Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel

The north African country's counterterrorism unit said it had foiled attacks planned by a 12-member terror cell in the Sahel region. Authorities described their plans as an "imminent dangerous terrorist plot.

Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks against national and international targets in the country by a 12-member cell loyal to Islamic State in the Sahel. The operation underscores the threat emanating from jihadist militancy in the Sahel,

Authorities in the north African nation said they had dismantled a 12-member cell that was planning attacks on behalf of the jihadist group's regional franchise. View on euronews

Investigations and monitoring of the recently dismantled terrorist cell, named «The Lions of the Khilafa of Maghreb Al Aqsa» by its members, lasted nearly a year, said Cherkaoui Habboub, Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ),