Morocco is tightening the noose on Polisario separatists by further narrowing the area east of the berm after satellite images showed that a new wall was built 3km away from the Algerian border.
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Morocco reaffirmed its attachment to the ceasefire, while reserving the right to react with "the greatest severity" against any threat to its security, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad Nasser Bourita.
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The Kingdom of Morocco and the Russian Federation reiterated on Thursday the need "for all parties" to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara to respect the ceasefire and remain fully engaged in the political process, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African...
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On the 23rd of October 1963 Charles De Gaulle, head of the provisional government of the French Republic, and Alain Peyrefitte, the French Foreign Minister were discussing at the Elysee Palace the armed conflict between Morocco and Algeria, France’s two colonies. The border conflict between the...
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Having a large military arsenal and at the same time begging for food aid is an equation that a member of the European parliament tried to solve by appealing to the common sense of the leaders of the European Union (EU).
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In his newly released book presented at the national library of Morocco this month, Army Captain Ali Najab recounts the dire circumstances of being held in a Polisario prison...
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Morocco has removed and destroyed 96,272 landmines since the launch of a demining process in 1975. These included 49,325 anti-personnel mines and 20,543 bomb remnants, Morocco’s Ambassador to Norway Lamia Radi said.
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Polisario’s leader Brahim Ghali has unveiled his old project of war against Morocco. The «mandatory step» could start with introducing compulsory military service in the camps, Ghali said in a video.
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A Polisario militiaman was killed and two others were injured in a landmine explosion as a patrol of the separatist group came near the security wall in the demilitarized area.
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The weapons and military equipment recently delivered by the United States to Morocco do not go unnoticed in neighboring Algeria. If the rulers avoid making any official comments, the local media take over to scream wolf.
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Units of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) and Gendarmerie have been redeployed to the Moroccan Sahara near the buffer zones following the reopening of the former Sahara road connecting the city of Choum (in the far north-east of Mauritania) to Tindouf, in southwestern Algeria.
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Le Maroc vient d’envoyer un message clair au “polisario“ et à l'Algérie. Dans sa dernière livraison, la revue des Forces Armées Royales a confirmé publiquement une information qui circulait dans les milieux informés: des manœuvres inédites interarmées viennent d’être organisées, simulant une...
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On Sunday 20th of May, the Polisario Front made sure to commemorate the outbreak of its armed struggle in Tifariti, located east of the Moroccan Berm. The decision discredits the movement’s stance and will to conduct direct negotiations with the Kingdom.
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Morocco’s high-resolution satellite imaging is shifting power relations across North Africa.
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Since April 1 Morocco has launched an unprecedented diplomatic offensive to mobilize support for its position on the Western Sahara.
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French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian has allegedly warned his Algerian counterpart that France would not oppose Morocco’s military intervention against Polisario’s illegal maneuvers east of Morocco’s defense wall.
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The rising tension between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario is threatening peace and stability in a region already struggling to curb the surge of terrorist groups.
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Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria that the country is ready to intervene militarily if the Polisario Front continues to refuse the United Nations and Morocco’s call to withdraw from east of the Moroccan defense berm.
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For some years now I have been trying fruitlessly to persuade my former colleagues at the State Department, and anyone else who would listen, that the status quo in the Western Sahara was not sustainable.
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Since the meeting of the interior and foreign affairs ministers with the joint committee of the parliament in charge of foreign policy on Sunday, April 1, we have witnessed a proliferation of statements by Moroccan officials on Morocco’s determination to repel any Polisario attempt to change...
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FAR fighter jets are conducting reconnaissance flights throughout the region to detect new incursions by the Polisario armed elements in the buffer zones, similar to those recorded on March the 29th and April the 1st,» a source close to the file told Yabiladi.