An ailing Sahrawi leader shakes Spain and Morocco's alliance Sign In ARITZ PARRA, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this file image made from video on Feb. 27, 2021, Brahim Ghali, leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front speaks to a crowd in Tindouf, Algeria. Ghali, the leader of an Algeria-backed movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, was admitted to a hospital in northern Spain last month. His presence under a disguised identity didn’t go unnoticed to the government in Morocco, the country that annexed the northwestern African territory nearly half a century ago.APShow MoreShow Less 2of6Spanish army soldiers take positions stand next to the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Security forces clashed well into the night with dozens of mostly young men who had gathered in Fnideq, the Moroccan town across the border, hoping to follow the thousands who reached European soil in previous days. Morocco had warned Spain that it would face consequences over Madrid's secretive decision to provide coronavirus treatment to the head of a militant group fighting for the independence of Western Sahara. Spain's Defense Minister said Thursday the country won't accept being "blackmailed."Bernat Armangue/APShow MoreShow Less