• Kushner and Berkowitz had been speaking with the Moroccan government for over two years, suggesting normalization of relations with Israel in exchange for US recognition of Morocco's claim to Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
  • The US recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for Morocco's serious, credible and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory," Trump said. (wikipedia.org)
  • A subsidiary of the US company has signed a contract with the Moroccan king's energy firm for a large wind farm in Western Sahara, consistently referring to the location as part of Morocco. (wsrw.org)
  • After 15 months of diplomatic deadlock, even the Moroccan king came to the rescue of the Spanish prime minister. (inspain.news)
  • "We fully support Morocco and its Saharan autonomy initiative, which we see as the only solution to this dispute," This was announced by Ava Atzum Arevalo to the media after a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • Guatemala already announced its decision to open a consulate in Dakhla on September 22, in the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Morocco and agrees to the Moroccan proposal for Western Sahara. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • The Central American country joined nearly thirty other nations who have taken the same step to support Moroccan sovereignty over the former Spanish colony. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • The North African country advocates a broad autonomy initiative for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the most viable option to resolve the nearly five-decade-long Sahara conflict. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • The Alawite kingdom thus continues to gain support for its proposal of broad autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the "most serious and credible" option for resolving the Saharawi conflict, as recognized by other very important countries such as Germany and Spain. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • This proposal received a major boost in December 2020 when Donald Trump's US administration recognized Moroccan sovereignty of the Sahara in exchange for the kingdom forging strong diplomatic ties with Israel, along the lines of the Abraham Accords, signed in September Sealed under US auspices in 2020. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • Former United States President Donald Trump in 2020, recognized Moroccan control over the Western Sahara in an attempt to strengthen relations between the Kingdom and the State of Israel. (popularresistance.org)
  • In a letter made public on March 18, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez endorsed a Moroccan plan of autonomy for Western Sahara, a clear break with Madrid's long-established policy that the disputed territory's status should be decided by a referendum. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Hundreds of other potential migrants stood on the Moroccan side of the fence that separates the Spanish enclave from Morocco. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • This is happening because of the absolute passivity of the Moroccan authorities," Ceuta regional leader Juan Jose Vivas told 24H TV channel, adding that the situation was chaotic and it was now impossible to say how many migrants had entered. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The United States in December recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The Trump administration as part of this so-called Abraham Accords bought off Morocco by supporting Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara," said Mr. Fletcher. (finalcall.com)
  • Additionally, media reports said the deal included an alleged $3 billion investment package for Moroccan banks, hotels and a renewable energy company owned by Morocco's King Mohammed VI, said the New York Times. (finalcall.com)
  • And, in recent decades, the Spanish fishing fleet has become dependent on Western Sahara waters (and Moroccan licenses) for up to a third of its catches. (seleccions.org)
  • On September 29, the day the CJEU's decision on Western Sahara was announced, Josep Borrell, the EU's supreme foreign policy chief, issued a joint statement with his Moroccan colleague reaffirming a strategic partnership. (seleccions.org)
  • We express our strongest condemnation of the new aggression perpetrated by the Moroccan army against the Saharawi population, as well as our total rejection of the unacceptable behaviour of the Spanish Government in the face of the worrying events in Western Sahara. (pressenza.com)
  • We urge the Spanish Government to fulfil its obligations as the administering power of the Saharawi territory pending decolonisation so that the Saharawi population can gain access to their freedom and independence and, in turn, we demand that the Spanish Government immediately cease the sale and donation of arms to the Moroccan army. (pressenza.com)
  • We denounce the crimes against humanity committed by Morocco in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara and the ongoing harassment and brutality with which the Moroccan apparatus of repression treats the Saharawi civilian population, activists and journalists. (pressenza.com)
  • This week, Moroccan King Mohammed VI announced his plans to launch a major initiative to revitalize Morocco's Atlantic coast, including off the waters of the disputed territory of the Western Sahara. (aa.com.tr)
  • The territory was ceded to Morocco and Mauritania after the exit of Spain as a colonial power in 1975. (popularresistance.org)
  • The North African neighbours have been locked in a bitter rivalry for decades over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which was a Spanish colony until 1975. (mailerlite.com)
  • Once colonized as the Spanish Sahara, the area has been in dispute since Spain relinquished it in 1975. (finalcall.com)
  • The Polisario has engaged an armed independence struggle against Morocco from 1975 until a United Nations brokered ceasefire was reached in 1991. (finalcall.com)
  • Morocco annexed the sparsely populated territory in 1975 after the end of Spanish colonial rule. (wnw24.com)
  • Currently the Spanish Government tends to keep silent about the activities of Morocco in Western Sahara which is disputed territory and was occupied by Spain until 1975 when it withdrew and Morocco took over 80 per cent of the land area. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • Western Sahara was a colony belonging to Spain until 1975, and was annexed by Morocco after the withdrawal of the Spanish, although this annexation is not recognized by most states. (scoop.me)
  • Sahara since 1975. (lu.se)
  • Formerly the Spanish colony of Rio de Oro, Western Sahara was annexed by both Morocco and Mauritania when Spain withdrew in February 1976. (mbendi.co.za)
  • Morocco possesses the "last colony in Africa" with its occupation of the Western Sahara, which it long claimed since 1957 as its southern province. (finalcall.com)
  • Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony. (seleccions.org)
  • As part of the agreement, the United States agreed to recognize Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara while urging the parties to "negotiate a mutually acceptable solution" using Morocco's autonomy plan as the only framework. (wikipedia.org)
  • By 2030, half of Morocco's wind energy production could be generated illegally in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • Guatemalan Deputy Foreign Minister Ava Atzum Arévalo traveled to Rabat, where she reaffirmed her country's position in supporting Morocco's formula of sovereignty over Western Sahara as the "only possible solution" to the Saharawi conflict. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • We support Morocco's position on this issue and we will support Morocco forever," the Central American country's head of diplomacy said in statements to the press, echoed by media outlets including Atlas Info. (shepherdgazette.com)
  • The letter endorses Rabat's position on Western Sahara, describing Morocco's 2007 proposal for Sahrawi autonomy - which would integrate the territory into Morocco - as 'the most serious, realistic, and credible' basis for resolving the conflict. (popularresistance.org)
  • Spain is now the strongest European supporter of Morocco's autonomy plan - even in comparison to France, a close ally of Morocco. (popularresistance.org)
  • Morocco's Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement last month deploring what it said was Spain's decision to admit Ghali under a false identity without informing Morocco, warning of repercussions for relations between the countries. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Critics say taking Morocco's side disqualified the U.S. as a credible broker on the Western Sahara issue. (finalcall.com)
  • In the case of Morocco, until Mr. Trump recognized Morocco's illegal land claim, America maintained relations with a noncommittal posture toward the contradiction. (finalcall.com)
  • In his speech this week, Morocco's monarch added that its diplomacy has "consolidated Morocco's position" on the Western Sahara. (aa.com.tr)
  • Morocco insists it has sovereignty over the long contested territory. (seleccions.org)
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  • Indeed, in 2022, Spain reversed its position on the Sahara, now accepting Rabat's proposal to control the region. (aa.com.tr)
  • Morocco began constructing the wall in 1980, after a war with indigenous Sahrawi fighters who demanded that Western Sahara be given autonomy from Morocco. (middleeasteye.net)
  • The Swiss-Russian company EuroChem was most likely behind a controversial imports of conflict minerals to Estonia in October. (wsrw.org)
  • A Japanese-Canadian vessel that transported conflict phosphate from occupied Western Sahara was yesterday received by a floating protest in New Zealand. (wsrw.org)
  • The bay of Mogán at Gran Canary Island will next week be covered in conflict sand from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The Algerian leadership has been outraged by Spain's role in the Western Sahara conflict since Spain's dramatic turnaround two weeks ago. (inspain.news)
  • Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez revoked Spanish neutrality in this conflict after more than 40 years to put an end to the diplomatic crisis with Morocco. (inspain.news)
  • As President Joseph Biden has been reversing policies of his predecessor, questions are floating about what his administration will do concerning the issue of Western Sahara, a disputed territory in North West Africa where conflict has recently escalated into war. (finalcall.com)
  • The little-known conflict was exacerbated in the final weeks of the Donald Trump administration by an unprecedented decision to recognize a sovereign claim to the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco. (finalcall.com)
  • Spain's stance on the matter is especially important, as the country was Western Sahara's colonial ruler until 1976 . (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In a bitter response, Morocco lifted border controls into Ceuta, one of Spain's small enclaves in North Africa, allowing some 10,000 migrants to cross the border and effectively creating a humanitarian crisis. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Despite this and the fact that many compare the inconsistency of Spain's position against Gibraltar whilst maintaining outposts in Morocco, the current Spanish Government doesn't appear to want to intervene strongly. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • Speaking from Copenhagen, Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told media that "Morocco is a strategic partner" and that a number of working groups are studying the issue raised by the Canary Islands. (aa.com.tr)
  • Republican Senator Jim Inhofe, one of Rabat's fiercest critics over its policies in Western Sahara, retired this year. (wnw24.com)
  • The UN has been unable to ensure that Morocco holds a national referendum within the Western Sahara over the future of the territory. (popularresistance.org)
  • The final future of the state of Western Sahara will be settled when the forthcoming UN-supervised referendum is held in which the country's inhabitants must choose between independence or integration with Morocco. (mbendi.co.za)
  • The UN installed a peacekeeping force called the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) charged with monitoring the truce and coordinating the referendum on self-determination in the Western Sahara. (finalcall.com)
  • In 1991, a truce was negotiated with the promise on a referendum on the right to self-determination of Western Saharan inhabitants, the Sahrawi. (lu.se)
  • From the Algerian perspective as the protector of the Polisario Front fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, this was a "betrayal" that could cost Spain dearly during the war in Ukraine. (inspain.news)
  • Formerly known as the "Spanish Sahara", the people of the territory have been demanding national independence for decades. (popularresistance.org)
  • The most progressive states within the AU have supported the SADR in their struggle to win independence from Morocco. (popularresistance.org)
  • Relations between Madrid and Rabat have been frosty since May 2021, when Spain admitted the leader of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, for hospital treatment after he suffered complications related to COVID-19. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Saharawis take part in 2014 conference on self-determination and independence held in Morocco. (finalcall.com)
  • The Sahrawis make up 500,000 people, with 170,000 living in UN administered refugee camps in Algeria and who fled a vicious independence war against Morocco that began in 1976. (finalcall.com)
  • This is part of a long, smoldering quarrel between Algeria and Morocco that arguably began with the former's independence from France in 1962. (seleccions.org)
  • Morocco is angry with Algeria for its support for the Polisario Front, which wants independence for Western Sahara. (seleccions.org)
  • Polisario Front1, the liberation movement of Western Sahara, had fought to claim its independence but failed to do so. (lu.se)
  • Morocco has viewed Iran as a threat, and cut ties with the Iranian government in 2018, accusing it of funding the Western Saharan separatist movement Polisario Front via Hezbollah. (wikipedia.org)
  • During a press conference last week, Polisario invited the Union to conversations on continuation of fisheries offshore Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • In November 1984, the Polisario Front's SADR was recognised by the Organisation for African Unity leading to the withdrawal of Morocco from the OAU in protest. (mbendi.co.za)
  • In May 1991, the Polisario Front and Morocco ended many years of fighting following a UN sponsored peace settlement. (mbendi.co.za)
  • According to some experts, Morocco uses the tactic of alowing migrants into Ceuta as an instrument of pressure on Madrid, which angered Rabat last month by admitting the leader of Western Sahara's rebel Polisario Front to a Spanish hospital. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The surge in arrivals comes at a time of increased tension between Spain and Morocco over the fate of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, who is in hospital in Spain. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The Polisario Front wants the Western Sahara to be an independent state rather than part of Morocco. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The Polisario Front is the group that has been at war with Morocco over the years for the territory. (finalcall.com)
  • In February 1976, the Polisario Front declared Western Sahara to be the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), with the support of allies that included Algeria. (finalcall.com)
  • Tensions have reached the European Court of Justice, which this week awarded the Polisario Front a legal victory, ruling that a broad economic treaty between the EU and Morocco could not automatically be extended to Western Sahara. (seleccions.org)
  • Some members of the Polisario have Spanish passports. (seleccions.org)
  • The judicial activism in a relatively uncharted area in this field, external relations, was analyzed through a qualitative case study of the CJEU case Polisario Front , concerning the application of a EU trade agreement to the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • For all these reasons, we demand from the Spanish Government coherence and firmness in its defence of International Law and the support and respect for the legitimate right to freedom of the Saharawi people, as well as the formal recognition of the diplomatic status of the Polisario Front, as the sole and legitimate representative of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. (pressenza.com)
  • Moreover, about 40% of Spanish natural gas comes from Algeria. (inspain.news)
  • Furthermore, Algeria did not include the new permits for the Spanish company Iberia to fly to Algeria. (inspain.news)
  • On October 30, Algeria plans to close a gas pipeline carrying Algerian gas to Morocco, Spain and Portugal. (seleccions.org)
  • Relations deteriorated further this summer when Algeria accused Morocco of playing a role in starting several serious forest fires in its territory. (seleccions.org)
  • Tellingly, the next day, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Energy landed in Algeria for meetings with their counterparts on, among other things, the imminent 25% extension of the capacity of the direct Algeria-Spain pipeline. (seleccions.org)
  • With the Sahel, Morocco and Algeria at risk of worsening instability, 'the southern part of NATO, for Portugal, Spain, Greece, etc., they would like to have an eye open to that part of the world,' he said. (newsmax.com)
  • Spain has announced that it has endorsed a proposal by the Kingdom of Morocco to designate the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as an "autonomous" region within the North African state. (popularresistance.org)
  • Mauritania relinquished its falsely designated authority over the Western Sahara, while the Kingdom of Morocco, one of the few remaining monarchies on the continent, has refused to allow the people of the territory to even conduct an internationally supervised and monitored election on the status of their own country. (popularresistance.org)
  • CEUTA, Spain, May 18 (Reuters) - Spain has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after thousands of migrants swam into the northern African enclave, in what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a serious crisis for Spain and Europe. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said as many as 6,000 migrants, including about 1,500 minors, swam into Ceuta on Monday and Tuesday. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Morocco has a claim on Ceuta and another Spanish enclave, Melilla. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Ceuta, with a population of 80,000, is located on the northern tip of Morocco across from Gibraltar. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The Spanish occupation of Ceuta and Melilla are more contentious with Morocco attempting to limit the financial advantages of Ceuta in particular with Vox accusing Morocco of undertaking a "siege and strangulation of Ceuta" as it tries to stop the cheap export of goods. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • Western Sahara (Sahrawi Rep. (mbendi.co.za)
  • The state of Western Sahara or Sahrawi Republic lies along the coast of West Africa between Mauritania to its south and east, and Morocco on its northern border, and forms part of the West African region. (mbendi.co.za)
  • When Spain left, Morocco laid claim to the area triggering a resistance movement by the indigenous Sahrawi people refusing annexation of their lands. (finalcall.com)
  • On December 22, 2020, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President Jared Kushner and Israel's National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat, whose family immigrated to Israel from Morocco, were among the high-level officials who boarded a flight from Israel to Rabat, Morocco, to sign a joint declaration pledging to start direct flights between the two countries, promote economic cooperation, reopen liaison offices, and move toward full diplomatic relations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Starting in Tangier, Rabat or Marrakech, we can explore the best birding locations in Morocco: Merja Zerga, Merzouga, Oukaimeden and the Tagdilt Track, for instance. (birdingthestrait.com)
  • Washington and Rabat collaborate closely on counterterrorism efforts with Morocco, a significant non-Nato ally. (wnw24.com)
  • A hearing in the EU Parliament indicates that there are many questions, and still few answers, on the EU's response to the EU Court ruling annulling bilateral agreements with Morocco over the inclusion of occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • Today, the EU Court of Justice has struck a blow to the EU's practice of applying trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco to occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The former Legal Counsel to the UN Security Counsel, Mr. Hans Corell, comments on the EU's fisheries activities in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The demonstration ended at the Puerta del Sol, where Spanish political and trade union representatives, as well as the Saharawi Delegate for Spain, Abdulah Arabi, addressed those present, ending the event with the reading of the Manifesto of the March. (pressenza.com)
  • In the same vein, we request the mediation of the Spanish government so that the Saharawi prisoners, many of whom are unjustly sentenced to sentences of between 10 and 30 years, and even life imprisonment, are released as soon as possible. (pressenza.com)
  • We also urge Spanish companies to stop their plundering activity in Western Sahara, not only because it contravenes international law, but also because the only legitimate owner of these resources and their legal representative is the Saharawi population, whose fundamental rights are being trampled upon. (pressenza.com)
  • The Spanish company today, yet again, refers to the territory as part of Morocco. (wsrw.org)
  • The border between Morocco and the disputed territory of the Western Sahara is marked by an estimated 2700km of sand and stone walling bisecting the desert landscape. (middleeasteye.net)
  • Morocco has occupied the territory ever since, a presence most of the world considers illegal. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • After Mauritania withdrew from the territory in August 1979, it was incorporated into and administered by Morocco. (mbendi.co.za)
  • The SADR controls 20 percent of its territory-mostly barren desert, while 80 percent is controlled by Morocco. (finalcall.com)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • Turkey has become the leading importer of fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • According to Spanish press releases, there are currently regular talks about updating the price with the Spanish importer Naturgy , which praises the good relationship with Algiers. (inspain.news)
  • Nonetheless, in response to the seating of the SADR by the OAU/AU, Morocco withdrew its membership from the continental organization. (popularresistance.org)
  • The Chinese company China Molybdenum - which imported phosphate rock to its subsidiary in Brazil - will no longer purchase phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The Mexican imports of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara is picking up pace. (wsrw.org)
  • Ravensdown is "risking potentially disruptive direct action by refusing to allow port workers to register their protest at the importing of Blood Phosphate from the Western Sahara", says the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union. (wsrw.org)
  • When Kushner visited Morocco in May 2019, King Mohammed VI raised the issue of US recognition of Western Sahara, emphasizing the importance of this issue to Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • This prompted Madrid to raid € 3 billion on the profits of Spanish energy companies, like renewable energy star Iberdrola. (seleccions.org)
  • Along with Egypt and Jordan, Morocco became the sixth Arab League country to normalize ties with Israel. (wikipedia.org)
  • The two countries have maintained informal ties since then, with an estimated 50,000 Israelis traveling to Morocco each year. (wikipedia.org)
  • European ties with Morocco extend well beyond fish. (seleccions.org)
  • THE Foreign Ministers of Spain and Morocco held a video conference on Tuesday February 23 to discuss strengthening of economic and other ties between the two countries. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • State-owned Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach has now threatened Spain with a "recalculation" of the gas price amid the energy crisis and the highest inflation numbers in Spanish history. (inspain.news)
  • Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar spoke with the Algerian state news agency APS. (inspain.news)
  • Algerian president says relations with Morocco reach point of no return. (mailerlite.com)
  • With the closure of the gas pipeline, Morocco will have to find ways to do without Algerian gas entirely, although its energy sector has already foreseen this possibility. (seleccions.org)
  • Each time I meet with NATO ministers, the support of the allies is total due to the instability that we see on the alliance's southern frontier and especially the situation in the Sahel region right now,' Spanish Foreign Minister José Albares said. (newsmax.com)
  • Saharawis in Bilbao, Spain, demonstrated as a cargo vessel is arriving to pick up more controversial windmill components for occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • WSRW asks UN Member States to raise the rights of the people of Western Sahara, for whom Spain continues to bear responsibility. (wsrw.org)
  • Our most recent project, #SpanishArms, documents where Spain has approved export licences for arms sold to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Nicaragua, and how those arms have been used in the facilitation of oppression or human rights violations. (bellingcat.com)
  • Spain thereby indirectly recognised that Western Sahara is and will remain a part of Morocco. (inspain.news)
  • Birding The Strait is a Spanish Travel Agency with extensive experience organizing Birding Tours in Spain and Morocco . (birdingthestrait.com)
  • In addition to birdwatching holidays in Spain we regularly run B irding and Wildlife Tours in Morocco and the Western Sahara. (birdingthestrait.com)
  • Ghali was accepted into Spain on humanitarian grounds, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya told Cadena SER radio on Monday evening. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Speaking to The Final Call from Spain, Mr. Said argued, the U.S. has no rights to the Western Sahara to make it a part of any deal. (finalcall.com)
  • France and Spain have special legal relations with Morocco which go beyond the framework of other EU treaties. (seleccions.org)
  • Known as the PEOPLE'S PAPER, Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • Whether it's local news in Spain, UK news or international stories, we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home. (euroweeklynews.com)
  • While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Spain and other member nations are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow's influence to Africa. (newsmax.com)
  • We cannot continue at the margins of bilateral relations between Spain and Morocco, not when there's an issue that endangers the islands. (aa.com.tr)
  • The leading political party in the Canary Islands on Wednesday warned of the "threat" posed to the Spanish islands if Morocco were to carry out oil explorations in nearby Atlantic waters. (aa.com.tr)
  • Given that the Canary Islands sits in the Atlantic waters off the coast of Morocco and the Western Sahara, local politicians are demanding more information and suggesting that oil exploration is on the table. (aa.com.tr)
  • The Western Sahara is the only country which has not been declared independent within the AU, whose predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) after contentious debate, has advocated for the total liberation of the Western Sahara for nearly four decades. (popularresistance.org)
  • They (Morocco) have subverted democracy for all of these decades," Mr. Washington said. (finalcall.com)
  • Under the agreement, initially announced by the White House on 10 December 2020, Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations and trade relations and resume official contacts with Israel, and direct flights will be made between the two countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Israel-Morocco normalization agreement is an agreement announced by the United States government on December 10, 2020, in which Israel and Morocco agreed to begin normalizing relations. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2020 the Jewish population in Morocco numbered approximately 2,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Madrid, restoring relations with Morocco, a key partner in the fight against illegal migration, was a priority. (inspain.news)
  • It's a real viable test for democracy," said Linn Washington, an investigative reporter who traveled to Western Sahara. (finalcall.com)
  • Israel is concerned that weapons provided by the U.S. and other Western nations to Ukraine will end up in the hands of Israel's foes in the Middle East, including Iran. (dailyalert.org)
  • The proposed sale of long-range M57 Army Tactical Missile Systems to Morocco is notable because Washington has ruled out sending them to Kyiv for fear it could escalate the war in Ukraine. (wnw24.com)
  • Like other Arab states, Morocco is reliant on grain from Russia and Ukraine. (wnw24.com)
  • The private military company, which has also participated in the war in Ukraine, has developed footholds in Libya, Mali, Sudan and Central African Republic. (newsmax.com)
  • He pointed out that Morocco through strong lobbying efforts has garnered the support of many Democrats including Black lawmakers to certify its illegal occupation of the Western Sahara. (finalcall.com)
  • Morocco generally enjoys broad bipartisan support in Congress, which needs to approve the deal, making the sale likely. (wnw24.com)
  • They can also be easily loaded and unloaded onto C-130 cargo planes which Morocco maintains. (wnw24.com)
  • Agreement, or the Liberalization Agreement, aimed at liberalizing the European imports from Morocco, is also applied to Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • The North African country has been the main supplier for the Spanish market for years. (inspain.news)
  • We have spent much of our time in the last decade in our neighbouring country, and have led many B irding Tours in Morocco . (birdingthestrait.com)
  • As we are based in Tarifa, only 14KM away from our neighbouring country, is only natural that we spend a good part of the year birding in Morocco . (birdingthestrait.com)
  • But being stuck in a foreign country was not all bad news for the two. (romania-insider.com)
  • If the sales are approved, Morocco would be the first North African country to obtain Himars, or High Mobile Artillery Rocket Systems, which are mounted on a six-wheeled vehicle and operated by a crew of three. (wnw24.com)
  • The past few years have seen a huge shift of crossings from the North of Morocco to the South of the country and to Western Sahara. (alarmphone.org)
  • In a move that surprised no one, the EU Council has appealed the recent EU Court of Justice stopping EU trade and fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The EU Court of Justice will rule on the Union's trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco in occupied Western Sahara on 29 September. (wsrw.org)
  • The aquaculture company Gümüşdoğa turns the meal into valuable fisheries products for the European market. (wsrw.org)
  • As expected, the Council of the EU has appealed the ruling of the EU General Court annulling the application of EU-Morocco deals in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • In fact, the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR) in a recent report noted: "The surprise move came to light when King Mohammed VI (Morocco) revealed some of the contents of a private letter from Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. (popularresistance.org)
  • Tuesday saw the Biden administration approving a possible $524 million sale of 18 Himar mobile artillery systems to Morocco , a significant friend and military partner in the unstable Sahel. (wnw24.com)
  • Mohammed VI is also heavily criticised at home for his new Western Sahara policy. (inspain.news)
  • Smuggling networks extend to both sides of the border and involve the local population, local companies and authorities on both sides of the sea. (alarmphone.org)
  • Morocco has tried to strike a balance between its US ally and Moscow . (wnw24.com)
  • Western Sahara, a former Spanish province, has been in exile, repression and occupation for 45 years, without having been given a solution in accordance with international law. (pressenza.com)
  • A gas pipeline is scheduled from Nigeria to Morocco - through Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • Soviet active measures are equivalent to strategic deception in Western intelligence theory. (capitalresearch.org)
  • Moved by the exodus and suffering of Indian migrant workers, especially women, Spanish artist Isabela Lleo started making sculptures of this tragic migration, now an international art project. (hardnewsmedia.com)
  • Since 2018, a Bellingcat collaboration has documented, using open source, how European countries and companies have breached their own, and international, laws dozens of times. (bellingcat.com)
  • Scoop.me is an international news sharing platform. (scoop.me)