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- Morocco plans to repatriate Moroccan nationals who joined Islamic State in Syria, following the U.S. transfer of 5,700 detainees to Iraq.
- A senior security official says 1,667 Moroccan fighters are involved.
- Of those, 244 are detained in Syria and 279 have returned home.
- Additionally, 269 Moroccan women and 627 minors remain in conflict zones.
- The counter-terrorism agency has dismantled numerous militant cells and arrested over 1,000 suspected jihadists since 2015.
