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The prime minister pointedly contrasted his government’s hands-on handling of the surge of migrants in the North African city with the monarch’s absence.

Even “warrior monks” have secrets. Sébastien Lecornu opted for this term himself, pledging his loyalty to Emmanuel Macron when he was appointed prime minister. The expression carries an ascetic, even dull connotation.

Trailing targets, monitoring internet cafes, deploying spyware: Morocco has mobilized a massive arsenal of surveillance tools against journalists and dissidents in recent years. At the forefront is Pegasus, a spyware that has been used to target foreign heads of state and government, among others.

From product demonstrations at a secret villa in Rabat to training sessions at NSO’s Herzliya headquarters, Forbidden Stories and its partners retrace the early stages of Morocco’s use of Pegasus.

Jane Benzaquen, 70, says her mother had an affair with King Hassan II of Morocco in the 1950s, resulting in her birth but she was taken to Belgium and raised in a foster family