By posting a photo of the Polisario’s right of reply in The Washington Post, journalists at Radio Algeria International (a public broadcaster) must have thought to themselves : «We nailed it!» But what’s the real story? Did they actually make an impact?
In the United States, the noose is tightening around the Polisario. Lobbying efforts to label the separatist movement as a terrorist organization are beginning to bear fruit. Following Congressman Joe Wilson and the Washington Post, an American think tank is now advocating against the Polisario.
The Polisario Front is seeking to avoid being added to the United States' list of terrorist organizations—a list that includes groups such as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, both aligned with the Iranian regime. The separatist movement has previously been linked to these entities in Syria.
As in July 2023, Algeria has reacted to the ongoing rapprochement between Morocco and Iran. Algiers fears that a normalization of relations between Rabat and Tehran, which have been severed since May 2018, would be detrimental to the Polisario.
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