[1][2][3] It was founded in 2014-2015 by Ali Amar as well as two other co-founders, Fatima-Zahra Lqadiri and Aziz Aouadi.

[7] It was the first time the Moroccan media landscape was scrutinized in this way.

[7] In 2018, Le Desk revealed that the lobbyist Richard Smotkin, who was later hired by the Moroccan government, played a role in the visit of Scott Pruitt, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (2017-2018), to Morocco.

[8] The investigative journalist Omar Radi was working for Le Desk when he was arrested for a tweet and when Amnesty International discovered NSO Group's Pegasus spyware on his personal cellphone.

[9][10][11] Le Desk is affiliated with Mediapart as well as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has been recognized for its work on the Panama Papers.