Substituted due to injury during Morocco’s defeat against Ukraine (2-1) on Saturday , Soufiane Rahimi may not participate in the match against Iraq, scheduled for Tuesday during the third and final group stage match in Nice.
Tarik Sektioui, the coach of the Moroccan Olympic team, expressed his "great disappointment" after the defeat of the Atlas Lions against Ukraine on Saturday in Saint-Étienne. He hopes for a victory against Iraq next Tuesday to qualify for the round of 16 of the Olympic tournament.
While he was sentenced for terrorism in Iraq, imprisoned and has served his 20-year sentence, a Moroccan detainee has still not regained his freedom. Abdelaziz Bakkali, president of the National Coordination of Families of Moroccans Blocked and Detained in Syria and Iraq, calls on the Moroccan authorities to intervene to accelerate his return to Morocco.
The Moroccan Olympic team flew out on Sunday for the city of Saint-Étienne where it will face its Argentine and Ukrainian counterparts as part of the Paris Olympics scheduled from July 26 to August 11. The Atlas Cubs will then go to Nice to face the Iraqi team.
Under fire for a post in which she declared her love for Iraq, the country of origin of her father, singer Shada Hassoun had to reassure her Moroccan fans that she loves Morocco, where she is from through her mother, as much as Iraq.
In preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Moroccan Olympic team lost 1-0 to Iraq on Thursday at the Père-Jégo stadium in Casablanca.
In the eyes of Habboub Cherkaoui , Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), the proximity between Iran and Hezbollah "represents a threat to the stability and security of Morocco."
The National Coordination of Families of Moroccans Stranded in Syria and Iraq plans an action in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad.
France repatriated on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, from the prisoner camps in the Iraq-Syria zone, 15 French female jihadists and 32 children. Among them, the widow of Samy Amimour, one of the Bataclan bombers, or the converted Breton Émilie König.
There are nearly 300 Moroccan nationals in the camps run by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Morocco is following their cases.
For the second consecutive time, Morocco wins the Arab Futsal Cup . The men of Hicham Dguig were up against their counterparts from the Iraqi selection in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
The "Sinbad Land" (Baghdad) protests have prompted the city administration to cancel the concert of Moroccan artist Saad Lamjarred, accused of sexual assault, scheduled for Thursday, June 9.