Polisario

[ poh-li-sahr-ee-oh ]

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noun

an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.

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Word History and Origins

< Spanish ( Frente ) Po ( pular para la ) Li ( beración de ) Sa ( gnia el-Hamra y ) ��í ( o de ) O ( ro ) Popular Front for the Liberation of Sagnia El-Hamra and ��ío de Oro

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Algeria backs the pro-independence Polisario Front in Western Sahara and is seen as its main ally.

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Relations have long been strained between the two countries but reached a new low last year, when France backed Morocco's claim to Western Sahara, where Algeria backs the Polisario group fighting for the territory's independence.

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Algeria is the historic backer of the independence movement Polisario.

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He also said Polisario had been “invented” by Algeria to “destabilise Morocco”.

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Algeria is the historic backer of the Polisario independence movement.

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