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Relations between Morocco and Algeria have been marred by several crises since their independence, particularly the 1963 Sand War, the Western Sahara War of 1975–1991, the closing of the Algeria–Morocco border in 1994, an ongoing disagreement over the political status of Western Sahara and the signing of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement (as part of the Abraham Accords) in 2020.
The uncertainty over much of the border alignment, and Morocco's claims for a so-called 'Greater Morocco' encompassing much of north-west Africa, led to the Sand War of 1963. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] Various agreements were signed in 1969-70 aiming to provide a peaceful resolution of the dispute, which resulted in the treaty of 15 June 1972 which demarcated ...
The Sand War (Arabic: حَرْبُ الرِّمَال, romanized: Ḥarb ar-Rimāl) was a border conflict between Algeria and Morocco fought from September 25 to October 30, 1963, although a formal peace treaty was not signed until February 20, 1964.
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Sultanate of Morocco: Algerian victory [7] Oujda experiences more than 100 years of rule under the Regency of Algiers [8] [9] Siege of Oran (1693) (1693) Part of the Conflicts between the Regency of Algiers and Morocco Location: Oran, Algeria: Spanish Empire. Spanish Oran; Deylik of Algiers. Sultanate of Morocco: Spanish-Algerian victory ...
Algerian forces killed two men and detained a third after they strayed across Morocco's maritime border with Algeria on water scooters, according to Moroccan media reports. A French citizen was ...
The Polisario Front attacked a Moroccan detachment participating in the construction of the wall north of Wadi Tenuechad, 8 kilometres from the Algerian border. The battle took place on a front of about fifteen kilometres from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. then, according to Morocco, the attackers withdrew towards Algeria. [2]
The Moroccan Western Sahara Wall or the Berm, also called the Moroccan sand wall (Arabic: الجدار الرملي, romanized: al-jidār ar-ramliyya, lit. 'sand wall'), is an approximately 2,700 km-long (1,700 mi) berm running south to north through Western Sahara and the southwestern portion of Morocco .