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Western Sahara and Russian Arms Sales: A Review

... has revolved around arms trade. As Algeria has been supporting Polisario with weapons and has traditionally been hostile to Morocco, is it still in Russia’s interest to continue its arms sales to Algeria? Indeed, there have been incidents involving Polisario and Russian military hardware. Should Russia review its arms sales policy to Algeria considering its increasingly closer ties with Morocco and the recent flare-up of tensions in Western Sahara? Russia could well antagonize and lose its strategic ally, Morocco, by providing arms to Algeria, now that both countries are on the brink of war. Besides, Russia could further ignite the conflict by precipitating an already existing arms ...

09.04.2021

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Western Sahara – a Rebel with an Angelic Face?

... RIAC Program Manager, and Maria Gurova, RIAC web-editor RIAC expresses gratitude to Douglas Herrick for the assistance in the preparation of the interview 1 . The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro, which is in Western Sahara. Polisario is officially recognized by the UN. 2 . In 1976 the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic had been proclaimed by Polisario on the disputed territory immediately after Spanish withdrawal. The republic is still partially recognized, but does not control ...

23.03.2015

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