Morocco

A Moroccan national is among the 10 foreign workers killed in Iranian strikes on the UAE since the war began on 28 February 2026. The dead span six nationalities: Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Palestine, and Morocco. Morocco has a significant diaspora in the Gulf, with an estimated 100,000 nationals in the UAE working in hospitality, retail, and construction. Morocco normalised relations with Israel in 2020 under the Abraham Accords, placing it in a complex diplomatic position during the Iran-Israel conflict. Morocco's government has not publicly commented on the worker's death or taken a formal position on the conflict. The kingdom's Abraham Accords partnership with Israel and its traditional ties to Gulf monarchies leave it straddling competing regional loyalties.

Morocco is also among the twelve qualified World Cup nations that face US immigration restrictions but can still obtain tourist visas , placed in the partially-restricted category below the full travel ban or visa bond programme affecting other African and Middle Eastern nations. The US State Department confirmed on 7 April 2026 that it 'does not have any estimates' for how these restrictions will affect World Cup attendance, meaning Morocco's partially-restricted status has not been assessed by the administering government.

Morocco co-hosted the 2030 FIFA World Cup bid with Spain and Portugal, a successful campaign that has placed Moroccan football infrastructure and governance under sustained international scrutiny. The country's 2026 participation as a competing nation , rather than a co-host , comes with a foreign-policy backdrop that is more complicated than most.