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Follow live updates of a deadly, powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than 1,300 people and causing widespread damage in and around the city of Marrakesh. WHAT TO KNOW:
Nations that have offered aid to Morocco. 13:00, Anuj Pant. Several countries have offered aid to Morocco, following the devastating earthquake that struck the region and killed over 2,000 people.
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Despite many offers to assist, Morocco only officially accepted aid from four countries [159] [160] —Spain, the United Kingdom, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. [161] The president of the NGO Secouristes sans frontières, Arnaud Fraisse, stated, "We do not understand this situation of blocking on the part of the Moroccan government.
France used mainly artillery fire from armored cruisers to bomb the city and targets in the surrounding area, which caused an estimated 1,500 to 7,000 Moroccan deaths. [1] The bombardment of Casablanca opened a western front to the French conquest of Morocco after Hubert Lyautey 's occupation of Oujda in the east earlier that year.
The fire at Landiras was said to have a perimeter of 12 km (7.5 mi) by 6 km (3.7 mi) with several fire heads. [ 30 ] Midday at the La-Teste-de-Buch fire, saw the construction of firebreaks continued with the fire fought on left and right flanks to protect campsites and dwellings. [ 31 ]
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Guerguerat border crossing in 2007. Guerguerat is a small village located on the southern coast of the region, along the Moroccan National Route 1 leading to Mauritania, some 380 kilometres (240 mi) north of Nouakchott, in a buffer zone patrolled by MINURSO; [36] UN's envoy to the region, Horst Köhler, resigned in mid-2019 for health-related reasons. [37]