Last night, Algerian soldiers accompanied by Polisario elements crossed into Mauritanian territory. "They were pursuing members of the Polisario who were trying to flee the Tindouf camps to reach Mauritania," a Moroccan security source told Yabiladi. "Mauritanian soldiers present in the region opened fire to stop this Algerian-Polisario incursion. The incident took place in the Reg Tekchar area, located in the Lebriga region." It is important to note that the Mauritanian army recently closed off the Lebriga region, near the Algerian border and the Tindouf camps. This decision deprives the Polisario of a strategic passage for launching attacks against targets in Morocco. Furthermore, Algeria has prohibited, since well before the 1991 ceasefire, the Polisario Front from using its territory for operations against the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). Last week, a Mauritanian army patrol discovered a stockpile of Grad missiles, hidden by elements of the Polisario inside Mauritanian territory. Lebriga is also a crossing point for smuggling and drug trafficking, connecting the Tindouf camps to Mauritania and other Sahel countries.
