The Polisario tried in vain to open a new front against the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) further north (between Zag and Bir Lahlou). Militias from the separatist movement «attacked the Moroccan defense line in the Mahbes sub-sector. The Royal Armed Forces retaliated with anti-tank means and neutralized the enemy», Le360 reports. For its part, l'Observateur.info revealed that «UN elements including a South African, a Lebanese and three other military observers
Morocco’s head of government Saadeddine El Othmani announced, Friday, that he will be meeting with the leaders of political parties in the wake of the army’s deployment to Guerguerate and the military intervention of the Royal Armed Forces. «I will be holding a meeting with the leaders of political parties to update them about the operation carried out by the Royal Armed Forces in Guerguerate», he wrote on his Twitter account. #المغرب سأعقد بعد قليل
The Polisario reacted, Friday, to the operation launched by the Royal Armed Forces aimed at securing the flow of goods and people through the Guerguerate border crossing. The Front believes Morocco has «violated the cease-fire» concluded in September 1991, by «sending military forces through three routes east of the illegal breach in Guerguerate to Sahrawi civilians who were demonstrating peacefully in the areas since October 21». The separatist movement
The Ibn Battuta high school in Tangier decided, Thursday, to close its doors and adopt distance learning after having recorded coronavirus cases. The decision entered into force on Friday and will cover the coming 14 days as a preventive measures in order to avoid the spread of the virus among teachers and students, local online newspaper Tanja 24 reported. This announcement comes 3 days after the closure of the Moulay Youssef high school in Tangier due to the appearance of
After observing restraint in the face of harassment by the Polisario in El Guerguerate, Morocco decided to deploy the army to secure its border with Mauritania.
Morocco recorded the highest number of daily infections during the past 24 hours, with 6,195 cases.
Sevilla FC is angered by the decision of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The Spanish club is annoyed that Atlas Lions’ manager Vahid Halilhodzic summoned international player Youssef En-Nesyri despite his injury. According to Be Soccer, the Moroccan striker was one of three players injured after the Spanish club's game against Osasuna. The striker, who was hit in the shoulder, «had to join Morocco despite the opposition of Sevilla». The same source indicates
A survey conducted by a German think tank shows that Moroccans are more likely to defend the Palestinian cause than other countries in the region. While 63% of Moroccan respondents oppose the Abraham Accords, 70% of them have an unfavorable impression of Israel and see it as a threat to the region.
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed, Wednesday, his concern regarding the situation in the Guerguerate border crossing. In a phone call with the Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Guterres asked the country to «play its positive role recognized by all parties to resolve this crisis», the Mauritanian news agency (AMI) reported on Thursday. The phone call focused on «the tense situation in Guerguerate» and the two parties spoke of
Women wearing hijab will no longer have to remove it for mug shots when arrested in New York. The decision comes after a group of Muslim women sued New York City and said that they were forced to «remove their hijabs after arrests and be photographed with their head and hair uncovered», USA Today reported. The complaint filed in federal court in New York featured the testimony of a Muslim woman who said that removing her Hijab to be photographed made her feel «humiliated,
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