125 Moroccan soldiers deserted during the Indochina War. They escaped death seeking refuge in Vietnam to lead a miserable life away from their country for several years after being repatriated in January 1972. Flashback.
Morocco was one of the eight Arab countries that participated to the Yom Kippur war, fought between from the 6th to teh 25th of October 1973. King Hassan II ordered Moroccan soldiers to take part of one of the deadliest Arab-Israeli wars in the history of the Middle East. Flashback.
While sporadic military harassment in the Sahara will not be a game-changer on the ground, the goal is to get the attention of the Biden administration.
Mauritania, Tunisia and Libya are the main pillars of the war of influence between Morocco and Algeria. Each of these two countries is trying to lead the regional political scene.
The same Brahim Ghali who summoned members of the Polisario General Secretariat to «prepare for war against Morocco», spoke about peace at the 10th edition of the Sahrawi summer university in Boumedres.