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Morocco sent its army to restore commercial and passenger traffic in the Guerguarat crossing in the UN-monitored buffer zone after all calls by the UN and the international community fell on deaf Polisario ears. Morocco has given ample time for the UN to make the Polisario leave the area and finally decided to act with […]
Mauritanians welcomed the intervention of Morocco to clear the Guerguarat crossing where the Polisario has prevented the flow of commercial and passenger traffic for more than 20 days. Different Mauritania media outlets described the clearing of the crossing as the end of an economic blockade imposed by the Polisario in total disregard for the interest […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored that his efforts to avoid escalation in Guerguarat have failed and vowed that the UN will work to maintain the ceasefire. In a response by his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said he “remains committed to avoid the collapse of the ceasefire.” Morocco said its army managed to set […]
The operation carried out by the Royal Armed Forces on Friday morning, upon the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of the General Staff, in order to restore free movement at the Guergarate crossing, took place in a “peaceful manner, without clashes or threat to the safety of civilians,” said the Ministry […]
Morocco acted firmly in line with Royal guidelines to clear Guerguarat from the Polisario bandits who have been blocking commercial and passenger traffic since October 21 and secure the area. King Mohammed VI, supreme commander of the Royal Armed Forces, has made it clear in a speech on the occasion of the Green March anniversary […]
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) set up, on the night of Thursday to Friday, a security cordon in order to secure the flow of goods and people across the Guerguarat buffer zone, linking Morocco to Mauritania, a statement from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said on Friday. After the intervention of the […]
The blocking of the Guerguarat crossing point by the Polisario militias, the destruction of the road connecting the Moroccan and Mauritanian border posts, and the provocations against members of the Royal Armed Forces are a serious violation of the last five resolutions of the UN Security Council. A diplomatic source that closely follows the […]
As the Polisario militias continue to block traffic at the Guerguarat crossing point, chief of the separatist group Brahim Ghali is facing growing criticism in the Tindouf camps by the local sequestered Sahrawis and by influential members of the polisario for igniting unnecessary tension in the region. He is also rebuked for letting himself be […]
An official Mauritanian source denied the involvement of the Mauritanian administration in the creation of a so-called parliamentary friendship group with the Polisario separatist entity. Anbaa, a Mauritanian news website, cited an official Mauritanian source saying the so-called parliamentary group was created under the outgoing Mauritanian administration. “The news (about the parliamentary group) was elaborated […]
The victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election has prompted a deep concern within the Polisario top leadership due to the “close and excellent ties” existing between Morocco and the US democrat party, according to a Spanish-speaking website close to the Algeria-backed separatist group. It is “under the Obama administration that […]