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Morocco rejects a proposal put forward by the UN envoy for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura that would partition Western Sahara with the northern part being annexed by Morocco and the southern part forming an independent state controlled by the Polisario Front.
2024-10-18

The United States says that Morocco will normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab country to do so in recent months, in an agreement mediated by the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump also says that he recognizes "Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory". Morocco says that the United States "will open a consulate in Western Sahara as part of Morocco’s deal with Israel".
2020-12-10

The foreign ministries of Spain and Morocco announce they will hold talks to resolve a dispute over territorial water rights in the North Atlantic, caused by the Moroccan parliament passing two laws that extended its claims to the coast of Western Sahara earlier this week. Spain expressed concerns that these laws would encroach on its claims near the Canary Islands.
2020-01-24

Morocco cuts diplomatic ties with Iran over its support for the Polisario Front, a Western Saharan independence movement.
2018-05-1

Mohamed Abdelaziz, the leader of the Polisario Front which fought for the independence of Western Sahara from Morocco, dies after leading the group since 1976.
2016-05-31

Morocco suspends contact with the European Union over a European court ruling that invalidates the bloc's farm trade deal with Rabat, and saying it should exclude the disputed Moroccan-controlled territory of Western Sahara.
2016-02-25

Thousands of people protest in Spain against a raid by Moroccan authorities in a camp in the disputed Western Sahara.
2010-11-14

Morocco arrests 96 people it accuses of inciting violence during last Monday's deadly police raid on the Gdaim Izik camp in Western Sahara. Half a dozen appear before a military court, including activist Annaama Asfari.
2010-11-13

Two people are killed and several injured after a protest camp in Western Sahara is broken up by Morocco, hours before talks on the disputed territory begin.
2010-11-8

A Sahrawi boy was killed and five other injured by the Moroccan Army near a protest camp in Western Sahara. [http:--www.spsrasd.info-en-detail.php?id=14154 (Sahara Press Service)]date=July 2019
2010-10-25