Two weeks after the two United Nations Security Council meetings held on April 23 and 30 on the Western Sahara issue, Bachir Dkhil, a founding member of the Polisario who later returned to Morocco, offers a critical assessment of recent developments. He argues that the Front is going through a period of deep political and social fragility, while Algeria continues to play a central role in the conflict. In this interview with Yabiladi, he discusses the attack on Smara, the
A few days after international condemnations followed the attacks targeting civilian sites in Smara, the Polisario Front is pushing back on both the political and media fronts. While denouncing what it describes as a coordinated campaign orchestrated by Western powers, the Front is carefully avoiding direct criticism of the United States, which initiated the diplomatic response following the attack.
The Polisario Front has cornered itself into a tight spot and further deepened its international isolation following its recent attack on the city of Smara with three projectiles. This assault was met with condemnation from several countries, which also emphasized the need to engage in political negotiations based on the autonomy proposal as a foundation for reaching a final and lasting solution to the conflict.