
Expert: Morocco-Polisario War Unlikely, Conflict with Algeria More Plausible
Political scientist Ahmed Noureddine, a specialist in the issue of the Moroccan Sahara , rules out the possibility of a war between Morocco and the Polisario.

Political scientist Ahmed Noureddine, a specialist in the issue of the Moroccan Sahara , rules out the possibility of a war between Morocco and the Polisario.

The "Sahrawi Popular Liberation Army" (APLS) plans to go to war against Morocco after the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) deployed a security cordon in the Guerguerat buffer zone on Friday to secure the flow of goods and people. A military operation that routed the Polisario militiamen.

The resurgence of tensions between Morocco and the Polisario is provoking reactions. Spain is calling on the two parties to resume the negotiation process.

Faced with the resurgence of tensions between Morocco and the Polisario, France calls for "doing everything to avoid escalation" in the Sahara.

Exasperated by the provocations of the Polisario militias in the buffer zone of Guergarate in the Sahara, Morocco is preparing its response.

In a statement published on Monday, the Polisario Front brandishes the threat of resuming arms against Morocco. It says it opposes the intrusion of any "military, security or civilian element" into the Guerguerat buffer zone, located on the border between Mauritania and the Sahara.

Around 200 Moroccan truckers find themselves blocked at the Guerguerat border crossing between Mauritania and the Sahara. Desperate, they are calling on the Moroccan authorities for help.

In his commemorative speech on the 45th anniversary of the Green March, King Mohammed VI welcomed the achievements obtained and the adherence of the international community to a realistic solution to the Sahara conflict.

The Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly reaffirmed, on Friday, its support for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara through the adoption of a resolution.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad Nasser Bourita declared that "autonomy is the sole and unique solution to the conflict of the Moroccan Sahara". In 2007, Morocco had already proposed an autonomy plan.

Facing the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly, Omar Hilale , the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, defended the Moroccanness of the Sahara on Tuesday.

Colonel-Major of the Royal Armed Forces , Cherif Dlimi, passed away on Sunday morning in Rabat, following a Coronavirus infection. The deceased was buried in his hometown of Dakhla .