Rabat- The Royal Gendarmerie has strengthened its positions in several border points south of the kingdom, especially in the provinces of Smara, Laayoune and Dakhla.
According to the Moroccan daily Al Massae, the General Command of the Royal Gendarmerie deployed reinforcements in the southern provinces aiming to increase the security at the kingdom’s borders with Algeria, after a jihadist group announced its allegiance to ISIS in Algeria.
The same source added that in addition to these measures, the Moroccan authorities are regularly carrying helicopter patrols along the borders to prevent any jihadists’ attempt from creeping into the Moroccan territories.
In response to the growing terrorist threats from the Sahel region, Morocco built 70-kilometer long fence equipped with electronic sensors to protect its territory against terrorist threats.
The Algerian group “Jund al-Khilafa”, called Soldiers of the Caliphate, which pledges allegiance to the jihadist organization of the Islamic State (IS), has kidnapped a French citizen on Sunday in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, and threatened to execute him unless Paris halts its air attacks in Iraq against ISIS.