In a recent survey conducted by the Royal Elcano Institute in May 2025, 55% of Spaniards identified Morocco as the main external threat to their country, placing it ahead of Russia (33%) and the United States (19%).
This figure reflects a 6-point (...)
Yesterday, Morocco's ambassador to Russia, Lotfi Bouchaara, met with Mikhail Bogdanov, the Russian President's Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister.
«During the meeting, several practical matters (...)
The European Union allowed the participation of Polisario members at a ministerial meeting held Friday in Rome with the African Union, focused on agricultural development in Africa. The delegation from the Front was led by its so-called «Minister of (...)
US Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for sanctions on the Polisario Front and proposing its designation as a foreign terrorist organization.
Wilson, a member of the House (...)
Un nouveau projet de loi bipartisan vient d'être déposé à la Chambre des représentants américaine et entend classer le Front Polisario parmi les organisations terroristes étrangères, en vue de contenir l'influence iranienne en Afrique du Nord et de (...)
The Angolan capital, Luanda, is hosting the 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit from June 22 to 25, under the theme «Pathways to Prosperity: A Shared Vision of U.S.-Africa Partnership». Notably, the Polisario has once again been excluded from the list (...)
On Thursday, Russian authorities extradited a Moroccan national to Morocco from Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, as part of joint cooperation between the National Central Bureau of Interpol under Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs and (...)
Russia has reportedly appointed General Sergei Surovikin to lead its military advisors in Algeria, a development reported by the French daily Le Monde on Thursday, June 12. While the Russian Ministry of Defense has not officially announced this (...)
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has announced it will conduct a second court-ordered remand review in the countervailing duty case involving phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco, reads a Federal Register document published on (...)
Le président ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, a enjoint vendredi ses alliés à réagir de « manière décisive » aux nouvelles frappes nocturnes de la Russie à travers l'Ukraine qui, selon lui, ont été menées avec plus de 400 drones et 40 missiles.
« La (...)
Morocco's lemon export market is staging a strong comeback in the 2024/25 marketing year (MY), breaking a four-year downward trend, according to data compiled by EastFruit. Favorable weather and a global drop in lemon production, especially a 33% (...)
Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, is on a working visit to Moscow from May 27 to 29 to attend the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives in Charge of Security Issues. The event (...)
A Nature study published on May 23 analyzes 35 years of precipitation data (1980–2015) to reveal how global climate patterns, or teleconnections, shape Morocco's rainfall during the wet season.
By analyzing key climate patterns like the North (...)
The Moroccan tea ceremony, a symbol of hospitality and a reflection of the nation's art of living, was celebrated on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the occasion of World Tea (...)
A delegation from the Polisario is currently participating in Brussels in the preparatory meetings for the European Union–African Union ministerial conference, the Front's press agency reported with satisfaction. Anticipating this participation, (...)
Regarding the Sahara issue, South Korea has recently moved away from its neutral stance by expressing support for Morocco's autonomy plan—a policy shift that has drawn the attention of a Spanish research center.
A Spanish think tank based in (...)
Les entretiens téléphoniques du président américain Donald Trump avec les dirigeants russe et ukrainien ont renforcé les espoirs de progrès prochains pour mettre fin à plus de trois ans de guerre entre ces deux pays, même si la frustration face à la (...)
EU and Russia conflict. Country flags on broken wall. Illustration.
وافق سفراء الدول الأعضاء السبعة والعشرون في الاتحاد الأوروبي الأربعاء على حزمة العقوبات السابعة عشرة على روسيا، تستهدف أسطول "الشبح" الذي تستخدمه موسكو للالتفاف على العقوبات القائمة (...)
On May 12 and 13, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune paid a state visit to Slovenia, bringing with him the sensitive issue of Western Sahara. In Ljubljana, after meeting with his Slovenian counterpart, Nataša Pirc Musar, Tebboune expressed (...)
In an interview with Asharq, Anand Kumar Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer of the New Development Bank (NDB) under the BRICS group, expressed hope that Morocco would join the financial institution.
Speaking on the sidelines of a conference held on (...)
The Halal Standards Committee of the Central Religious Administration of Muslims of Tatarstan, a federal entity in Russia, plans to obtain accreditation in Morocco and several other countries to recognize the halal certificates it issues. This (...)
The Polisario Front is seizing the occasion of Victory Day on May 8 in Russia, which commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, to draw parallels between its own cause and the Russian wartime experience. In a message of congratulations (...)
Morocco's exports of clementines have recovered after a decline in 2022, according to a report by EastFruit. The Moroccan Exchange Office recorded exports of 436,000 tons of clementines valued at 369 million dollars during the period from July 2024 (...)
La Russie a tiré 70 missiles et 145 drones dans six régions de l'Ukraine dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi, faisant au moins 10 morts à Kiev dans l'une des attaques les plus meurtrières sur la capitale depuis des semaines.
Selon l'armée de l'air (...)
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Russia 24 in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on March 5, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS (...)