Moroccan Government Proposes Penalties For Nationals Fighting In Syria, Iraq

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
18 September 2014
Tags:
Morocco, Arms and Military Affairs, Governance, International Organizations and Africa, Middle East and Africa

Morocco's government proposed legislation on Thursday which would make it a crime to join an armed group or undertake training in conflict zones, in a move aimed at some 2,000 Moroccan Islamists it believes are fighting in Syria and Iraq. Like other North African countries such as Algeria and Tunisia, Morocco fears that its nationals who have joined Syria's civil war and the conflict in Iraq will pose a security challenge when they return home.

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