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00:00Welcome to the most important news, starting with the headlines.
00:23The comprehensive strategy to combat terrorism in Morocco appears in the report of the US State Department.
00:31In connection with the 13th round of the Atlantic Dialogue International Conference,
00:36a round of special attention was paid to the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative.
00:42The UN Secretary-General is concerned about the so-called major violations of the sovereignty of Syria,
00:49the unity of its lands and the repeated Israeli strikes on this country.
00:58Today, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed French Ambassador François Bayrou
01:04as the new prime minister, after Michel Barnier, whom the parliament rejected more than a week ago.
01:12French President Emmanuel Macron appointed French Ambassador François Bayrou
01:16as the new prime minister, after Michel Barnier, whom the parliament rejected more than a week ago.
01:26We will return to this topic in our next news.
01:36Let's go to Morocco, where the US State Department highlighted the comprehensive strategy
01:42that Morocco relies on in combating terrorism,
01:45emphasizing the Kingdom's insistence on regional and international cooperation to combat this disaster.
01:50The annual report on terrorism in the world for 2023,
01:55which was published by the US Diplomacy yesterday,
01:58that the United States and Morocco have a long history of stable cooperation in combating terrorism.
02:04The report also highlighted that the Moroccan government has continued its comprehensive strategy,
02:08which includes cautious security measures, regional, international cooperation and policies to combat extremism.
02:15The report also pointed out that this strategy gives priority to economic and human development,
02:20while at the same time combating extremism.
02:23The report also highlighted that this strategy has continued in 2023 to reduce the risk of terrorism.
02:28The report also highlighted the security efforts of the Moroccan authorities in the past year,
02:35where the Moroccan security forces, under the coordination of the Ministry of Interior,
02:39arrested at least 56 people, 40 of whom were working alone,
02:45while there were 16 others belonging to six different terrorist cells.
02:52To comment on this topic, we have from Meknass, the university professor and expert in security affairs,
02:57Professor Mohamed Ahdaf.
02:58Professor Ahdaf, welcome.
03:01Welcome to the MEDIAN TV channel.
03:05Welcome.
03:06Professor Ahdaf, you looked at the report.
03:10How does the US Department of State describe the cooperation between the United States and Morocco
03:16in the field of combating terrorism?
03:20First of all, it will seem that the central position of the Kingdom of Morocco
03:27in the annual report of the US Department of State on the situation of terrorism in the world
03:32gave a picture, I will not say positive, but excellent,
03:41of the role of the Kingdom of Morocco regionally and internationally in combating terrorism
03:49and the culture of violent extremism.
03:52In the report published yesterday by the US Department of State,
03:58it was stated that there is a strong historical relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco
04:05in terms of combating terrorism.
04:07And this is true, because historically, we must remind those who still need to be reminded
04:15that the first treaties that were signed by the Kingdom of Morocco with the independence of the United States in 1777,
04:23that the Moroccan legions were granted protection of the American commercial ships in 1777
04:31against piracy, and piracy is considered one of the forms of terrorism.
04:35This means that the cooperation between the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco
04:40extends to more than 240 or more than 250 years in terms of terrorism.
04:47And the report issued by the US Department of State yesterday
04:51indicates the efforts of the Kingdom of Morocco,
04:55which places the Kingdom of Morocco in a prominent position in terms of protecting international security
05:02and deepening security and intelligence cooperation,
05:06not only between the United States and Morocco,
05:08but also between the Kingdom of Morocco and its regional and international partners
05:13in combating this disaster.
05:16I would like to ask you, what are the most prominent features of the comprehensive strategy
05:22that Morocco relies on in combating terrorism?
05:26It is true that in the report of the US Department of State,
05:30this strategy has been explained.
05:33First, the report of the US Department of State did not ignore
05:39the position of the Kingdom of Morocco in the map of the countries of the world
05:44that show great efforts to combat terrorism.
05:50It did not fail to point out in the US Department of State
05:53that one of the features of the comprehensive strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco
05:59is based on several pillars.
06:02The first pillar relates to the fact that this strategy leads to economic development
06:10and social development within the Kingdom of Morocco,
06:13and also in the general narrow region of the Kingdom of Morocco,
06:16in the north and west of the West African countries,
06:20which leads to economic and social development.
06:24This is evidenced by the fact that the Kingdom of Morocco
06:27shows great efforts to economic and social development within the Kingdom,
06:32but also launches regional initiatives in the West African countries
06:38in order to integrate them economically.
06:41This confirms that the Kingdom of Morocco
06:44is of paramount importance for economic and social development
06:49in relation to the elimination of the sources of terrorism.
06:52However, the US Department of State also pointed out the elimination of the sources of terrorism
06:57and reminded that the Kingdom of Morocco
06:59was excluded from the blacklist in relation to money,
07:04but also pointed out that the Kingdom of Morocco
07:07is a member of the International Coalition for the Elimination of ISIS
07:12and the International Council for the Elimination of Terrorism,
07:15and is leading the participation of a special focus group in Africa,
07:23and launched the Kingdom of Morocco
07:25as part of the International Council for the Elimination of Terrorism
07:28with the participation of the European Union in 2023.
07:31There is one last point.
07:38We should not forget that the US Foreign Ministry's report
07:41pointed to the efforts of the Kingdom of Morocco
07:44in promoting the moderate Islam
07:49through the formation of religious leaders,
07:52and launching, and this is very important,
07:54a reconciliation program inside the prisons
07:56in order to reintegrate more than 300 prisoners
07:59through a review system,
08:03and to promote the culture of extremism and violence.
08:06Mr. Ahadath, you spoke recently about international partners,
08:11what are the main points that the Moroccan government focuses on
08:15in cooperating with international partners in the field of combating terrorism?
08:20These partners take different approaches.
08:29We will notice that the speech of Jihad al-Malik
08:32in connection with the mention of the Green Crescent,
08:35he literally said that it is not with the security approach
08:38in large coastal and desert countries,
08:40not with the security approach alone,
08:42or with the military approach alone,
08:44that we can invade the terrorist bases in the region,
08:48but rather through integrated economic and social programs.
08:52This means that Morocco is targeting these partners
08:57to besiege and invade the roots of the culture of violence,
09:02extremism, and terrorism.
09:04In the south, Morocco is building an approach
09:07based on economic integration
09:10with the West African countries,
09:13and large coastal and desert countries.
09:15In the north, Morocco is building an approach
09:18based on security cooperation and intelligence cooperation,
09:23and this security and intelligence cooperation
09:26enables Morocco, of course,
09:28to cooperate more closely with its partners and allies
09:32to break down the last cell,
09:34as if it were breaking down more than two or three cells
09:38between Morocco and the Spaniards.
09:41This confirms that the Kingdom of Morocco
09:44is a past and primary regional actor,
09:47without forgetting that the Kingdom of Morocco
09:50also diversifies these approaches
09:52in relation to the major sports demonstrations
09:55to secure the Olympic Games in Paris 2024
09:59and to secure the World Cup in Qatar 2022,
10:02and all this confirms the efforts of the Kingdom of Morocco
10:06on an international level
10:09in relation to the fight against terrorism.
10:12Mr. Mohamed Ahadaf,
10:15thank you very much.
10:17You're welcome.
10:19In another topic,
10:21the International Research Center
10:23on the Prevention of Child Abuse
10:25presented yesterday
10:27two-thirds of domestic diplomats
10:29their latest report
10:31on the global dynamics
10:33of child abuse in conflicts.
10:35The head of the center, Abdelkader Alfilali,
10:38presented a number of public channels
10:40representing African and Latin American countries
10:43in the presence of local legal activities.
10:46He presented summaries of a major study
10:49entitled Global Models for Child Abuse
10:52A Deep Analysis.
10:54This is based on field research
10:56carried out in areas such as the coast,
10:58Colombia and Kazakhstan,
11:00in addition to interviews
11:02with former soldiers' children
11:04from Tindouf camps.
11:06This study presents
11:08an unprecedented analysis
11:10of the methods used
11:12to exploit children
11:14in conflict areas.
11:16We have with us
11:18the head of the International Research Center
11:20on the Prevention of Child Abuse,
11:22Mr. Abdelkader Alfilali.
11:24Welcome, Mr. Alfilali.
11:28Yesterday, you presented
11:30summaries of a major study
11:32entitled Global Models for Child Abuse
11:34A Deep Analysis.
11:36Can you tell us
11:38what are the main results
11:40of the report
11:42on child abuse?
11:44The International Research Center
11:46focused on the summaries
11:48of this report
11:50based on field research
11:52carried out in the coastal countries,
11:54then in the Republic of Colombia,
11:56then in the Republic of Kazakhstan,
11:58where it found
12:00various results
12:02related to
12:04child abuse.
12:06The general summaries
12:08focused on
12:10three questions
12:12that focused on
12:14why child abuse continues
12:16in countries such as
12:18Africa, Latin America,
12:20and countries such as
12:22Southeast Asia and Central Asia
12:24in particular.
12:26The second question
12:28that the report tried to observe
12:30is why
12:32militias or terrorist groups
12:34are similar
12:36in their tactical operations
12:38to recruit children.
12:40And the last question
12:42that the report tried to observe
12:44is why
12:46there is a great fear
12:48of the return of children
12:50to those who were
12:52previously recruited
12:54to the ranks of militias
12:56and terrorist groups.
12:58The report was presented
13:00yesterday
13:02in our center here
13:04in the city of Addakhla
13:06in front of a group of diplomats
13:08residing in the city of Addakhla
13:10representing African countries
13:12and Latin American countries.
13:14And they stated
13:16in terms of
13:18ways of cooperation
13:20with the center,
13:22where the center
13:24will provide
13:26opportunities for researchers
13:28to conduct
13:30in-depth research
13:32on the situation of child recruitment
13:34in the rest of the world.
13:36Mr. Alfilali,
13:38can you explain
13:40to us how the geopolitical
13:42and socio-economic factors
13:44affect the continuation
13:46of child recruitment
13:48in some areas?
13:50We can answer
13:52this question
13:54with a very simple hypothesis.
13:56Why, for example,
13:58were militia groups
14:00in European countries
14:02recruiting children?
14:04And here I am talking
14:06about the Irish IRA,
14:08the Basque IRA,
14:10the Red Allies,
14:12the Baden-Weinheim
14:14in Germany.
14:16They were recruiting children,
14:18but this issue
14:20was completely resolved
14:22because there are institutions
14:24that have
14:26power and authority.
14:28I am talking here about the European Union,
14:30about the North Atlantic Alliance,
14:32who put their weight
14:34to put an end to this phenomenon.
14:36While in Africa
14:38and Latin American countries
14:40and countries in Southeast Asia,
14:42we find a gap
14:44in these institutions.
14:46Recruiting children
14:48in Latin America
14:50and Africa in particular
14:52makes countries
14:54unable to
14:56control it.
14:58Or it could be
15:00a complete absence
15:02in the geographical areas.
15:04For example,
15:06the Colombian borders
15:08with neighboring countries
15:10in Venezuela, Brazil,
15:12Peru and Ecuador.
15:14It is difficult for a country
15:16to exist in these difficult
15:18geographical areas.
15:20The analysis applies
15:22to the coastal countries as well,
15:24as there is a gap
15:26in the state institutions
15:28and their influence
15:30in certain geographies.
15:32The same is said
15:34about Central and Southern Asia
15:36and East Asia.
15:38Mr. Alfilali,
15:40the report was based on field research,
15:42as you mentioned,
15:44in the coastal areas of Colombia and Kazakhstan,
15:46as well as interviews
15:48with residents of Tenerife camps.
15:50What are the common methods
15:52used by the police
15:54to recruit children?
15:58Since 2020,
16:00we have conducted
16:02about 950
16:04interviews
16:06with children who were
16:08previously recruited,
16:10whether in the Cuban islands
16:12or in Yugoslavia,
16:14as well as
16:16other recruiters
16:18in Latin American countries.
16:20These interviews
16:22were conducted
16:24with children
16:26who were recruited
16:28at that time,
16:30as well as their families,
16:32journalists,
16:34civilians and local
16:36human rights activists.
16:38These methods,
16:40which are used, for example,
16:42in the Tindub camp,
16:44are of a different kind.
16:46Why?
16:48Because it is one of the camps
16:50in which the recruitment process
16:52continues clearly
16:54for the general public.
16:56There is no room for
16:58disguising or concealing,
17:00so that what is called
17:02schools
17:04turn into
17:06military
17:08camps
17:10to train these children.
17:12The international community
17:14has become
17:16in a kind of normalization
17:18with this practice of violence
17:20against these children
17:22who are being
17:24innocent
17:26during the day
17:28in front of the international community.
17:30When we compare
17:32the methods of recruiting children,
17:34whether in the Tindub camp
17:36or in
17:38similar groups,
17:40in Latin America,
17:42we find that there is
17:44a great similarity
17:46between militias,
17:48armed groups,
17:50terrorist groups
17:52and criminal organizations
17:54that cross the borders.
17:56Mr. Filali,
17:58what are the next steps
18:00that the Center will take
18:02to strengthen cooperation
18:04with governments
18:06and NGOs
18:08to combat this phenomenon?
18:10Finally, do you see progress
18:12in the efforts to
18:14limit the recruitment of children?
18:18At the end of the report,
18:20the Center received
18:22invitations
18:24from European research centers
18:26in particular.
18:28We are talking about
18:30universities such as
18:32the University of Oslo in Tunisia,
18:34as well as the International
18:36Council in Geneva,
18:38then the Czech Republic
18:40in two universities, Prague and Pilsen,
18:42then the University of Spain in Spain,
18:44then another return
18:46to the ministerial debate
18:48in Colombia,
18:50where the Center
18:52simplified the results of this report
18:54and presented an issue
18:56related to a legal framework
18:58that includes the international
19:00legal framework related to
19:02the human rights law,
19:04as well as the criminal
19:06international law,
19:08so that the Center
19:10presents this framework
19:12for protection
19:14while taking into account
19:16the environments
19:18that these children belong to.
19:20The Center is now
19:22developing a program
19:24and we are talking
19:26about a very ambitious
19:28program that is being
19:30worked on with
19:32international civil society
19:34organizations in conflict areas
19:36related to the Philippines,
19:38Myanmar, Indonesia,
19:40Bangladesh,
19:42Sri Lanka, countries in Africa,
19:44countries in Latin America,
19:46to collect information
19:48so that we can
19:50achieve an artificial intelligence program
19:52that follows
19:54and monitors
19:56militia movements
19:58and their recruitment of children
20:00in the current time.
20:02The program,
20:04in our opinion,
20:06will contribute
20:08to the international efforts
20:10through
20:12the international promotion
20:14based on deep arguments
20:16and deep images
20:18that have no room
20:20for denial
20:22and rejection.
20:24Mr. Abdelkader Alfila,
20:26head of the Center
20:28for Child Protection Research,
20:30you were with us from the inside.
20:32Thank you very much for these explanations.
20:38We stay in the Moroccan channel
20:40where the 13th round
20:42of the Atlantic Dialogues
20:44International Annual Conference
20:46is taking place,
20:48which is organized by the Center for New South.
20:50This round will cover
20:52the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative
20:54as a large-scale project
20:56for the economic development
20:58of coastal countries
21:00according to the high-level
21:02vision of the Kingdom.
21:04One of the main topics
21:06is the dynamics
21:08that affect the Atlantic
21:10in addition to the new challenges
21:12of international cooperation
21:14from the New South perspective.
21:16Details in the report by Maha Jamal.
21:18The Atlantic Dialogues
21:20are in the 13th round
21:22which combines
21:24a number of specializations
21:26in exchange for one topic
21:28through a series of discussions
21:30and forums and sessions
21:32that reflect
21:34the value of this experience
21:36in comparing dialogue with work.
21:38In this 13th round,
21:40we are trying to identify
21:42the possibilities
21:44that can be supported
21:46by the cooperation
21:48between the two sides
21:50more.
21:52There are many people
21:54who contributed
21:56to this number
21:58in 2024
22:00from all the
22:02Atlantic regions
22:04who supported
22:06a central place
22:08for the
22:10Atlantic Kingdom
22:12Initiative.
22:14The opening body
22:16discussed the direction
22:18of the Atlantic
22:20initiatives as a
22:22broad project
22:24with a clear
22:26royal vision
22:28that aims to open
22:30the economies of the
22:32coastal countries
22:34and to strengthen
22:36the relationship
22:38between the two countries
22:40of Africa and Latin America
22:42and to ensure
22:44the coordination
22:46between them.
22:48Today,
22:50we presented
22:52the initiative
22:54of His Majesty
22:56King Mohammed VI,
22:58the Atlantic.
23:00It is a bold,
23:02promising and
23:04visionary initiative
23:06that puts the human element
23:08in the center of its strategy.
23:10This initiative
23:12was adopted by all
23:14the African countries
23:16of the Atlantic region.
23:20Today,
23:22we have
23:24a central initiative
23:26about the
23:28Atlantic
23:30initiative
23:32and also
23:34a vision
23:36that aims to
23:38share the
23:40African coast
23:42with
23:44the rest
23:46of the world.
23:48This initiative
23:50aims to
23:52open the
23:54Atlantic
23:56with
23:58hope
24:00and
24:02challenges
24:04for the world.
24:08The activities
24:10of the conference
24:12discuss issues
24:14of great importance
24:16such as the dynamics
24:18affecting the Atlantic region,
24:20the challenges of international cooperation
24:22from the new south,
24:24and the effect of economic
24:26political tensions
24:28on global geopolitics.
24:30Yesterday,
24:32in the Bronze Center,
24:34Zouj Bghal
24:36presented the body
24:38of Tanja Abdel Latif Akhrif,
24:40who was detained for months
24:42in Algeria to be transferred
24:44to the death camp
24:46in Oujda.
24:48We listen to what
24:50the editor-in-chief
24:52of the Tanja Union
24:54said.
24:56I am now
24:58accompanied by members
25:00of Abdel Latif Akhrif's family
25:02in Oujda to complete
25:04the administrative procedures
25:06to hand over the body.
25:08The body was handed over
25:10to the Moroccan authorities
25:12at 11 p.m.
25:14after four months
25:16of waiting.
25:18The small family
25:20and the large family
25:22are detained in the
25:24capital of Kabidiya.
25:26We have now completed
25:28the administrative procedures
25:30and we will go to
25:32the city of Tanja
25:34to bury the body.
25:36Honestly,
25:38the situation is not enough
25:40for us to say anything
25:42because only
25:4480% of the bodies
25:46have been buried
25:48for four months.
25:50When we say
25:52that this is not the Algerian
25:54authority,
25:56we do not forget
25:58the decision of
26:00the small family
26:02of Abdel Latif Akhrif
26:04regarding the timing
26:06of the burial
26:08of his son.
26:10We have nothing
26:12but to support them.
26:14I thank the local authorities
26:16and the Moroccan authorities
26:18for sending us
26:20the small and large families
26:22and their families.
26:24I also thank
26:26the national
26:28organizations
26:30and all the people
26:32who have shown humanity
26:34in this matter.
26:36I thank the
26:38managers of Tanja
26:40and all the people of Tanja.
26:42Thank you to the Moroccans.
26:44Thank you to the Moroccans.
26:46Thank you to the Moroccans.
27:02Thank you to the Moroccans.