Yassine Abaaoud, the younger brother of Abdelhamid Abaaoud , one of the perpetrators of the attacks in France in November 2015, testified on Thursday before the special assize court as part of the trial of November 13th. The judges were left unsatisfied.
A Belgian national, Marc M., has been in prison since Monday in Meknes. Aged 57, he is accused of attempting to kidnap his 4-year-old son, Malik, whom he has not seen since the summer of 2020, his Moroccan ex-wife having taken him with her in February when she left Belgium. The Belgian had come to warn the Moroccan authorities when he was apprehended.
Dozens of polluting buses banned from circulation in Brussels are currently being used on the roads of the city of Oujda, causing surprise and concern.
M.J., suspected of belonging to a criminal organization active in drug trafficking between Morocco, Spain and Belgium, faces 10 years in prison. His lawyers pleaded for his acquittal on Friday before the Brussels Criminal Court.
Moroccan player Tarik Tissoudali, who plays for Gent, was named the winner of the Belgian Lion on Monday, becoming the best player of the year of Maghrebi origin in the Pro League.
Belgian tourists in Morocco were also surprised by the decision taken by the Moroccan authorities to suspend all air links - closure of the airspace this Tuesday.
Several Belgians are stranded in Morocco after the suspension of air links to and from the kingdom due to the spread of the new Omicron variant.
Belgium has sent a message to its citizens wishing to leave Morocco, to urgently organize their return on Monday before 11 pm, due to the suspension of all flights to Morocco for two weeks .
Morocco could close its borders with Europe, given the critical health situation in some countries like Belgium or France, and the discovery of a new variant in South Africa.
The background of Brahim Abdeslam before the Paris and Saint-Denis attacks in August 2015 was revealed on Friday by a Belgian investigator.
The decision to suspend flights taken by the Moroccan authorities concerning France is worrying some Belgian nationals and Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) currently on vacation in Morocco or planning to go there for the end-of-year holidays.
In 2021, Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) filed 290 complaints related to property dispossession in Morocco, compared to 200 complaints recorded last year by the Ministry of the Interior.