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 .

While at first met with just minor resistance by the POLISARIO , Morocco later engaged Participation a long period of guerrilla warfare Hostile_encounter with the Sahrawi nationalists .

A peace process , attempting to resolve Resolve_problem the conflict Hostile_encounter has not yet produced Manufacturing any permanent solution to Sahrawi refugees and territorial agreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic .

A peace process , attempting to resolve Resolve_problem the conflict Hostile_encounter has not yet produced Manufacturing any permanent solution to Sahrawi refugees and territorial agreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

The questions of mutual recognition , establishment of a possible Sahrawi state and the large numbers of Sahrawi refugees displaced Destroying by the conflict Hostile_encounter are among the key issues of the ongoing Western Sahara peace process .

The questions of mutual recognition , establishment of a possible Sahrawi state and the large numbers of Sahrawi refugees displaced Destroying by the conflict Hostile_encounter are among the key issues of the ongoing Western Sahara peace process .