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Spanish police arrest a man suspected of having links to ISIS on November 3, 2015 (Spanish interior ministry, AFP)

Moroccan-Spanish Cooperation Dismantles Six-Member Terrorist Cell

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Sep 7, 2017 | Middle East

Rabath- Morocco and Spain announced on Wednesday the dismantling of a new terrorist cell consisting of six people who were planning to carry out major attacks in the two countries and training their members to slaughter. The operation came just a week after Spain’s...

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Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit (R) meets his Spanish counterpart Juan Ignacio Zoido Alvarez in Rabat on August 29, 2017. AFP

Rabat, Madrid Seek Increasing Security Cooperation Following Barcelona Attack

by Latifa Al-Arosni | Aug 30, 2017 | Middle East

Rabat- Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit highlighted that the Moroccan-Spanish security partnership is based on “shared responsibility and mutual trust.” In a statement during a joint press conference in Rabat with his Spanish counterpart Juan Ignacio...

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Policemen and medical staff stand at the site where Moroccan suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub was shot on August 21, 2017 near Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, south of Barcelona. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE

Arrests in Morocco over Links to Barcelona Attackers

by Lahssen Moqana | Aug 24, 2017 | Middle East

Casablanca- Moroccan authorities have arrested two people suspected of links to the alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack in the Spanish city of Barcelona as police in Morocco and Spain continued to coordinate in the probe into the assault that shook the...

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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz – SPA

King Salman Returns to Jeddah from Morocco

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah- Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday evening, returning from the Moroccan city of Tangier. King Salman returned to Jeddah after having enjoyed a private visit in Morocco. Upon arrival at King Abdulaziz international airport, the...

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Spanish Civil Guards escort one of the four suspects of a militant cell behind last week’s Barcelona van attack. (Reuters)

2 Arrested in Morocco over Barcelona Attack as Suspects’ Trial Kicks off

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 23, 2017 | World

Two people were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of being linked to last week’s deadly van-ramming attack in the Spanish city of Barcelona, said Moroccan state TV channel 2M on Tuesday. One of the men, a 28-year-old detained in the Nador, close to the Spanish enclave...