Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder, leader of the National Liberation Army and prominent figure in Morocco's independence movement, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the Military Hospital in Rabat. He was 98 years old. According to United Socialist Party Secretary-General Jamal El Asri, Ait Idder will be laid to rest tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, at the Martyrs' Cemetery in Casablanca. Born in 1925 in Timansour, Chtouka Ait Baha, Ait Idder actively participated in the resistance against colonialism. Following the nation's independence, he was arrested alongside other resistance fighters and members of the Liberation Army. He sought refuge in Algeria before moving to France, where he contributed to the founding of the leftist March 23 organization. Upon returning to Morocco, he established the People's Democratic Action Organization in 1983, becoming its Secretary-General and representing the Chtouka Ait Baha region in parliament. Ait Idder further contributed to Morocco's political landscape by co-founding the Democratic Bloc in 1992 and the United Socialist Left Party in 2002.
