On Thursday, a drone strike by the Royal Armed Forces targeted two all-terrain vehicles carrying approximately 20 members of the Polisario Front and Algerian personnel. According to a Moroccan security source, the attack resulted in one fatality—an Algerian lieutenant from the Béchar police force—and several injuries. The incident occurred in the Mridimate region, located west of Tindouf. This area is part of the Assa-Zag province, positioned in the buffer zone to the east of the Wall of the Sands, a defensive barrier constructed by the Royal Armed Forces. The presence of these individuals in Moroccan territory, using vehicles associated with the Polisario rather than Algeria, raises significant questions about their intentions. The explanation of a «search for truffles,» offered by Saharawis from the Tindouf camps in audio messages, appears dubious as a justification for this latest incursion. It is worth noting that on Monday in M'Hamid El Ghizlane, the Royal Armed Forces apprehended five Algerian soldiers, including an officer, who had reportedly «gone astray.»
