Polisario Front ends 29-year ceasefire with Morocco
Polisario leader says his fighters launched attacks after Morocco enters buffer zone to break blockade
15 November 2020 - 22:20
Algiers/Rabat — The leader of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, said on Saturday the group had ended a 29-year ceasefire with Morocco to resume its armed struggle after a border confrontation.
A collapse of the truce, which Morocco has said it intends to stick with, could reignite a long-dormant guerrilla war in the remote desert region and aggravate decades of friction between Morocco and neighbouring Algeria, which hosts the Polisario...
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