Countering Violent Extremism: Morocco is a co-chair for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS’s Africa Focus Group. Morocco has a comprehensive CVE strategy that prioritizes economic and human development in addition to countering radicalization to violence and oversight of the religious sphere.

Morocco was the first country in the Maghreb to join the U.S.-led global coalition to counter ISIS. As a coalition member, Morocco carries out airstrikes against the terror group in Syria and Iraq.

Jan 20, 2025 · In 2023, Morocco’s counterterrorism (CT) efforts continued to mitigate the risk of terrorism. The country continued to face sporadic threats from individual actors or small, independent terrorist cells, the majority of which claimed to be inspired by or affiliated with ISIS.

Moroccan authorities dismantled, Wednesday, a terrorist cell linked to ISIS in the Sahel, arresting 12 suspects across multiple cities and seizing explosive materials. The group had planned ...

3 days ago · BCIJ arrested on January 26 four ISIS-affiliated suspects and foiled a terrorist plot in Had Soualem, a town in Berrechid in the Casablanca-Settat region. Counterterrorism operation in Morocco

15 hours ago · Earlier this week, Morocco arrested 12 suspects for their involvement in a terrorist cell managed by an ISIS leader operating in the Sahel. by Sara Zouiten February 21, 2025

Rabat - Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) successfully thwarted, on Wednesday morning, on the basis of precise information provided by the General Directorate for ...

3 days ago · Rabat – Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) successfully thwarted, on Wednesday morning, on the basis of precise information provided by the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), a highly dangerous terrorist plot targeting Morocco, commissioned and instigated directly by a senior ISIS leader in the Sahel region of Africa.

Dec 13, 2024 · In the 2023 report, the US singled out Morocco’s commitment to regional and international collaboration in addressing terrorism, particularly its ongoing role in the Global Coalition to Defeat...

The country continued to face sporadic threats, largely from small, independent terrorist cells, the majority of which claimed to be inspired by or affiliated with ISIS. In March 2019, Morocco repatriated eight FTFs from Syria. Morocco is an active …