Moroccan King Grants Royal Pardon for 1,518 Convicts

King Mohammed VI performing the Eid prayer (MAP)
King Mohammed VI performing the Eid prayer (MAP)
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Moroccan King Grants Royal Pardon for 1,518 Convicts

King Mohammed VI performing the Eid prayer (MAP)
King Mohammed VI performing the Eid prayer (MAP)

Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardoned 1,518 people, including 17 convicts in terrorism and extremism cases, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

The Ministry of Justice stated that 1,270 detainees were included in the royal pardon, in addition to pardoning 411 inmates for their remaining sentences, 858 who had their prison term reduced, converting life imprisonment to a fixed prison term for one inmate.

Also, 231 people benefited from the amnesty, including 61 people who helped from pardon over their prison sentences or remaining prison terms, eight people benefited from pardon over their imprisonment terms while their fines were maintained, 156 people had their fines annulled, four individuals had both their imprisonment terms and penalties annulled, and two persons had their fines and remaining of terms annulled.

The royal pardon included a group of 17 convicts in cases of extremism and terrorism after officially expressing their attachment to the unwavering and sacred constants of the Nation and national institutions, revising their ideological orientations and rejecting extremism and terrorism.

On Saturday, King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay el-Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid, Prince Ahmed, and Prince Moulay Ismail performed the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Mohammedan Mosque in Casablanca.



ISIS Kills Five Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
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ISIS Kills Five Kurdish Fighters in Eastern Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters sit on a vehicle in the north of Raqqa city, Syria. (Reuters file)

The ISIS militant group said on Monday it killed five Kurdish fighters in an attack in eastern Syria's Deir Ezzor, according to the group's news agency.

The spokesperson for Syria's Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Farhad Shami confirmed to Reuters that five members were killed in the attack which he described as "one of deadliest" against the group in a while.

Deir Ezzor city was captured by the ISIS group in 2014, but the Syrian army retook it in 2017.

Former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a so-called “caliphate” over a quarter of Syria and Iraq in 2014 before he was killed in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria in 2019 as the group collapsed.

It has been recently trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia.