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1 week ago | middle-east-online.com | Saad Guerraoui

RABAT - Morocco’s Minister of Equipment and Water Nizar Baraka told parliament on Tuesday that seawater desalination has reached a drinking water production capacity of 320 billion cubic meters by 2025. In response to oral questions from lawmkers, Baraka reported a "qualitative leap" in investments in the equipment and water sectoras the budget had been increased from 43 billion dirhams in 2023 to 70 billion dirhams in 2025.

1 month ago | middle-east-online.com | Saad Guerraoui

MEKNES - The 23rd edition of the Meknes International Animated Film Festival (FICAM) closed its curtains on Wednesday with a tribute to its former artistic director Mohamed Beyoud. Devicho, President of the Aicha Foundation, said that this edition witnessed a great success thanks to its rich programme.

1 month ago | middle-east-online.com | Saad Guerraoui

LONDON - Haitham El-Zobaidi, the Chief Executive Officer of Al Arab Publishing House, died Saturday aged 61 at a London hospital after a long battle with cancer. El-Zobaidi came from Iraq to London in 1988 to pursue his postgraduate studies at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London. In 1990, He obtained a Masters Degree in Control Systems at the Faculty of Engineering , then a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the same university in 1998.

Mar 26, 2025 | middle-east-online.com | Saad Guerraoui

Last month’s foiled terrorist plot in Morocco was a stark reminder that the North African Kingdom keeps facing a continuous threat from both home-grown extremism and regional instability, especially in the Sahel region. Morocco has been relatively successful in its counterterrorism efforts and managed to foil dozens of terrorist attacks thanks to a combination of strong security measures, intelligence operations, and regional cooperation.

Jan 31, 2025 | middle-east-online.com | Saad Guerraoui

RABAT - Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), Habboub Cherkaoui, warned Thursday that Morocco is facing an ongoing threat of terrorism that now involves family recruitment in addition to lone wolves who swear their allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Sahel region. The latest anti-terror operation saw four suspects arrested Sunday, including three brothers, in the Had Soualem region of the Berrechid Province.