Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has created “an arc of instability that poses an immediate threat.” In this sandstorm city, relations are tenuous between peacekeeping forces, Polisario Front soldiers and inhabitants of the six nearby refugee camps.Īnd in 2011, militants from MUJAO-an affiliate of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb-kidnapped three foreign aid workers. Tindouf is an “immensely complicated place,” according to Foreign Policy. Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, or MINURSO. The primary crossing point in and out of the Berm is near the Algerian town of Tindouf, which is also home to the U.N. But talks concerning a referendum for the territory east of the Berm have stalled. The plan allowed for the Sahrawi people to eventually establish an independent state.
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The free zone formed in 1991 as a part of a cease-fire and settlement plan between Morocco and the Polisario. Within this area, the Sahrawi rebel liberation movement Polisario Front loosely governs, albeit without international recognition. East of the Berm is the free zone, a landlocked swath of desert next to Algeria and Mauritania. Today there are still 120,000 Moroccan troops along the border of the Southern Provinces-the areas Morocco claims.
Upon completion, the wall encased all the major settlements of the Western Sahara including its largest city El Aaiún, which is under Morocco’s control.Īmong locals of the region the Berm is also known as Hassan’s wall-named for King Hassan II, who annexed most of what was then called Spanish Sahara. In sections, year by year, Morocco expanded the walls of the Berm until 1987, when it reached the southern tip of the border with Mauritania. Map of Western Sahara including the Berm. The head of US Special Operations warns of new drone threat operators face July 26, 2022
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