Despite being stuck in the Yemen war against the Houthi rebels, Saudi Arabia is planning to send ground troops to Syria to fight against ISIS and Morocco is highly impacted by this new decision.
Once again, the Polisario is sending its armed elements to the buffer zone. The separatist movement is now present in four buffer zones, namely Mahbes, Tifarity, Gueguerate and Bir Lahlou, breaking the arrangement set up in 1976 under the auspices of the United Nations.