Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
The French Foreign Ministry confirmed the kidnapping of a French citizen in the mountainous Tikjda region where he was on vacation in an area near Tizi Ouzou in eastern Algeria. The Foreign Ministry did not mention that the kidnappers were from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which operates…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
The European Union considers Morocco to be an important partner, with many trade agreements in place between the two. Although economic relations have been somewhat strained as of late (due to Morocco’s hesitancy in re-opening its waters to European fishermen, and the EU’s reluctance to grant Moroccan produce…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
A new report suggests that there could be over 8,000 Moroccans fighting in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Previous reports suggested a number between 1,000 and 1,500 Moroccans were in Syria, mainly fighting in a unit called “Sham al-Islam,” led by former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
Western European and North African countries have begun to regularly exchange intelligence related to “jihadist” fighters making their way to Syria.– – – دول مغاربية وأوربية تتبادل قوائم جهاديين ٥ مايو ٢٠١٤ تتبادل 11 دولة 4 منها في المغرب العربي، و7 في غرب أوروبا المعلومات بصفة دورية حول…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
The World Federation of Trade Unions has reconfirmed its solidarity with the Syrian people to shape their own present and future, Syrian state media outlet “Tishreen” reports. Sticking to the usual line, foreign intervention (led by the US and a number of European states, as well as Israel…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
Morocco has renewed French petrol company Total’s licence to prospect for oil off the coast of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara. Morocco annexed the territory following Spain’s withdrawal in 1975. A UN-brokered ceasefire was reached between Morocco and the Polisario Front, on the condition that a referendum about self-determination be…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
France, who recently sent troops to northern Mali to fight armed Islamists, has ruled out Western intervention in southern Libya, at the request of Niger, who is concerned of the area becoming an even greater hotbed for terrorism. – – – فرنسا تستبعد تدخلا عسكريا غربيا بجنوب ليبيا…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
After disagreements with one of his aides and becoming disenchanted with Algerian criticisms of his residence in Morocco, Rai superstar Cheb Khaled has decided to permanently relocate to Paris to live with his wife and daughters. – – الشاب خالد يغادر المغرب نهائيا الى باريس بعد خلافات مع…
Originally posted on The Edinburgh Arabic Initiative:
France has offered its expertise to assist the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to destroy Syria’s remaining chemical weapons arsenal. France, along with Albania and Belgium, have refused to accept the weapons themselves on their territory. – – فرنسا على استعداد لتقديم خبرتها في تدمير الاسلحة…
أول زواج مثلي مغربي فرنسي باريس ـ بعد الحصول على حكم قضائي يأذن لهما بالارتباط، عقد دومنيك ومحمد قرانهما مساء السبت الماضي في حفل بسيط حضره 15 شخصا من المقربين جدا وجاء ذلك في تصريح لمحاميهما، الذي أضاف أن موكليه توخيا أكبر قدر من السرية وحاول هذا الزوج المثلي الارتباط في 14 أيلول/ سبتمبر الماضي،…
Arabic-English Translations by Kevin Moore 