Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita is taking part in the preparatory meetings for the 32nd Arab Summit due in Jeddah on May 19. He welcomed Syria back to the Arab League after a 12-year suspension over its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters against Bachar Al Assad. Last year, the Arab ministerial committee monitoring Iranian interference in Arab countries’ domestic affairs expressed full solidarity with Morocco following the involvement of Tehran and its Hezbollah proxies in supporting Polisario separatist militias. Besides Morocco, the committee includes Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and the general secretariat of the Arab League. The support of Iran and Hezbollah for the Polisario is part of Tehran’s agenda to sow instability and insecurity in the Arab region.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 18, 2023 16:39 UTC