Morocco Dismantles Most Advanced ISIS-Sahel Cell Since 2023

Morocco's counterterrorism agency arrested 10 members of an ISIS-Sahel Province cell planning a coordinated attack featuring pressure-cooker IEDs, a modified vehicle, and bladed weapons. The operational sophistication—functional explosives, rigged transport—exceeds previous foiled plots. Roughly 130 Moroccan nationals have been recruited by ISSP recently. The escalation suggests external networks are converting diaspora recruits into actionable cells more rapidly than before.