The General Directorate of Studies and Documentation (Arabic: المديرية العامة للدراسات والمستندات, French: Direction Générale des Études et de la Documentation; DGED) is the foreign intelligence agency of Morocco, under authority of the Administration for National Defense.

[18] In 2014, a Twitter account named @chris_coleman24, which was likely controlled by the French DGSE,[19] leaked documents and emails between Moroccan consulates and the DGED,[20] the user claimed that their goal was to "destabilize Morocco".

[23][24] Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused "pro-Polisario organizations" with the complicity of the Algerian government of running the Twitter account.

[30][31] In 2023, the DGED was involved in rescuing Romanian citizen Iulian Ghergut from al-Qaeda sympathizers in Burkina Faso.

[1] According to a 2003 report by Maroc Hebdo, the DGED has 4,000 employees total, 60% of which are members of the Royal Armed Forces, the remaining being civilians.

[36] According to Ali Lmrabet, the DGED was reported to have staff in consulates and embassies of Morocco, hence benefiting from diplomatic immunity.