Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has agreed to renew a major military exercise by the United States. Officials said the North African state re-invited the United States to launch African Lion-2013, one of the largest exercises in the region. They said Rabat, which suspended African Lion a day before its scheduled start in mid-April, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco and the United States have been plunged into a crisis that led to the cancellation of a major military exercise. Diplomats said Rabat and Washington underwent a sharp decline in diplomatic and military relations when the United States supported a Security Council effort to expand the authority of a [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Chinese Navy has conducted its first visit to Moroco. This is the most recent demonstration of China’s expanding global reach. The visit telegraphs its presence in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean and contrasts with the reduction of the U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf. A Chinese Navy task [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco, fearing Al Qaida infiltration, has intensified border security. Security sources said the North African kingdom has deployed additional troops along its border with neighboring Algeria amid the war in Mali. They said the military and Gendarmerie has been alerted to the prospect that hundreds of Al Qaida fighters could [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Algeria and Morocco have been leading an arms buildup in North Africa, a report said. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute asserted that Algeria and Morocco represented the two leading weapons procurers in the African continent over the last four years. In a report, the institute said Algiers and Rabat [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has overseen the launch of aerospace production. The North African kingdom has been graduating cadets to work at the latest aerospace production facility. On Feb. 1, Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace began production at its transitional facility in Morocco. “This is a very exciting milestone for us as we start to [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Britain has warned of the abduction of Westerners in Morocco. The British Foreign Office said Morocco contains what it termed a “general threat from terrorism.” The office said the threat was sustained amid French air strikes on Mali, which sparked warnings of retaliation by Al Qaida. “Attacks could be indiscriminate, [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — NATO states are urging their nationals to leave Libya immediately. Western diplomatic sources said Britain, France and the United States were warning their contractors of an imminent Al Qaida-aligned attack in Libya. The sources said Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was believed preparing to attack an energy facility [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has signed an agreement for additional offshore energy exploration. Morocco’s energy monopoly has signed accords with Chevron for exploration in three areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Under the agreements, Chevron’s Moroccan subsidiary would begin seismic and other studies of the Cap Rhir Deep, Cap Cantin Deep and Cap Walidia [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has expelled foreign journalists from the disputed Western Sahara. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said 19 foreign correspondents were kicked out of Western Sahara earlier this month. The ministry said the European journalists entered the territory as tourists and planned to meet the Algerian-backed Polisario. “They planned to meet separatist [...]
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