Fifty years of stalemate

The dispute over Western Sahara has poisoned diplomatic relations in the Maghreb region since 1975, when Spain abandoned what was once its 53rd province following the Green March, the massive mobilization of tens of thousands of Moroccan civilians promoted by Hassan II, father of the current monarch, during the death throes of dictator Francisco Franco in Spain.

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Western Sahara conflict underpins Morocco and Algeria’s ‘selective silence’ on attack against Iran

Rabat and Algiers have avoided condemning the US and Israeli strikes, amid ongoing talks over the African territory in a dispute that’s about to turn 50 years old

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