MOROCCO - Morocco hardens tone on would-be jihadists

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Around 1,700 Moroccans are currently thought to be fighting in Syria and Iraq. Many of them come from the poorer northern cities of the country. But faced with the rise of the Islamic State organisation, Morocco has beefed up its anti-terror legislation, and arrests of suspected extremists have increased. Our reporters tell us more.


Report by Sara Doublier, Jean-Marie Lemaire and Josh Vardey.
Programme prepared by Elise Duffau and Patrick Lovett

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