Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, with control over large parts of Iraq and Syria, has set its sights on North Africa. Islamist sources said ISIL has intensified recruiting in several countries in North Africa. They said the recruitment was now meant to help establish sleeper and operational cells in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco continues to draw dual-use Western industry. Morocco has added to its list of major Western contractors that decided to build production facilities in the North African kingdom. On June 16, Morocco hosted a ground-breaking ceremony for an electronics plant that could enhance the civilian and military sector. “This is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has arrested a suspected cell of recruiters for the war in Syria. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said three people were detained on charges of recruiting and financing young Muslims to fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The ministry said the recruits were assigned to join Al Qaida […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has been quietly building a wall around the Spanish enclave along the Mediterranean Sea. Moroccan sources said the North African kingdom was constructing a wall to stop infiltration of the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The sources said the five-meter wall was topped by blades and barbed wire to prevent […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Thousands of Moroccans have been recruited for the civil war in Syria. Diplomatic sources and analysts said that Al Qaida and other Islamist militias were focusing on recruiting Moroccans and other North Africans to fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to a report by Middle East Newsline. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has launched the largest wind power facility in Africa. Officials said the wind farm in the southwestern town of Tarfaya encompasses nearly 100 square kilometers. The officials said the $690 million complex would contain 131 turbines, scheduled to enter full operations in October 2014. “This makes Morocco a world […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said the Obama administration has reached out to Muslim allies within and outside NATO to help rebuild Libya’s military. The officials cited Morocco and Turkey, the latter which recently completed a training course for Libyan soldiers. “The Libyan institutions across the board are very, very weak after the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Morocco has dismantled an Al Qaida network. The Interior Ministry said security forces captured members of a so-called “jihad” network that operated in several cities in Morocco. The ministry said the network was directed by an unidentified member linked to Al Qaida in Afghanistan. “The cell leader, experienced in fighting […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Morocco was said to have acquired an Israeli-designed unmanned aerial vehicle. French sources said the Royal Moroccan Air Force has signed a contract for the purchase of at least three Israeli UAVs. The sources identified the unmanned platform as the Harfang, a French variant of Israel’s Heron medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Al Qaida has sought to expand recruitment in Morocco by highlighting official corruption in the North African kingdom, a report said. The Jamestown Foundation asserted that Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb launched a campaign against Moroccan King Mohammed. In a video posted on Islamist networks, AQIM has released […]