Iran and Algeria’s proxies, Hezbollah and the Polisario respectively, have entered into an alliance to undermine Morocco’s security and stability. The involvement of Hezbollah in arming and training the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists on urban warfare is indicative of the failure of the guerrilla war tactics previously used by the Polisario. The UN-brokered ceasefire of 1991 was indicative of Polisario’s failure to continue guerrilla warfare at a time its ally was battling extremists in what came to be called black decade. The failure of the guerrilla tactics is probably pushing Polisario to prepare for urban warfare in theory of course because they are based in Tindouf camps in Algeria. Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita told reporters in Marrakech Wednesday that Morocco has irrefutable proof of Hezbollah’s plan to train Polisario separatists on urban warfare to destabilize Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 03, 2018 12:00 UTC