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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 07, 2019, 07:10:17 pm
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Morocco freezes involvement in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen
Originally published February 7, 2019 at 10:48 am Updated February 7, 2019 at 10:50 am
By AMIRA EL MASAITI
The Associated Press
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan government officials say Morocco has stopped taking part in military action with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s war, and has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Tensions have been mounting between Morocco and Saudi Arabia amid international concerns about the Yemen war and other issues.
A Moroccan government official said Thursday that Morocco no longer takes part in military interventions or ministerial meetings in the Saudi-led coalition.
Read more at: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/morocco-freezes-involvement-in-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen/ (https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/morocco-freezes-involvement-in-saudi-led-coalition-in-yemen/)
An interesting article, Morocco seems to dispute a Saudi report on the "Western Sahara" per the article, meaning probably their border with Algeria:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PnIzwEVdlF0/VUmRujEbVNI/AAAAAAAAF8E/zkXd7OdvATA/s1600/northern-africa-region-map.jpg)
Imagine, Algeria is actually bigger than Mexico.