Major cities in the greater Rif region include Nador, Tangier, Al Hoceima (also called Biya), Azghenghan, Selwan, Aâarwi, Imzouren, Ajdir, Targuist (Targist), Tittawin, Berkan, Midar.

Nicklas Stromberg Line notes External links Galerie Rif (Arrif) (FR) Rif Map

After the Third Punic War, Carthage was supplanted by Rome, and the Rif became part of the province of Mauretania.

The Rif region, mainly inhabited by the indigenous Berber minority, has long been seen as a region historically hostile to the central power, also known as Makhzen.

Local youth showing the Berber hand sign and doing a sit in in Imzouren, 14km from the city of Al Hoceima in the Rif region.

The 39 year old Al Hoceima born and raised Riffian has earned the reputation of being a very staunch and vehement activist, gathering sometimes thousands of people coming to listen to his speeches, all of which would be live streamed on social media.

An open conflict between civil society and the local authorities and police forces over the sequence of the events soon started and protests have been raging in the northern Rif region in Morocco since then.

In the beginning of the 20th century, the Rif tribes were unified under the leadership of the Riffian political and military leader Abd el Krim and fought both French and Spanish colonization of Morocco.

Although the new king took a different stance than his father by liberating political opponents, putting in place new institutions to promote national reconciliation, and regularly visiting the Rif region, these were not enough to make the locals forget the violence and repression their people endured in the past century.

Because of that, people skeptical about the protests, or the Hirak as the movement is called, were quick to question the presence of several Rif Republic flags and in parallel, the lack of Moroccan flags.

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