Morocco has cut diplomatic ties with Iran over its support for Hezbollah in arming and training the Polisario. Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita told the press that Hezbollah with support from Iran’s embassy in Algiers channels surface to air missiles including SAM9, SAM22 and Strela. The presence of Hezbollah military officials in Algeria confirms once more that hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity has become Algiers’ doctrine. Bourita said that Hezbollah military experts have visited the rear-base of Polisario in the Algerian territory where they trained Polisario separatists on urban warfare. In allowing a terrorist organization committing crimes against the Syrian people to operate in its territory, Algeria has flouted neighborliness and went too far in its hostility to Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 01, 2018 23:37 UTC