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The stalemate in Western Sahara was originally achieved on the battlefield during a 16-year war pitting Western-supported Morocco against the Algerian-backed Sahrawi guerrillas of the Polisario Front.

Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.

Polisario Front, Western Sahara rebel group fighting 30-year war for independence, announces release of 243 Moroccan prisoners after renewed request by Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar; United ...

So why is the fate of the Western Sahara important? It is home to barely 500,000 people—equivalent to the city of Fresno, California—spread over a 100,000-square-mile patch of desert, an area ...

Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony claimed by Morocco, and Morocco and the Polisario have been fighting for control of the area for two decades. Reuters Nov. 20, 1995 ...