Belgium has decided to organize the repatriation of the children of jihadists - the majority of them are children of Belgian-Moroccans - present in the detention camps in northeastern Syria. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo had made this announcement before Parliament.
For several years, Morocco has been waging a relentless and constant fight against terrorism in the Sahelo-Saharan region. In this context, it has forged partnerships with several major powers, including the United States.
The Albi court sentenced in absentia on Thursday, March 18, a 33-year-old Albigeois of Moroccan origin to 18 months in prison for violence and threats with a weapon. The victim, one of his fellow citizens, had called him a "dirty terrorist" after he had been implicated in the Barcelona attacks, indicted, incarcerated and then released under judicial supervision.
One of the terrorists who participated in the March 22, 2016 attacks planned together with Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui made revelations about the late brothers. In 2014, they had committed the murder of a retiree in Jette.
Mostafa Salhane was awarded the national medal of recognition for victims of terrorism by presidential decree for having contributed to the arrest of the Algerian terrorist responsible for the Strasbourg attacks in 2018.
62% of jihadists detained in Spain in 2020 are of "Moroccan nationality". This is what the Spanish government indicated in response to a question from deputies of the far-right party Vox.
Haboub Cherkaoui, director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), states that "the Sahel represents a great danger, and a major security challenge for Morocco", including the neighboring countries. The proof is that terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS are present there.
Belgium wants to repatriate between 30 and 50 children of jihadists present in the detention camps in northeastern Syria, in order to prevent "them from becoming the terrorists of tomorrow". This announcement was made by the Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo.
Haboub Cherkaoui, director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) affirms that the terrorist threat continues to loom over Morocco due to the maneuvers of the jihadist groups in the Sahel region. They have continued to recruit their followers online.
Following the update of the status of the member countries of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) specialized in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, Morocco found itself on the list of countries "under increased surveillance". The Minister of Justice, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader, addresses the implications of this rank for Morocco.
Morocco refuses to cooperate in the extradition of Malika El Aroud , who is nicknamed the "black widow" of jihadism. The announcement was made on Monday by Sammy Mahdi, the Secretary of State for Asylum.
Faiza H., widow of a founder of Sharia4Belgium, Feisal Yamoun, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison by the Brussels Criminal Court. The defendant, who also lost her Belgian nationality, had joined Al-Qaeda in 2013, then the Jabhat Al-Nusra organization, with whom she is currently in northwestern Syria.