Migrants shift to old, risky route to Europe
Algeria and Morocco are increasingly popular points of departure for migrants
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Azerbaijan football team starts Islamic Solidarity Games with draw
The national football team of Azerbaijan has completed its first match at the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games. The game between Azerbaijan and Cameroon ended in a 0:0 draw, Trend reports. Thus, Azerbaijan and Cameroon with 1 …
Moroccan plotted terrorist attack outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin detained
A Moroccan citizen, who was detained in Germany’s Leipzig on Saturday, planned to carry out a terrorist attack outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, the Focus magazine wrote citing prosecutors in Dresden. The 24-year-old …
Greens set Angela Merkel up
German Federal Council rejected the bill classifying Maghreb states as "safe countries of origin"
Morocco cracks down on schools allegedly linked to Turkish cleric Gulen
Morocco is closing down several schools that allegedly promote the ideology of FETO (Fethullah Terrorist Organization), which Ankara blames for the July coup attempt, the Moroccan Interior Ministry announced in a statement. According …
Azerbaijan's Socar Trading expects hit from Moroccan refinery's bad debts
At the same time, Socar expanded its presence in Africa and is also looking to renew deals with Iran
Morocco's consulate to appear in Georgia
The consulate of Morocco is to appear in Tbilisi. The corresponding decree was signed by Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Now Georgian citizens have to receive a visa at the diplomatic mission of Morocco in Kiev, Sputnik …
Russia ready to develop convention on chemical and biological terrorism
The director of the department for non-proliferation and arms control, the Russian Foreign Ministry official Mikhail Ulyanov, has said that Russia has agreed to extend the scope of the initiated convention to combat acts of chemical terrorism and …
Iran to restore diplomatic ties with Morocco
Morocco intends to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, which were severed in 2009, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salahaddin Mizvar, said. Soon Rabat will send its ambassador to Tehran in the near future, …
Turkey deports 20 IS-linked suspects
Turkish police have detained 40 Moroccans in Istanbul on suspicion of ties with IS. 20 suspects were deported to Casablanca, while other citizens of Morocco are still at the airport, Trend reports. …
