US recognizes Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara The long-term objective of the trade partnership between the EU and its Southern Neighbourhood is to promote economic integration in the Euro-Mediterranean area, removing barriers to trade and investment between both the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria, Tunisia), and between the Southern Neighbourhood . Tuesday May 28, 2019. Following his reelection as prime minister in 1992, Rabin, accompanied by Peres, the foreign minister, paid . Ibrahim Benchekroun, a Moroccan who led the fighting in Syria, initially fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan in 1999. Morocco foreign minister backs dialogue on Syria's return to Arab ... When news of the meeting leaked to the press, Syria severed its relations with Morocco. CAIRO — Violence between Morocco and the Polisario Front (the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and the Valley of Gold) has recently escalated in the disputed Western Sahara territory . Morocco-United States relations - Wikipedia Gantz says Israel, Morocco 'leap together' in historic agreement In the announcement, made by US President Donald Trump, Israel . U.S.-Morocco Relations Morocco was one of the first countries to recognize the newly independent United States, opening its ports to American ships by decree of Sultan Mohammed III in 1777. At the same time, it was reportedly a top source of Islamist "foreign fighters" in Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, and two European tourists were killed in Morocco in 2018 by individuals who had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. On Nov. 1, three Algerian citizens were killed in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. . The Polisario Front, Morocco, and the Western Sahara Conflict