Sunni scholars have temporarily set aside their deep doctrinal differences with Shiite Iran to condemn the war launched on February 28 by the United States and Israel against Iran. Moroccan scholars have joined this stance, describing the attacks as a «war against Islam».
The recent Iranian missile and drone attacks on civilian and military targets in the Gulf have abruptly derailed efforts at rapprochement between Tehran and several Arab states, reinforcing the cautious stance Morocco has maintained since 2017.
During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on countering terrorism in North Africa, Republican Senator Ted Cruz pressed officials to clarify whether U.S. references to terrorist threats in the Sahel were aimed at the Polisario Front. The responses, however, were described by as «evasive» in an otherwise heated session.