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Illustrative: US Soldiers prepare to launch a stinger missile during African Lion 26 at Cap Draa, Tan-Tan, Morocco, May 1, 2026. (US Army photo )
May 10, 2026, 11:57 pm
US says body of soldier found after two went missing during exercise in Morocco
Remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. found by Moroccan troops in Atlantic Ocean after he and another soldier fell off cliff during hike; teams still looking for 2nd soldier
By AKRAM OUBACHIR
Yona Elfassi (L), founder of Limud Darija, with students at an event, in a video published on October 25, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/Limud Darija)
January 31, 2026, 7:18 am
Moroccan language course revives lost Jewish culture while bridging Mideast divide
Yona Elfassi, one of the few remaining Jews in Morocco, teaches Darija to Moroccan Diaspora Jews, inspiring Muslims in the country to reach out to learn Hebrew
By KYLE DESROSIERS-LEVINE
Senegal's forward #10 Sadio Mane holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final soccer match against Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, in Rabat, Morocco, on January 18, 2026. (SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
January 19, 2026, 8:49 am
Senegal wins Africa Cup after walk-off protest, chaos over controversial Morocco penalty
Moroccan star misses last-minute penalty that would have given the hosts victory, before Pape Gueye scores in extra time for the Teranga Lions
By Ciaran Fahey
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Dual American-Israeli citizen Yaakov Perl, an alleged spy for Iran who was arrested by authorities on September 4, 2025, speaks at an anti-Israel protest in Rabat, Morocco on November 9, 2023. (Screenshot/Youtube)
September 25, 2025, 5:35 pm
American-Israeli man charged with spying for Iran on Ben Gvir, ex-IDF chief
Yaakov Perl, a Satmar Hasid who unsuccessfully sought asylum in the Islamic Republic, indicted on espionage charges after allegedly staking out the homes of top officials
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, September 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
September 24, 2025, 9:09 pm
Pezeshkian vows Iran will ‘never bow before aggressors,’ as snapback sanctions loom
Lebanese president demands end to ‘Israeli aggression’; Spain’s king claims kinship with Jews his country expelled in Inquisition while berating Israel over Gaza ‘massacre’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Egyptian army soldiers man an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) deployed near the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 23, 2024 (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
September 22, 2025, 2:03 am
French proposal envisions multinational Gaza force tasked with gradually disarming Hamas
Paris circulating draft, obtained by ToI, aimed at operationalizing internationally-backed NY Declaration to marginalize Hamas; but it’s mum on coordination with Israel
By Jacob Magid
Moroccans protest the docking of a Maersk cargo ship carrying airplane parts they suspect are headed to Israel, outside Tangier Med Port on April 20, 2025. Banner in Arabic reads "Stop shipping weapons to the terrorist Zionist entity." (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 4, 2025, 6:23 pm
Morocco anti-Israel activists set sights on ports, alleging arms en route to Israel
Protesters, seeking reversal of 2020 normalization agreement, call on port officials to block ships carrying military cargo to Israel, but fail to stop F-35 parts passing through
By AP
People at the scene of a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2025. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
March 11, 2025, 11:03 pm
Moroccan man handed two-year jail term for praising terror attack in Israel
Member of banned Islamist group denies hailing the stabbing of four people in Tel Aviv as the beginning of a ‘blessed racist campaign’; lawyer says he will appeal ruling
By AFP and ToI Staff
The Moreno Family from Tangier dressed up to emulate the Andalusian past in an instance of ‘Reenactment Tourism.’ Photography Studio in the Alhambra compound, Spain 1953. (Courtesy of Daniel Moreno)
March 10, 2025, 8:28 am
Morocco’s Spanish-speaking Jewish minority illuminated in prizewinning book
National Jewish Book Award recipient Aviad Moreno’s work focuses on northern Morocco’s Hispanic Jews, whose yearning for a ‘homeland’ was often for Spain, not elusive Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Displaced Palestinians walk through a muddy road amid the destruction in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 7, 2025, 4:33 pm
Reports: Morocco, 2 disputed Somalia regions considered as destinations for Gazans
Somaliland and Puntland named as locations under discussion for Gazan relocation per Trump’s plans; Israeli official says any talk of destinations is ‘extremely premature’
By ToI Staff
The US green card found on the body of Abdelaziz Kaddi, a Moroccan terrorist who stabbed four people in Tel Aviv on January 21, 2025. (X; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
January 23, 2025, 2:29 pm
‘Unclear why he’s here’: Questions mount over how Tel Aviv stabber was let into Israel
Reports say officials found Abdelaziz Kaddi had no lodging plans, little money and no obvious reason for wanting to visit, but okayed him anyway; days later he knifed four people
By ToI Staff
The trophy is displayed on the pitch ahead of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, December 18, 2022. (Martin Meissner/AP)
December 11, 2024, 8:54 am
FIFA to confirm soccer 2030 World Cup hosts, award 2034 tourney to Saudi Arabia
Three-continent, six-nation bid led by Morocco, Spain and Portugal to host 2030 event, irking environmentalists over emissions; Saudi Arabia to get 2034 despite human rights record
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Clockwise from top left: Moshe Gallant, Yosef Tefilinski, Natan Shapira, Israel Meir Shasha and Shimon Tefilinski, who were killed in a car crash in Morocco on December 6, 2024. (Courtesy)
December 6, 2024, 2:55 pm
Five Israelis killed in Morocco car crash en route to pilgrimage site
Safed mayor confirms some victims were city residents; Israelis were reportedly part of a group of Hasidic pilgrims visiting rabbis’ gravesites
By ToI Staff
Moroccan women wave flags and chant slogans at a protest against ties with Israel, a day before the anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Rabat, Morocco, October 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
October 6, 2024, 6:25 pm
Tens of thousands of Moroccans protest ties with Israel on eve of Oct. 7 anniversary
Demonstrators in Rabat wave Palestinian flags and portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, calling for the kingdom’s 2020 normalization deal with Israel to be revoked
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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