RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s nationwide provider says seven flights that have been meant to take soccer followers to Qatar for Morocco’s historic World Cup semifinal on Wednesday in opposition to France have been canceled due to restrictions by Qatari authorities.Royal Air Maroc, or RAM, earlier this week introduced it will manage 30 flights between Casablanca and Doha on Tuesday and Wednesday for followers desperate to attend the sport. The one-of-a-kind deal could be on sale for five,000 dirhams ($475) spherical journey.Nevertheless, seven of these flights, operated by Qatar Airways, have been cancelled, the airline mentioned in a press release Wednesday to the official Moroccan information company MAP.“Following the latest restrictions imposed by the Qatari authorities, Royal Air Maroc regrets to tell its clients of the cancellation of flights supplied by Qatar Airways,” it mentioned. “Royal Air Maroc affords its apologies to clients for this inconvenience past its management.”It didn’t specify what restrictions Qatar had imposed.The Qatari authorities’s and Doha’s media places of work didn’t instantly reply to requests for particulars.Hafsa Mostafid mentioned she had booked a flight to Doha late Tuesday however was turned away at Casablanca airport. “I may hear commotion coming from those that have been prepared to go to Qatar however weren’t allowed to enter the airport,” she mentioned. “I additionally noticed that there have been police there to regulate the scenario.” She mentioned officers on the aiport instructed vacationers that as a result of “sheer variety of Moroccans at the moment trapped on the Doha airport with out tickets for the match, no planes from Morocco could be flown to Qatar as per directives from the Qatari authorities.”Morocco is the primary African and Arab nation to make it to the semifinals in World Cup historical past.On Tuesday, lots of of Morocco followers already in Qatar lined up for hours exterior a stadium hoping to obtain free sport tickets handed out by the Moroccan soccer federation in coordination with FIFA and the Qatari organizing committee. ___