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CIA Director Visits Morocco to Assess Security Threats of Terrorist Organizations

Morocco's Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns (MAP)
Morocco's Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns (MAP)
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CIA Director Visits Morocco to Assess Security Threats of Terrorist Organizations

Morocco's Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns (MAP)
Morocco's Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi, with the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns (MAP)

Morocco's Director General of Territory Surveillance (DGST) Abdellatif Hammouchi met on Friday with Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns at his office in Rabat.

The meeting focused on assessing the security situation and the associated risks at the regional levels and reviewed the security threats and challenges resulting from the tense situation in some regions of the world.

Burns was accompanied by some of his senior aides and the US ambassador to Morocco, Puneet Talwar.

They also discussed the anticipated risks of terrorist organizations, especially in the Sahel-Sahara region.

The DGST stated that this meeting falls within the bilateral meetings between the two parties and constitutes an opportunity to follow up on the implementation of the outputs of the working visit Hammouchi made to the US.

During his visit to Washington, Hammouchi met the Director of US National Intelligence, Avril Haines, Burns, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director, Christopher Wray.

The statement concluded that Burns' visit to Rabat reflects the strength and depth of strategic cooperation, security, and intelligence coordination between the DGST and the CIA at the regional and international levels.

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Red Cross Concerned by Drone Attacks on Critical Infrastructure in Sudan

People collect food at a location set up by a local humanitarian organization to donate meals and medication to people displaced by the war in Sudan, in Meroe in the country's Northern State, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
People collect food at a location set up by a local humanitarian organization to donate meals and medication to people displaced by the war in Sudan, in Meroe in the country's Northern State, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Red Cross Concerned by Drone Attacks on Critical Infrastructure in Sudan

People collect food at a location set up by a local humanitarian organization to donate meals and medication to people displaced by the war in Sudan, in Meroe in the country's Northern State, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
People collect food at a location set up by a local humanitarian organization to donate meals and medication to people displaced by the war in Sudan, in Meroe in the country's Northern State, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

The Red Cross raised alarm on Thursday at the growing use of drone attacks by warring parties on hospitals, electricity and water infrastructure in Sudan, which it said was contributing to widespread human rights violations.

Some 70-80% of hospitals in Sudan were not running and there were concerns cholera could surge due to damage caused by the war to water infrastructure, the International Committee of the Red Cross told reporters in Geneva.

"A recent drone attack stopped all the electricity provision in an area close to Khartoum, which means critical infrastructure is being damaged," said Patrick Youssef, the Red Cross's Regional Director for Africa, in a new report.

"There is a clear increased use of these technologies, drones - to be in the hands of everyone - which increases the impact on the local population and the intensity of attacks," Youssef said.

After two years of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, some people are returning to Khartoum after they were forced to flee when war broke out on April 15, 2023 amidst a ongoing power struggle between the army and the RSF ahead of a transition to civilian rule.

Some 12 million people have been displaced by the conflict since 2023.

"We have seen violations of the law left, right and center,” Youssef said, urging the warring parties to allow the Red Cross access so it can offer humanitarian support and document atrocities.

In March, aid groups told Reuters that the RSF had placed new constraints on aid deliveries to territories where it was seeking to cement its control. Aid groups have also accused the army of denying or hindering access to RSF-controlled areas.

Both sides in the conflict deny impeding aid.