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Spain's Alvaro Morata celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup group E soccer match between Spain and Germany, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor , Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Morocco looks to advance in World Cup, Canada hopes for win

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

Morocco's Yahya Jabrane, top, celebrates with Abdelhamid Sabiri (11) after Sabiri scored a goal during the World Cup group F soccer match between Belgium and Morocco, at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Morocco pulls off another World Cup upset, beats Belgium

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Croatia's Andrej Kramaric celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup group F soccer match between Croatia and Canada, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Croatia downs Canada at World Cup on Kramaric’s 2 goals

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. Dozens of migrants stormed the border crossing between Morocco and the Spanish enclave city of Melilla on Friday in what is the first such incursion since Spain and Morocco mended diplomatic relations last month. (AP Photo/Javier Bernardo)

Groups in Spain and Morocco push for border deaths inquiry

By Ashifa Kassam and tarik El-Barakah - Associated Press

FILE - This photo provided by the Moroccan Royal Palace shows Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, greeted by Moroccan King Mohammed VI prior to their lunch at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco, Nov. 19, 2018. Sanchez is set to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Thursday, April 7, 2022 during a two-day visit to Rabat that promises to mark a mending of diplomatic tensions centered on the disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (Moroccan Royal Palace via AP, File)

Spain PM in Morocco to mend ties after Western Sahara shift

By Joseph Wilson and Tarik El Barakah - Associated Press

A view of the village of Ighran and the hill in which the rescue mission of 5-year-old Rayan had been taking place after he was stuck for several days, in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022. Morocco's king says a 5-year-old boy has died after rescuers pulled him out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days. Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Moroccans in mourning after trapped boy’s death

By Mosa'ab Elshamy and Tarik El-Barakah - Associated Press

A tractor digs through a mountain during the rescue mission of a boy who fell into a hole in the northern village of Ighran in Morocco's Chefchaouen province, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Rescuers inched closer Friday to reaching a 5-year-old boy trapped for three days in a well in Morocco, in an operation hampered by concerns about ground stability that has captivated the North African country.(AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco’s king says boy, 5, trapped in deep well has died

By Mosa'ab Elshamy and Tarik El-Barakah - Associated Press

Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks while meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on June 3, 2021, at the State Department in Washington. Israel’s defense minister headed to Morocco on Tuesday, Nov. 23, for an official visit to cement security ties just ahead of the first anniversary of their agreement to establish full diplomatic relations. Gantz will be making the first official visit by an Israeli defense minister to one of the four Arab states that agreed to normalize ties with Israel last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)FILE

Israeli, Moroccan defense ministers meet in landmark visit

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, file photo, soldiers from the presidential guard patrol outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako after it was attacked by Islamic extremists armed with guns and grenades. Islamic extremists have displaced half a million people this year in the border area between Burkina Faso and Mali as their threat continues to spread in West Africa's Sahel region. The fighters linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group are exploiting military and government weaknesses as well as local grievances. A regional counterterror force has failed to stop the attacks and has become a target itself. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Top U.S. general warns of ‘wildfire of terrorism’ across Africa

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 18, 2021, file photo, people climb a fence in the area at the Spain-Morocco border, outside the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Thousands of would-be migrants converged on the Moroccan border town of Fnideq this week, part of an extraordinary mass effort to swim or scale barbed-wire fences to get into Spain for a chance at a new life. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Migrant surge on Spain-Morocco border brings more suffering

By Mosa'ab Elshamy - Associated Press

Morocco recalls its ambassador to Germany as tensions rise

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A man stands in front of the Ain Borja private clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali's Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The 25-year-old Halima Cisse gave birth to the babies via Caesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco after being sent there for special care, the ministry announced. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

Woman from Mali gives birth to 9 babies in Morocco

By BABA AHMED and TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

Morocco scolds Spain over virus help for independence leader

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Migration activist says Spain, Morocco trying to silence her

By ARITZ PARRA and TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

Morocco: 4 arrested for links to alleged IS attack plot

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A migrant rests in Las Raices camp in San Cristobal de la Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Several thousand migrants have arrived on the Spanish archipelago in the first months of 2021. Due to the terrible living conditions and the poor quality of food and water at the Las Raices camp, some migrants have decided to leave the camp and sleep in shacks in a nearby forest instead. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)

Migrants stuck in Spain’s Canary Islands say camps are unfit

By JOAN GIRALT and RENATA BRITO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014 file photo swaths of cannabis are pictured n the village of Bni Hmed in the Ketama Abdelghaya valley, northern Morocco. Morocco's government on Thursday approved a landmark bill that would legalize non-recreational uses of marijuana. Largely motivated by growing international demand for medical and industrial cannabis, the move will set the North African kingdom — among the top global producers — on the path of creating a regulated market for an industry that has long been dominated by drug traffickers. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)

Morocco moves toward legalizing medical marijuana

By TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

Morocco freezes ties with German Embassy amid Sahara tension

By TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

A Moroccan nurse administers the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker, on the first day of vaccination campaign, in Rabat, Morocco, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Morocco's King Mohammed VI received a shot against the coronavirus Thursday to officially kick off his country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, which initially will primarily target health care workers, security forces and people over age 75, according to Moroccan authorities. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Morocco starts vaccinating medics en masse against virus

By TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Royal Palace, Morocco's King Mohammed VI, right, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Palace in Fes, as he launches his country's coronavirus vaccination campaign, Thursday Jan. 28, 2021. The North African kingdom received its first shipments of vaccine doses in recent days from China's Sinopharm and Anglo-Swedish drug maker AstraZeneca. (Moroccan Royal Palace via AP)

Morocco’s king kicks off country’s virus vaccination drive

By TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press