A recent U.S. House Resolution acknowledges long-standing ties between the United States and Morocco, criticizes Iran for meddling in North Africa, and expresses support for Morocco’s autonomy plan – but does not propose any action steps.
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The presence of the fake "SADR" in the preparatory ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) does not mean in any way that Japan recognizes, implicitly or explicitly, this entity as a State, said, on Saturday in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro...
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As the UN General Assembly approaches, there have been many reports in Moroccan media concerned that Morocco’s position on Western Sahara will be threatened by the appointment of John Bolton as US national security adviser.
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Iran hopes to use its sponsorship of the Polisario into a means to extend its power in North and West Africa, particularly in states along the Atlantic coast line, minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, said, adding that this is only one aspect of Iran’s “...
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The Arab four-member committee in charge of monitoring the crisis with Iran and ways to deal with its interference in Arab affairs Tuesday expressed its solidarity with Morocco, which has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Tehran last May.
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Serbia reiterated, on Tuesday, its support for the territorial integrity of Morocco, stressing the importance of a political solution to regional conflicts in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions.
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Unlike the African Union-European Union summit in November 2017, the Polisario will not be attending the China-Africa summit. The latter will be held Monday in Beijing and will be attended by a number of African leaders.
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In 2007, shortly after Morocco tabled its initiative for autonomy to resolve the dispute in Western Sahara, David Welch, at that time the Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle...
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The Holy See's position on the Sahara issue "has not changed," said the Vatican's official representation in Morocco.
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I have heard a lot of oddly crazy options over the last 18 months about the future of MINURSO, the United Nations peacekeeping mission for Western Sahara. I say oddly crazy because some of them I heard directly from acknowledged experts on North African affairs.
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At the end of April, the Security Council surprised many observers by renewing the MINURSO mandate for only six months rather than a year, as had been the usual practice over the last decade. That raised a number of questions: Why the change? What did it hope to accomplish?
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Respect for territorial integrity of member states is a sine qua non for achieving the long-sought integration of the Maghreb Union (AMU), Morocco’s Lower House Speaker Habib El Malki told AMU’s Secretary General Taieb Baccouche.
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With impending visits to the region scheduled by UN Personal Envoy Kohler and US Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan, the Moroccan American Center for Policy (MACP) recently convened an informal discussion of circumstances in Morocco’s southern Saharan provinces.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki was received, Wednesday in Belgrade, by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who reaffirmed his country’s support for Morocco’s territorial integrity.
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I keep having to ask myself, “what is it that Polisario really wants?” I know what Algeria really wants. They want the Western Sahara issue to drag on forever, all the better to keep poking Morocco in the eye with it. And in that project, Polisario is their ever ready stick.
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IRAN's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps is training and arming the Polisario Front, sparking fear and concern of Great Britain, wrote British "Daily Express".
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Iran opens up new front in global battle against Western allies by funding rebel group in North Africa, wrote British daily "The Sun".
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The Hezbollah-Polisario collusion is still making international headlines following Morocco’s decision to cut ties with Iran. An op-ed in the Washington-based political newspaper, The Hill, wrote that the collaboration between Polisario and Hezbollah unveils Iranian toxic” strategy.
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The decision of Morocco to sever its diplomatic relations with Iran matches the gravity of acts by Hezbollah, which is supported by this country and threatens the security of the Kingdom, said Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, assuring that Morocco, which has irrefutable evidence, would not have...
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Iran’s regional ambitions in the Middle East from Syria and Lebanon to Yemen are well-known. What is new is that Tehran is widening the geographic scope of its expansionism into North Africa as well.
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Morocco cannot afford a diplomatic confrontation with the U.N. veto yielding Russia. Nonetheless, the two nations should be able to talk frankly about issues of national interests without damaging their friendship.