The State of Israel formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara region on Monday. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI received a letter from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it’s recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, joining the ... who became the first foreign leader to recognize Morocco’s annexation.

2020 - US announces it will recognize full Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Morocco establishing relations with Israel. 2021 - Morocco proposes autonomy for Western Sahara ...

France is only the latest state to recognize the Western Sahara region as Moroccan territory. Spain did so in 2022, as did the United States as part of a "quid pro quo" for Rabat's normalization ...

(Bloomberg) -- In 1975, colonial power Spain abandoned Western Sahara, and Morocco swooped in to claim the territory as its own. Some of the indigenous Sahrawi population rebelled against their ...

The United Nations recognizes Western Sahara as a “non-self-governing territory” whose people have the right to “self-determination,” according to repeated U.N. resolutions.

In exchange for Morocco normalizing relations with Israel, the Trump administration promised in December 2020 to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. The announcement upset decades ...

2020 - US announces it will recognize full Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Morocco establishing relations with Israel. 2021 - Morocco proposes autonomy for Western Sahara ...

The government of France has formally recognized Morocco’s claims of sovereignty over the northwest African territory of Western Sahara. The decision announced by French President Emmanuel ...