Category: Morocco

Trump Receives Morocco’s Highest Award for Middle East Work: Official

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official told Reuters. In a private Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who is Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, gave Trump the Order of Muhammad, an award given only…


Kushner Joins Israelis on Landmark Visit to Morocco

BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel—Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner led a delegation from Israel to Morocco on Tuesday on the first known direct flight since the two countries agreed to establish full diplomatic ties earlier this month as part of a series of U.S.-brokered normalization accords with Arab countries. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has overseen…