Hajar Kharroubi

With the delivery of a C-295W transport aircraft, an order for 10 H225M helicopters and the integration of Spirit AeroSystems, the group is strengthening its ties with Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces and expanding its industrial footprint.

Addressing Parliament on Friday, October 9, King Mohammed VI revisited a sentiment he had expressed from the same podium in 2014. The King recalled declaring at the time that “nothing else is more valuable to me than the sense of belonging to this nation,” adding that the feeling remains unchanged and “is becoming stronger and more deeply rooted with the passing years.”

Morocco’s dam reserves rose by 7.09 million cubic meters between October 5 and 9, recovering slightly after losing more than 36 million cubic meters in the first four days of the month.

While Algeria’s press has spent days trumpeting supposed victories, Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf has struck a very different tone. With just three weeks to go before the UN Security Council adopts its next resolution on October 30, he is sounding the alarm, airing grievances and issuing warnings. His fear, and not without reason, is that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is becoming irreversible.

Eight companies, including Elbit, IAI and Rafael, are showcasing drones, guided weapons and other military technology under an official Israeli delegation.

Morocco has confirmed 11 cases of diphtheria, including one death, as the country responds to a resurgence of the disease that had not been reported since 1992.

Opening the eighth edition of the Marrakech Air Show on Wednesday, October 7, Minister Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration Abdellatif Loudiyi traced the development of Morocco’s aerospace industry from basic assembly to manufacturing and advanced engineering. He described that transformation as the foundation for an emerging domestic defense industry, backed by a legal framework, dedicated industrial zones, investment incentives and partnerships with foreign investors. His remarks, in full.

Harmattan AI, a French defense technology company specializing in autonomous defense systems and military robotics, and Morocco have announced plans to develop IRIFI, a sovereign autonomous deep-strike system. In practical terms, it is a drone designed to strike targets up to 2,000 kilometers away, far beyond the front line. A letter of intent was signed on Wednesday, October 7, at the opening of the Marrakech Air Show. Here is what we know so far.

6,059 arrests, hundreds of minors in handcuffs, 215 students injured, several maimed for life. If those figures came from Morocco, a certain section of the French press would already have found the words for it: an “authoritarian crackdown.” But these are French figures. So instead, we hear of “tensions on the fringes of the protests.” Welcome to the ever-shifting dictionary of Parisian newsrooms.