Minister El Mostapha Ramid Resigns from Morocco’s Justice and Development Party

Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights El Mustapha Ramid. (Reuters)
Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights El Mustapha Ramid. (Reuters)
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Minister El Mostapha Ramid Resigns from Morocco’s Justice and Development Party

Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights El Mustapha Ramid. (Reuters)
Morocco’s Minister of State for Human Rights El Mustapha Ramid. (Reuters)

Morocco’s minister of state for human rights published a post on his official Facebook page on Saturday in response to rumors about his resignation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD).

El Mustapha Ramid addressed his party members and expressed gratitude for their trust in him over the past years.

He said he has been absent from the recent party meetings and activities due to health reasons and “other reasons that do not need to be mentioned.”

His post has been interpreted as a resignation from the party.

“I appreciate the importance of what we have all accomplished to serve the society and the state,” Ramid added, hoping the party would succeed in achieving reform.

His post was published after Alyaoum24 news website reported his resignation on Friday, a few months before upcoming legislative elections, scheduled for September. Ramid neither confirmed nor denied the news.

He underwent two surgeries in late 2020 and in February 2021 and had previously submitted his resignation from the government citing health reasons. However, he retracted his resignation after receiving a phone call from King Mohammed VI.

Party sources, however, referred to other reasons related to differences with Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani over some political issues, which explains his frequent absence from the party leadership meetings.



Syrian Government Denies its Forces Preparing to Redeploy to Sweida

FILE PHOTO: Members of Syrian security forces walk on a road in Sweida countryside, as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Members of Syrian security forces walk on a road in Sweida countryside, as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo
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Syrian Government Denies its Forces Preparing to Redeploy to Sweida

FILE PHOTO: Members of Syrian security forces walk on a road in Sweida countryside, as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Members of Syrian security forces walk on a road in Sweida countryside, as vehicles transporting other Syrian security forces make their way out of the predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria, July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo

Syria's interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday that government forces were not preparing to deploy to Sweida Province, the state news agency reported.

Noureddin al-Baba denied a Reuters report citing an interior ministry media officer as saying security forces were preparing to redeploy to Druze-majority Sweida city to quell fighting involving Bedouin tribes and the Druze.

A fragile truce was holding in Syria's south on Friday after a ceasefire announced on Wednesday briefly ended days of fighting that began when Bedouin and Druze fighters clashed in Sweida province in southern Syria, prompting the Syrian government to send in troops.

Syrian troops withdrew from Sweida after the truce was announced but clashes resumed late on Thursday.

Israel's military carried out new attacks in Sweida province overnight.

Israel has said it would not allow Syria's government to deploy troops to the south.