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Polisario rocket attack on Smara highlights use of Soviet-era weapons and Algerian involvement
Hespress
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June 30, 2025
The recent rocket attack on the southern Moroccan city of Smara has reignited concerns over the use of outdated, indiscriminate weaponry by the separatist Polisario Front, with experts calling the act a clear indication of the group’s terrorist...
Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council
Democracy Now!
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We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks with Democracy...
Despite Mounting Evidence, Bolton Downplays Polisario’s Terrorism Against Morocco
Morocco World News
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June 30, 2025
Rabat – Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton– a vocal advocate for Polisario and its separatism claims targeting Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara – recently attempted to downplay Polisario’s terrorist...
Morocco trade push links Sahel to Atlantic via Western Sahara
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Morocco's Atlantic Initiative would concretise its control over the disputed territory of Western Sahara [Getty] A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle...
International Observatory documents Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Oslo, 29 June 2025 (SPS) – The International Observatory for Monitoring Western Sahara Resources, in its annual report released this June, documented Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara, in blatant violation...
Syrians urge Damascus to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara
I24 News
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News over Rabat and Damascus restoring diplomatic ties and Morocco's expectation of Syrian recognition of its sovereignty over the Western Sahara has sparked many reactions inside Syria in support of such a step. In an open letter to Syrian...
Algeria–U.S. energy ties grow amid Western Sahara tensions
Business Insider Africa
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June 29, 2025
This renewed engagement comes as part of Algeria’s broader push to assert economic diplomacy in the face of growing international pressure surrounding the long-standing territorial issue. On June 24, the Secretary-General of Algeria’s Ministry of...
The Polisario Front attacks Moroccan positions in Esmara
Atalayar
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June 30, 2025
In an attempt to escalate the conflict with Morocco, the Polisario Front carried out several air strikes in the Esmara region of the Moroccan Sahara. Increasingly isolated politically, the Polisario Front has only succeeded in reinforcing...
Polisario Front takes part in German SPD Congress in Berlin
Sahara Press Service
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Berlin (Germany), June 29, 2025 (SPS) – At the invitation of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), a Sahrawi delegation attended the party’s Congress held in Berlin from June 27 to 29, 2025. The event saw broad participation from party...
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Label Polisario Front as Terrorist Group
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) On Thursday, two members of the US House of Representatives formally introduced legislation in Congress seeking to classify the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. The proposed bill reflects escalating concerns over the group's...
The project aims, in part, to cement Morocco's control over the disputed Western Sahara
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Barron, WI (54812) Today Thunderstorms likely. Rainfall will be locally heavy at times. Potential for severe thunderstorms. Low 66F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%.. Tonight Thunderstorms likely. Rainfall will be locally heavy at...
Report: China, Russia Likely to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Marrakech – A recent report by the Migration Research Institute identifies Morocco as “the most stable country in the entire Maghreb” and indicates major diplomatic developments may soon reshape the Western Sahara dispute. Despite persistent...
Rockets Hit Moroccan-Controlled City In Western Sahara Sparking Tensions (Photos)
SouthFront
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June 28, 2025
Click to see full-size image. Via X. A barrage of rockets hit on June 28 the outskirts of the Moroccan-controlled city of Smara in the disputed Western Sahara region. The rockets fell near the Lazab neighborhood, close to the headquarters of the...
Frente POLISARIO UN Representative: Desperation is what leads the occupying state to intensify its hostile campaigns against the Sahrawi people
Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), 29 June 2025 (SPS) –Interviewed by Sahara Press Service (SPS) today, Member of the National Secretariat and Representative of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations and Coordinator with MINURSO, Dr Sidi Mohamed Omar,...
WSRW welcomes reduction in 2024 list of purchasers of Western Sahara phosphate, illegally exploited by Morocco
Sahara Press Service
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London, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – The Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW), an international observatory monitoring natural resources in Western Sahara, welcomed on Thursday the reduction in 2024 of the list of clients purchasing phosphate from Western...
Syrian Party Calls for Including Polisario Front in Country’s Terror List
Morocco World News
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June 29, 2025
Tangier — The Free Syrian Party has urged Syria’s new leadership to include the separatist Polisario Front in an official list of banned terrorist organizations on Syrian territory. The party specifically wants the Polisario Front included on this...
UN Rapporteur urges Morocco to end repression of human rights defenders in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concerns on Friday over Moroccan police violence against Sahrawi human rights activists Sidi Mohammed Daddach and...
Bureau Veritas backs Moroccan Prime Minister in occupied Western Sahara
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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June 26, 2025
The firm announces it will render its services to a project that raises deep concerns over international law and human rights. Photo: Pacific Prospect seen offloading the Chinese cargo on Tenerife 28 May 2025. The cargo was bound for a wind farm...
US Congressman Joe Wilson introduces bill to sanction Polisario Front as terrorist organisation
The Business Standard
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June 29, 2025
US Republican Senator Joe Wilson announced on Thursday (26 June), the introduction of a bill to the US Congress aimed at designating the Polisario Front as a terrorist organisation. Wilson, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, shared...
Yeslem Beisat: Championing Sahrawi people’s foreign interests, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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June 29, 2025
Yeslem Beisat So, what is the current state of affairs? Beisat said that since November 2020 when Morocco again attacked Western Sahara, seizing more lands, hostilities between the two armies have resumed. He pointed out that while Morocco claims...