Western Sahara conflict

Western Sahara conflict
Date	June 17, 1970 – present
Location	Western Saharaball
Result	Ongoing
Belligerents
Francoist Spainball (1970–1975) Moroccoball Mauritaniaball (1975–79) Supported by Franceball (1977–78) Saudi Arabiaball
Polisario Front/SADRball Supported by Algeriaball (1976–present) Libyan Arab Jamahiriyaball (1976-1984)
Commanders
Fransisco Franco (1970–75) Mohammed VI (1999–present) Hassan II (1970–99) Ahmed Dlimi (1970–83) Abdelaziz Bennani (1983–2014) Bouchaib Arroub (2014–17) Abdelfattah Louarak (2017–present) Mokhtar Ould Daddah (1970–78) Mustafa Ould Salek (1978–79) Valéry Giscard d'Estaing(1977–78)
Brahim Gali (2016–present) Mohamed Abdelaziz (1976–2016) El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed † (1976) Lahbib Ayoub Houari Boumediene (1970–78)
Strength
Francoist Spainball 3,000 troops (1973) Moroccoball: 30,000 (1976) – 150,000 (1988) Mauritaniaball: 3,000–5,000 (1976) – 18,000 (1978)
5,000 (1976)
Casualties
unknown; 2,155 – 2,300 captured Mauritaniaball: 2,000 soldiers killed
Unknown

The Western Sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the Western Saharaball and Moroccoball, The conflict originated from an insurgency by Western Saharaball against Spainball's colonial forces from 1973 to 1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War against Moroccoball between 1975 and 1991. Today the conflict is dominated by unarmed civil campaigns of the Polisario Front and their self-proclaimed SADR state to gain fully recognized independence for Western Saharaball.