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Business as usual was restored in the Guerguarat border crossing after it was closed for three weeks by Polisario bandits. The Moroccan TV, Al Oula, showed footage of smooth crossing of heavy trucks in both directions between Morocco and Mauritania. “We thank His Majesty and the Moroccan Armed Forces for restoring peace and reopening this […]
European voices have joined the growing list of international supporters who welcomed Morocco’s Friday operation to restore commercial and civilian traffic on Guerguarat passage that has been blocked by the Polisario from October 21 to November 13, underlining the legality of this operation. In Spain, MP Eloy Suarez Lamata of the Popular Party said Morocco […]
Morocco has condemned “in the strongest terms” the acts of vandalism and violence perpetrated Sunday against its consulate in the Spanish city of Valencia. “As Ambassador of His Majesty the King to Spain, I wish to express our indignation and condemn in the strongest terms these acts of vandalism and violence, which, like what […]
The Spanish government has “strongly condemned” the acts of vandalism perpetrated this Sunday by Polisario elements in front of the Consulate General of Morocco in Valencia. “Spain strongly condemns the acts perpetrated on Sunday by some participants in a gathering (…) in front of the Consulate General of Morocco in Valencia,” the Spanish Ministry of […]
Guyana announced on Saturday its decision to withdraw its recognition of the Polisario’s self-proclaimed “SADR” and to suspend all ties with it. The announcement was made by Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Hilton Todd, in a letter to his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The Government of Guyana will no longer recognize […]
The Polisario has announced its unilateral withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement in a move that signals the state of disarray in its ranks. By declaring war, the Polisario has committed an act of military and political suicide as its separatist thesis has de facto faded. The UN on multiple resolutions called on the Polisario to […]
Arab states and the international community have expressed support for Morocco’s actions to restore commercial and civilian traffic on a passage that has been blocked by the Polisario from October 21 to November 13, underlining the legality of these actions. In the Arab world, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan, as […]
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 […]
French Government officials announced Friday that France’s anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned group linked to attacks in the region. Senior commander of Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) militant group, Bah ag Moussa, aka Bamoussa Diarra, had been killed in a French military operation in the Menaka area on […]
Participants in the Libyan dialogue forum, held in Tunis, have agreed to hold national elections in December next year, said the UN Mission in Libya on Friday. The 75 participants from across the social and political spectrum, including representatives of the internationally Government of National Accord (GNA) and Benghazi-based warlord Khalifa Haftar-controlled Libyan National Army […]