The Western Sahara War ( , , ) was an armed struggle Hostile_encounter between the Sahrawi indigenous Polisario Front and Morocco between 1975 and 1991 , being the most significant phase of the Western Sahara conflict Hostile_encounter .

During the late 1970s , the Polisario Front , desiring to establish Building an independent state in the territory , attempted to fight Hostile_encounter both Mauritania and Morocco .

A cease-fire agreement was finally reached Arriving between the Polisario Front and Morocco in September 1991 .

Today most of the territory of Western Sahara is under Moroccan control Control , while the inland parts are governed Control by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic , managed by the Polisario Front .

The Western Sahara conflict Hostile_encounter is an ongoing conflict between the Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco .

The conflict originated Coming_to_be from an insurgency by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial forces from 1973 to 1975 and the subsequent Western Sahara War against Morocco between 1975 and 1991 .

Today the conflict Hostile_encounter is dominated Control by unarmed civil campaigns of the Polisario Front and their self-proclaimed SADR state to gain Getting fully recognized independence for Western Sahara .

Beginning Process_start in 1975 , the Polisario Front , backed and supported Supporting by Algeria , waged a 16-year-long war for independence against Mauritania and Morocco .

In February 1976 , the Polisario Front declared Expressing_publicly the establishment of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic , which was not admitted into the United Nations , but won limited recognition by a number of other states .

Following the annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania in 1976 , and the Polisario Front 's declaration of independence , the UN addressed Expressing_publicly the conflict Hostile_encounter via a resolution reaffirming the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people .

After several more engagements between 1989 and 1991 , a cease-fire agreement was reached Arriving between the Polisario Front and the Moroccan government .

At the time , most of the Western Sahara territory remained Presence under Moroccan control , while the Polisario controlled Control some 20 % of the territory in its capacity as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic , with additional pockets of control in the Sahrawi refugee camps along the Algerian border .

To date , large parts of Western Sahara are controlled Control by the Moroccan Government and known as the Southern Provinces , whereas some 20 % of the Western Sahara territory remains controlled Control by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR ) , the Polisario state with limited international recognition .