Cluster sahrawi arab democratic republic

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The Nation includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

Establishment

  • February 1976: On February 27, 1976, the Polisario Front, a Saharawi political party, proclaimed the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Bir Lehlou the day after the withdrawal of the Spanish army from the territory. The territory of Algeria passes to the Polisario front.
  • September 1976: Haouza was a strategic location in Western Sahara, where the Polisario Front, a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement, clashed with Moroccan forces in 1976. The Polisario Front eventually gained control of Haouza, contributing to the territory's transfer to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Chronology

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1. Western Sahara War

Was a conflict of Marocco and Mauritania (until 1979) against the Sahrawi Indigenous Polisario Front that followed the Spanish withdrawal from Spanish Sahara. The Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front established the Sahrawi Republic and engaged in a guerrilla warfare with Moroccan forces. Morocco did also build several walls in the region to consolidate its control. The conflict ended with a ceasefire in 1991 with most of former Spanish Sahara under Moroccan control.

1.1. Creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Was the establishment of the Sahrawi Republic in West Sahara by the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front.

  • February 1976: On February 27, 1976, the Polisario Front, a Saharawi political party, proclaimed the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Bir Lehlou the day after the withdrawal of the Spanish army from the territory. The territory of Algeria passes to the Polisario front.
  • September 1976: Haouza was a strategic location in Western Sahara, where the Polisario Front, a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement, clashed with Moroccan forces in 1976. The Polisario Front eventually gained control of Haouza, contributing to the territory's transfer to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • January 1979: Battle of Tan-Tan.
  • January 1979: Battle of Tan-Tan.

1.2. Mauretania leaves Western Sahara

Mauritania declared a unilateral ceasefire with the Sahrawi Republic and withdraw its troops form Western Sahara.

  • August 1979: Situation in Mauretania at the end of the war.

1.3. Construction of Moroccan Western Sahara Wall

Morocco built a series of walls in Western Sahara to secure its territorial occupation during the Western Sahara War.

  • June 1984: In 1984, the third wall of Western Sahara was completed, solidifying the de facto situation in the region.
  • February 1985: In 1985, the fourth wall was completed in Western Sahara, marking the de facto control of the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco.
  • October 1985: Completion of the fifth wall in Western Sahara by Morocco.

2. Western Saharan clashes

Are ongoing clashes between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the disputed region of Western Sahara.

  • November 2020: Morocco secures Guerguerat border crossing.