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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

Polisario Front

Polisario Front soldiers during a shooting exercise near Mehaires, Western Sahara on October 13, 2021. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
July 30, 2024, 4:22 pm
France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco
Macron tells Moroccan leader that Rabat proposal for limited autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is ‘only basis’ to solve conflict; Algeria decries ‘dubious political calculation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Moroccan army vehicle drives past car wreckage in Guerguerat, in Western Sahara, on November 24, 2020, after an intervention of the royal Moroccan armed forces in the area. (Fadel Senna/AFP/File)
July 20, 2023, 10:47 pm
Algeria denounces Israeli recognition of Western Sahara
Algerian-backed Polisario Front claims right to self-determination over disputed territory that Israel recognized this week as being under Moroccan sovereignty
By AFP
Brahim Ghali, head of the Polisario Front and the self-declared Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic, gives a speech to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front in the Aoussered camp, Algeria, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Guidoum Fateh)
July 20, 2023, 1:16 pm
Western Sahara rebels say Israel’s recognition of Morocco rule over area meaningless
Algeria-backed Polisario Front calls decision by Jerusalem ‘null and void,’ accuses Israel of trying to destabilize region
By AFP
Then-Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell, left, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, right, attend a press conference after holding talks during the former's visit to Rabat, Morocco, June 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 29, 2021, 6:43 pm
EU’s top court scraps trade deals with Morocco over Western Sahara exports
Polisario Front, which seeks an independent state in the disputed territory, hails the ruling as ‘a great victory’
By AFP
Pro-independence Polisario Front rebel soldiers are seen during a military parade in the Western Sahara village of Tifariti, February 27, 2011 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)
December 16, 2020, 12:14 pm
What’s next for Western Sahara after Israel-Morocco deal?
Experts say US recognition of Rabat’s sovereignty over disputed territory could destabilize region, express pessimism that it will lead to long-term solution
By Peter Martell
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, and Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad speak during a meeting in Algiers, Algeria, Jan. 7, 2020. (Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)
December 12, 2020, 5:50 pm
Algeria PM on Israel-Morocco deal: ‘Zionist entity’ wants to be near our borders
Abdelaziz Djerad decries ‘foreign maneuvers which aim to destabilize Algeria,’ after US recognizes Moroccan rule in Western Sahara, where an Algiers-backed group seeks independence
By AFP
A soldier holds a Sahrawi flag as a United Nations helicopter files over the Smara refugees camp near Tindouf, south-western Algeria, March 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou)
December 11, 2020, 4:50 am
Independence movement pans US recognition of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara
Algerian-backed Polisario Front group says Trump’s decision to back Rabat’s rule over disputed territory ‘changes nothing in legal terms’
By AFP
Members of the Polisario Front, the organization disputing sovereignty over Western Sahara with Morocco, mourn their leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz, during his funeral held in the Rabouni refugees camp, south western Algeria, June 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub, File)
December 11, 2020, 2:40 am
Disputed Western Sahara in the spotlight after US-brokered Israel-Morocco deal
As part of normalization agreement, Trump agrees to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the territory, where an Algerian-backed rebel group is fighting for independence
By AP
A woman supporting pro-independence Polisario Front rebel soldiers walks near a makeshift Western Sahara flag of painted stones reading: 'Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, or SADR, free' in the desert near Tifariti, May 20, 2008. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP)
December 10, 2020, 10:42 pm
UN position on Moroccan sovereignty over Sahara ‘unchanged’ by US recognition
Chief Antonio Guterres says he remains committed to resolving territorial dispute based on Security Council resolutions, urges against actions that may aggravate tense situation
By AFP
Illustrative image of some 2,500 Polisario troops parade to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the declaration of the Saharawi Republic by the Polisario Front in Akhshash, Western Sahara, February 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)
May 2, 2018, 6:18 pm
Iran denies Morocco accusation of arms delivery to rebel group
Tehran says claims of weapons sent through Hezbollah are pretext for Rabat to cut ties, insists it does not interfere in countries with which it has diplomatic relations
By AFP
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