The missiles supplied by Iran through its proxy Hezbollah to the Polisario separatists could take down commercial aircraft, military expert Dore Gold said. “Morocco now has documentation of arms deliveries that were made by Hezbollah to the Polisario. These included SAM-9 and SAM-11 surface-to-air missiles, and not just the older-generation SAM-7 (Strela) missiles that have previously proliferated throughout the Middle East,” said Dore Gold of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Morocco has cut its diplomatic ties with Iran which facilitated, through its embassy in Algiers, an alliance between Hezbollah and the Polisario. “Hezbollah is a critical arm for Iran in the Middle East since their operatives speak Arabic, as opposed to Farsi (Persian), the language spoken in Iran,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 12, 2018 14:15 UTC