Friday 09/04/2021
Royal Moroccan Army soldiers stand guard at an outpost in the Western Sahara. (marocarmee facebook page)
RABAT – In an unprecedented operation, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces halted an attempt by members of the Polisario Front to infiltrate Morocco’s sand wall in the east of the Western Sahara region.
The operation ended with the killing of the Polisario’s so-called gendarmerie chief, Addah al-Bendi, after a Moroccan drone strike against a group of key Polisario figures that included the the front leader and several senior aides.
Mustapha Ould Sidi Mouloud, a former security official in the Polisario, confirmed that the leader of the front, Ibrahim Ghali, survived the strike and that his wireless communication aide was seriously injured.