Algeria has ordered twelve officials from the French embassy to leave its territory within forty-eight hours, AFP reports. The decision follows the arrest in France of an Algerian consular agent suspected of involvement in the April 2024 kidnapping of Algerian influencer Amir Boukhors on French soil. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the move as «unrelated to the ongoing judicial process» and warned of an immediate response should the expulsions be upheld.
Spanish police dismantled a human smuggling ring on Sunday that facilitated the irregular migration of up to 2,500 Moroccans through Romania, AFP reports. The operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects in the southeastern province of Murcia. The suspects are accused of belonging to a criminal organization and facilitating illegal immigration, according to a statement by the Guardia Civil. The network's modus operandi involved transporting Moroccan nationals by plane to Romania, from
The Washington Post has revealed new evidence of collusion between Iran and the Polisario Front. In a report focused on the security landscape in Syria following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, the American daily claims that Iran has worked to establish «a large network of proxy groups to defend its interests. Iran, for example, has trained fighters from the Polisario Front, a group based in Algeria». According to the report, «hundreds of Polisario members are
Thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Rabat today in a massive march in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Despite heavy rain pouring over the capital, demonstrators from across the country raised slogans supporting Palestinian resistance and denouncing international complicity with Israel. Waving Palestinian flags and holding portraits of iconic resistance figures—many of them wearing keffiyehs—the crowd also chanted calls for an end to official normalization with the
The Sultanate of Oman reaffirmed its unwavering support for «the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over its entire national territory» on Sunday, April 13. The statement was issued in a joint communiqué published in Muscat following the 7th session of the Moroccan-Omani Joint Commission, co-chaired by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Omani counterpart, Badr Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud Al Busaidi. Oman also described Morocco’s
Al cantante de pop marroquí Douzi se le denegó la entrada a Estados Unidos, una prohibición que descubrió este fin de semana cuando intentaba asistir a una conferencia de prensa en la Universidad de Harvard. En un video publicado en Instagram el sábado, Douzi explicó que se dirigía a Nueva York, donde planeaba pasar la noche antes de viajar a Boston para el evento. Sin embargo, al llegar al aeropuerto, se sorprendió al enterarse de que
Le chanteur pop marocain Douzi s'est vu refuser l'accès au territoire américain, une interdiction qu'il a découverte ce week-end en tentant d'assister à une conférence de presse à l'université de Harvard. Dans une vidéo publiée sur Instagram samedi, Douzi a expliqué qu'il se rendait à New York, où il prévoyait de passer la nuit avant de rejoindre Boston pour l'événement. Cependant, à
Moroccan pop singer Douzi has been barred from entering U.S. territory—a ban he discovered this weekend while attempting to attend a press conference at Harvard University. In a video shared to Instagram on Saturday, Douzi explained that he was traveling to New York, where he planned to spend the night before heading to Boston for the event. But at the airport, he was stunned to learn that he was considered persona non grata on American soil. «At airport check-in, I was told I
The Algerians have spared no effort in trying to win over President Donald Trump, even going so far as to grant the exploitation rights for the Gara Djebilet iron mine in the Tindouf region. Under the terms of the 1972 agreement between King Hassan II and President Boumediene, half of the mine was to be allocated to Morocco.
The fragile rapprochement between Paris and Algiers has just unraveled. The trigger? The explosive case surrounding the alleged kidnapping in France of Algerian dissident Amir Boukhors, better known as AmirDZ, and the indictment of an Algerian consular official suspected of involvement. Three men, including an employee at the Algerian consulate in Créteil, were indicted on Friday in Paris for charges including arrest, kidnapping, unlawful confinement or detention followed by release