Polisario Front Protests Spanish Agency’s Stance on Western Sahara Military Exercises

In a detailed article, the agency stated that African Lion is taking place in Morocco and partly in Greir Labouihi, north of Mahbes, 55 kilometers west of the border with Algeria. Thus, the agency considers the Sahrawi city of Mahbes as "Moroccan", which constitutes a violation of international law, according to Ecsaharaui.

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For several days, the Moroccan press has announced that African Lion will take place in the cities of Kenitra, Agadir, Tan-Tan and Greir Labouhi (Mahbes), while the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) only cites the Moroccan cities on its website, the same source points out, stressing that "Mahbes is a city in Western Sahara, even if Morocco has integrated it into the province of Assa-Zag, in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and the UN places it in the buffer zone between the Sahrawi Republic and Morocco".

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The pro-Polisario media accuses Morocco of infiltrating all the media, press agencies and various Spanish institutions where the Sahara issue is addressed. According to it, Morocco, through the EFE agency, is trying to make the international public opinion believe that these military maneuvers are taking place in the Sahara, a territory "occupied" by Morocco, in violation of international law and UN resolutions.