Players, coaches, and medical staff from the Moroccan national team paid a visit to the nearby Sale jail this morning to mark the beginning of the 12th term of its Spring University.

To celebrate the victory of the Atlas Lions in the most recent World Cup in Qatar, the prisoners of the neighborhood jail surprised the players by painting images of them on the prison walls.

Members of the national squad interacted with the artwork created by Sale Prison convicts by posting the drawings on social media.

The prisoners decorated the walls of the prison with drawings of King Mohammed VI sporting the Moroccan national team jersey, as well as drawings of the players, the coach, and the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, in addition to a choir performance and displaying sculptures they had made.

In preparation for their forthcoming match against Brazil on March 25 in Tangier, the Atlas Lions have officially regrouped.

This will be the Moroccan team’s first match following their extremely successful World Cup run in Qatar, which saw them get to the semifinals of the most prestigious football championship in the world.

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In the event that the new administration approves Trump’s policy in this field, it is expected that Morocco will receive the four drones.

Reuters reported yesterday, Thursday, that the administration of US President Joe Biden wants to keep a controversial policy from the era of his predecessor, Donald Trump, which led to the start of the sale of armed drones to countries whose human rights records are subject to scrutiny in the United States and other countries.

The same source indicated that Biden’s retention of the policy of former US President Trump, in the field of arms sales, especially drones, would lead to the approval of many deals which were suspended by the US Congress, with countries such as Morocco and the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, and India.

The same source added that members of the US Congress had previously suspended the sale of four drones to Morocco, due to objections to the decision to recognize Morocco’ sovereignty over Sahara, a deal that Donald Trump had agreed to last December.

In the event that the new administration approves Trump’s policy in this field, it is expected that Morocco will acquire the four drones.

In the same context, Reuters previously quoted three well-informed American sources as saying that the United States is negotiating the sale of at least four large and advanced MQ-9B drones to Morocco, and that consultations with Congress about the potential deal are expected to take place during the coming days.

The MQ-9B aircraft developed by General Atomics has a range of more than 11,000 km, and can scan large areas of land and sea.

The US National Security Council official said that the decision to continue adopting Trump’s policy “provides the U.S. government the flexibility to review UAS (unmanned aerial systems) export requests”, while continuing to exercise that “national discretion in ways consistent with our MTCR commitments, as well as “our strong commitment to U.S. national security, human rights, nonproliferation, and other foreign policy objectives”.

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Salé continues to reap more infections after Casablanca city. Thus, opening the door to an uncertain future, considering the fullness of Moulay Abd Allah Hospital.

A quick tour in the city is sufficient to observe the extent of recklessness that characterizes the relationship of people of Salé to Covid 19 precautionary measures, masks and social distancing, in particular, within the markets and popular neighborhoods.

In the neighborhoods of Al-Wad, Al-Inbiaat, and Sheikh El-Mfeddel, passers-by measure the gap between the periodic instructions of the authorities and the daily behavior of citizens. Means of transport are overcrowded, starting with tramways and buses that transport travelers from separate destinations.

Up until now, the authorities are still looking for an effective formula to reduce the number of Covid infections accumulating day by day, especially in view of lack of medical opportunities and terror that the virus will hit the heart of the health system, which includes doctors and nurses struggling to control the pandemic.

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