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Public appearances by representatives of the Algeria-based Polisario Front in activist and academic forums this month have underscored the group’s growing ideological alignment with Iran and the so‑called “axis of resistance,” reinforcing concerns in Washington and western capitals over its regional posture and external links. The Polisario took part in a series of events marked […]
Algeria has rushed to force the Polisario into making some leadership changes, including the dismissal of senior figures overseeing its militia and political structures, amid growing international scrutiny of the separatist movement and calls in the US congress and the senate to classify the Algerian proxy militia as a terrorist group. The reshuffle affected around […]
Algeria has renewed its 2002 treaty of friendship and neighborliness with Spain, ending a prolonged diplomatic standoff that failed to secure any change in Madrid’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares announced the reactivation of the treaty this week following talks in Algiers with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, […]
Costa Rica has commended Morocco’s Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, describing the plan as “the most serious, credible, and realistic basis for reaching a lasting political solution” to this dispute. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement released in Rabat following the talks held Friday between Costa Rican Foreign […]
Poland views Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara as “a serious, pragmatic and realistic basis” for resolving a conflict that has stretched for five decades, Polish Ambassador to Rabat Tomasz Orłowski told Le360 in an interview marking the 40th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Morocco. Poland’s position reflects both the need […]
A new boost emerged this week for a House bill seeking to require the US government to formally designate the Algeria-backed separatist Polisario militias as a foreign terrorist organization, as Representative Elise Stefanik became the latest lawmaker to join the bipartisan initiative. Her support brings to 11 the number of co‑sponsors backing the measure, which […]
The Czech Republic Thursday expressed support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative as the most feasible solution to the dispute over the Sahara, and said it intends to act accordingly. This position was expressed in a Joint Declaration, signed in Rabat Thursday, following a meeting between Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr […]
It’s time for the United Nations to dismantle the Polisario Front Camps in Tindouf after the UN Security Council endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in the Sahara, said the prestigious American Think-Tank “the Middle East Forum”. “At the height of the Cold War, Soviet proxies Algeria and Cuba created the Polisario Front. They cared little for […]
The telephone conversation that U.S. senior presidential advisor Massad Boulos had lately with Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune turned into a “very difficult exchange” amid mounting US Congress push for branding Polisario Terrorist Organisation, according to sources in Washington cited by Assahifa news platform. Boulos has expressed in a firm tone US administration’s concern over the […]
A legislative push in the United States Senate to formally designate the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization is gaining traction, with a fourth senator joining the initiative just ten days after the bill was first introduced. Republican Senator David McCormick formally endorsed the Polisario Front Terrorist Designation Act of 2026 on March 23, […]