riot police in Rabat. Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

Morocco Police Arrest 8-Member Terrorist Cell

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 3, 2016 | Middle East

Rabat- Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation has arrested eight men with alleged ties to ISIS active in the cities of Fez and Tangiers, the interior ministry said on Friday. A rifle, ammunition “and documents inciting towards jihad” were...

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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI holds a book during a visit, at the presidential palace in Abidjan June 2, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

‘Western Sahara’ Crisis Looms over Africa-Arab Summit Preparatory Meetings

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 23, 2016 | World

Malabo – Several countries announced they would withdraw from the 4th Africa-Arab Summit to be held on Wednesday in the Republican of Equatorial Guinea, due to the insistence of African Union to include delegation of the Western Sahara in the annual meeting. During a...