The United States has imposed counterterrorism sanctions through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on five individuals from Iraq, Morocco and Saudi Arabia, the US Department of the Treasury announced in a statement on Tuesday.

US targets 5 individuals from Iraq, Morocco and Saudi Arabia with counter terrorism sanctions: Treasury department

WASHINGTON — For Sudan, agreeing to normalize relations with Israel was the price of removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. A similar diplomatic deal with Israel sealed Morocco’s demand for the United States to recognize its sovereignty over the Western Sahara region.

Trump incentives for signing peace accords with Israel could be at risk

Morocco has become the 4th Arab country to normalise ties with Israel in the last 5 months. The deal comes after U.S. recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Saharan region. WION's Palki Sharma discusses these developments with Moroccan Ambassador to India Mohamed Maliki.

Gravitas: Moroccan Ambassador to India speaks to WION

Morocco has become the 4th Arab country to normalise ties with Israel in the last 5 months. The deal comes after U.S. recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Saharan region.

Morocco on Thursday became the fourth Arab state this year, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, to announce it had agreed to normalise relations with Israel.

WION Dispatch: US adopts map of Morocco that includes disputed Western Sahara

In an interesting comment, Morocco's foreign minister said on Sunday that the country's ties with Israel were 'already normal' before diplomatic relations were normalised recently.

Ties with Israel were 'already normal', says Morocco

Behind the announcement Thursday that Israel and Morocco will establish their first formal diplomatic ties, there lies almost six decades of close, secret cooperation on intelligence and military matters between two nations that officially did not acknowledge each other.

Israel-Morocco deal follows history of cooperation on arms and spying

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (December 10) welcomed President Donald Trump's announcement of a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco as a "historic peace between us."

US brokers deal establishing ties between Israel and Morocco

Morocco has agreed to resume diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab nation this year to recognise the Jewish state under a deal brokered by the US, according to the White House.

Morocco to normalise ties with Israel; US recognises kingdom's claim of sovereignty over West Sahara

The leader of the Western Sahara's independence movement has vowed to end a 29-year-old ceasefire with Morocco. He has cited provocation in the form of recent Moroccan border operations as the reason for this.

Western Sahara independence leader declares end of 29-year-old ceasefire with Morocco

Belgium's capital has banned prostitution in certain districts in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. For sex- workers, however, the prohibition is a threat to their livelihoods.

"It's stupid," sex worker says after Brussels implements prostitution ban

Hundreds of Moroccan protesters expressed their displeasure against the peace deal that established ties between Israel and UAE, Bahrain. The protesters held demonstrations outside Moroccan Parliament in capital Rabat and even burnt a mock Israeli flag.

Protest in Morocco against UAE and Bahrain's peace deal with Israel

Morocco declared a state of health emergency in mid-March and shut its borders to stop coronavirus from spreading.

Morocco's Marrakesh suffocates without tourists amid COVID-19 pandemic

Hezbollah said on Saturday that it strongly condemned Bahrain's move of normalisation of ties with Israel. On Friday, Bahrain and Isreal said in a joint statement that they were establishing full diplomatic relations with each other.

Hezbollah condemns Bahrain. But will more Arab countries befriend Israel in near future?

In a rap scene dominated by men, women's voices are starting to make waves in Morocco. Houda Abouz, a 24-year-old who majors in film studies at a university in the northern city of Tetouan, has long been fascinated by hip-hop, and, encouraged by friends, she picked up a mic and began to perform.

Moroccan woman breaks into male dominated rap scene 

24-year old Houda Abouz is shaking up the rap music scene in West Asia. WION's Palki Sharma brings you the story of the Moroccan artist.

Gravitas: Female rappers of Morocco is breaking gender barriers

A new field hospital in eastern Morocco will from Sunday receive around 700 COVID-19 patients following a sharp spike in infections in the kingdom, the government said.

Coronavirus: Morocco opens field hospital after spike in virus cases

India's envoy to Morocco Shambhu S Kumaran has said that the coronavirus pandemic reinforced India's image as a responsible international stakeholder, and corroborated its ability to support African countries.

New Delhi is supporting African countries during coronavirus pandemic, says India's envoy to Morocco

A 15-member delegation of envoys from different countries arrived here on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to see first hand the efforts being made by the government in the region.

Delegation of foreign envoys arrive in Srinagar; briefed by Army on security situation

Seven Moroccan migrants were found dead on Saturday off Morocco's Atlantic coast near Casablanca after their boat capsized, the Interior Ministry said. Three others were taken unconscious to the hospital, while search operations are ongoing, the ministry said in a statement.

Seven migrants drown after boat capsizes off Morocco's Atlantic coast

At least seven people were killed in flash floods in Morocco on Wednesday, following torrential rains in mountains in the south of the country near Taroudant, 600 kilometres (373 miles) south of Rabat, local authorities said.

At least seven people die in flash floods in southern Morocco

King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Monday announced the launch later this year of a committee charged with elaborating a new development model to tackle social inequalities, while also urging a government reshuffle.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI celebrates 20 years on the throne

Three African migrants, including one who is 15, were discovered squeezed inside compartments under car dashboards and behind seats at a border crossing from Morocco to Spain, police said Monday.

Three African migrants hidden in cars at Spain-Morocco border

Spanish police say they intercepted four migrants hidden inside several vehicles trying to cross from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Melilla. The police released videos and images of the migrants, who they say were of sub-Saharan origin, wedged inside the interior of the vehicles, including one stashed in a glove box.

Spanish police intercept migrants hiding in cars

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