New calls are circulating in Morocco for a mobilization on September 20 around Ceuta and Melilla. The National Police, Guardia Civil, CNI and Spanish military intelligence are monitoring the campaign, although a march toward the border has not yet been confirmed.
Aragon is scrapping the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Programme in the ten institutions that still offered it, starting this school year. The measure, announced Sunday by regional vice-president Alejandro Nolasco, takes effect immediately.
A Guardia Civil general allegedly ordered all references to Morocco removed from a report intended for the judge investigating the mass entries into Ceuta. Internal sources claim that the document initially contained evidence implicating Moroccan officers.
The Ceuta crisis has triggered a new institutional conflict in Spain. The Senate is preparing to bring a case before the Constitutional Court against three ministers in Pedro Sánchez’s government, accused by the PP of refusing to appear before the upper chamber to explain themselves.
Madrid is hardening its discourse toward Rabat once again. Spain’s Foreign Ministry now believes that the repeated claims by Moroccan ministers regarding Sebta and Melilla “degrade” bilateral relations and insists that Spanish sovereignty will never be discussed with Morocco.
Algeria aims to welcome 8 million tourists a year by 2029. An important target for its tourism sector, but one that also helps measure the current gap with Morocco, where 14.1 million arrivals have already been recorded in the first eight months of 2026.
Spanish economist Santiago Niño Becerra believes that Spain’s departure from Ceuta and Melilla is no longer a question of possibility, but of timing. According to him, the new geopolitical balance now favors Morocco.
Donald Trump has openly attacked Spain over its border. His message comes as Madrid continues to struggle to emerge from the migration crisis in Ceuta, triggered by the massive arrivals from Morocco at the end of July.
Suspected of having participated in the importation of more than 500 kg of cannabis resin, Yassin A. was arrested in Morocco and then extradited. After a year in detention, an incorrect document sent by the court registry enabled him to leave prison.
Podemos leader Ione Belarra accuses the Spanish government of being “afraid” of Morocco. She insinuates that Rabat may possess sensitive information about Pedro Sánchez, without providing the slightest evidence to support the accusation.
U.S. exports of advanced aerospace products to Morocco exceeded one billion dollars in seven months. The amount is now close to that of Spain, while sales to the Kingdom are increasing much faster.
Morocco is rapidly modernizing its military aviation, but Spain is believed to retain a clear lead. For former Spanish colonel Manuel Morato, Madrid’s superiority remains “real,” notably thanks to its Eurofighters, the training of its military personnel and its membership in NATO.