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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at a press conference after holding meetings with his Moroccan counterpart during an official visit to Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo)

Spain’s prime minister meets with Morocco’s king and discusses migration and the Israel-Hamas war

By Sam Metz - Associated Press

In this image released by Morocco's Foreign Ministry, Morocco Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, right, and Morocco's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Omar Hilale, left, welcome UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, as he visits the region, in Rabat, Morocco, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (AP Photo via Morocco Foreign Ministry)

A UN envoy has made his first visit to Western Sahara. He pledged to advance the political process

Associated Press

FILE - This photo provided by the Moroccan Royal Palace shows Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, greeted by Moroccan King Mohammed VI prior to their lunch at the Royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco, Nov. 19, 2018. Sanchez is set to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Thursday, April 7, 2022 during a two-day visit to Rabat that promises to mark a mending of diplomatic tensions centered on the disputed region of Western Sahara. Relations were damaged last April when Morocco was angered by Spain allowing the leader of the pro-independence movement for Western Sahara to receive medical treatment. (Moroccan Royal Palace via AP, File)

Spain PM in Morocco to mend ties after Western Sahara shift

By Joseph Wilson and Tarik El Barakah - Associated Press

Morocco recalls its ambassador to Germany as tensions rise

Associated Press

In this image made from video, Brahim Ghali, leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front speaks to a crowd in Tindouf, Algeria, Feb. 27, 2021. The leader of the Polisario Front that leads the struggle for the self-declared Western Sahara republic has been brought to Spain to receive medical treatment, it was announced Thursday, April 22. Brahim Ghali, who is 73, leads the Algeria-backed pro-independence group representing the local Sahrawi population that has fought Moroccan forces for control of the territory in western Africa. Ghali was taken to Spain “for strictly humanitarian reasons,&quot; the foreign ministry said. (AP Photo)

Sahara’s Polisario Front chief gets COVID treatment in Spain

By ARITZ PARRA - Associated Press

Morocco freezes ties with German Embassy amid Sahara tension

By TARIK EL BARAKAH - Associated Press

An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. U.S. plans to open a consulate in Western Sahara mark a turning point for the disputed and closely policed territory. U.S. recognition of Morocco’s authority over the land frustrates indigenous Sahrawis seeking independence. But others see the future U.S. consulate as a major boost for Western Sahara cities like Dakhla. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

US Consulate a turning point for disputed Western Sahara

By MOSA'AB ELSHAMY - Associated Press

US says it will open a consulate in disputed Western Sahara

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, left, elbow bumps Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in Jerusalem, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Kushner joins Israelis on landmark visit to Morocco

By Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

In this May 2, 2017 file photo, Morocco's King Mohammed VI, left, smiles as he arrives at the Elysee Palace to meet France's President Francois Hollande in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Israel, Morocco strike deal to normalize diplomatic relations

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 20 2008 file photo, pro-independence Polisario Front rebel soldiers prepare tea in the Western Sahara region of Tifariti. The Moroccan military has intervened in a U.N.-patrolled border zone in the disputed Western Sahara to clear a key road it said was being blockaded for weeks by supporters of the pro-independence Polisario Front. Moroccan forces set up a security cordon overnight in the Guerguerat buffer zone on Western Sahara's southern border with Mauritania, &quot;in order to secure the flow of goods and people through this axis,&quot; (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

UN chief vows to do utmost to keep Western Sahara cease-fire

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Spain warns of possible Sahara camp terror attack

By Associated Press - Associated Press

UN: ex-German president resigned UN job for health reasons

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN diplomats: New talks on Western Sahara expected in March

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita arrives for a round table on Western Sahara at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 05, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

UN hosts meeting of regional envoys over Western Sahara

Associated Press

UN welcomes moves to restart negotiations on Western Sahara

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 31, 2003 file photo, Ahmed Boukhari, representative of the Polisario Front rebel movement, speaks to the media after the United Nations Security Council meeting. The head of the Polisario Front movement that seeks independence for the disputed Western Sahara says the group’s representative to the United Nations has died after a long illness. Algeria's official APS news agency published a Polisario Front statement Wednesday, April 4, 2018 saying senior leader Ahmed Boukhari died Tuesday in Spain. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, file)

Morocco warns it may act against Polisario in Western Sahara

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Morocco threatens UN buffer zones in disputed Western Sahara

By AMIRA EL MASAITI - Associated Press

Polisario Front warns it’s closer to conflict with Morocco

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

RUDDY: A long-needed resolution to Western Sahara’s limbo

By Frank Ruddy