An Algerian delegation of MPs to visit Rabat Tuesday for two days. While local media describes the visit as «an initiative to calm things down», a source told Yabiladi that the delegation has a totally different objective.
Morocco’s ambassador to Algiers was received Wednesday by Algerian foreign ministry. After Hezbollah, the Polisario and the Iranian embassy in Algiers, Algerian authorities rejected the Moroccan accusations targeting the Lebanese Shiite organization.
A military plane of the Algerian army crashed in Boufarik this Wednesday. At least twenty-six Polisario officials are counted among the 257 dead, say government and local media.
Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, and the government spokesperson attended Saturday in Laayoune a conference organized by the Forum of international alternatives. Yabiladi’s team was there and had the chance to ask Mustapha El Khalfi about the situation in the Sahara.
King Mohammed VI has spoken UNSG Antonio General about the Polisario’s military presence in the buffer zones, said Nasser Bourita. The sovereign insisted that Algeria to bear part of the responsibility of Algeria regarding the territorial dispute.
Yabiladi was able to take a look at a copy of the UN Secretary-General's preliminary report on Western Sahara. The document to be presented soon by Antonio Guterres bears positive news for Morocco.
Serbian Foreign Minister’s comments on the Sahara have placed the Algerian Foreign Ministry on special alert. Abdelkader Messahel went to Belgrade urgently to defend his country’s position on this issue.
After ousting State Secretary Rex Tillerson, President Trump sacked HR McMaster as his national security adviser, appointing in his place John Bolton, a close friend of Algeria and the Polisario.