In the 1920s, following the Battle of Anoual, France provided military support to Spain to help secure its occupation of the Rif. Four decades later, General De Gaulle extended technical and scientific assistance to Franco for Spain’s atomic bomb project, with plans for the detonation to take place in Western Sahara.
Ten months after proclaiming the creation of the Kabyle State from New York, the MAK has sent a letter to the new U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. In it, the movement denounces the Polisario and its Algerian supporters.
In a little-known 1957 conflict, Morocco's Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and Western Sahara, capturing key territories and besieging Spanish strongholds, forcing France and Spain to form a massive military coalition to repel the Moroccan resistance through Operation Ecouvillon.
After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.
When Morocco broke free from the French, the United States of America decided to strengthen diplomatic relations with Rabat. The country raised the level of its representation in the Kingdom and recognized the King’s sovereignty over Tangier.