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Western Sahara is It is a region located in the northwest of the African continent, claimed by Morocco after the colonial country was abandoned by Spain in 1975, and currently two-thirds of it is actually ruled by Morocco. This declaration of the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic, whose independence was declared in 1976 over the entire region, is not accepted by Morocco. Although Morocco actually holds only two-thirds of the region, it claims the whole of it. Polisario, who holds the administration over the remaining one third of the region, continues its claim on the Western Sahara by declaring Saharan Democratic Arab Republic which is backed by Algeria.

 
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On July 13, Algeria summoned its ambassador from Rabat for consultation due to Morocco representative to UN claimed that it is hypocritical for insisting self-determination while Algeria denies the same to ethnic Berber in northern-Algeria. That fumes the anger in Algeria.
 
Morocco wants to test Algeria’s red line. US supports heavily Morocco claim in Western Sahara. Moreover, Saudi Arabia and UAE has been supporting heavily Morocco. Those fact encourage Morocco to test Algeria limits. Morocco also signals that it may consider not renewing the pipeline contract enabling Algerian gas into Europe. Considering Morocco dependency on gas as well as it would disrupt European supply routes, it is not a considerable threat. However, it reflects the intension that Morocco would consider economic tools to put pressure on Algeria.
 

Polisario which is is a rebel movement by the Sahrawi people (of the Sahara) claiming the Western Sahara as independent country, would no longer abide by the 91 UN-backed cease fire with Morocco. This displays the frustration among the Western Sahara people, too. Polisario stated that they are willing to use force against Morocco and it would likely to complicate the situation. Even, it might bring Algerian and Moroccan militaries against each other if the events could not be controlled wisely.