Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Western Sahara on Tue 3rd February 2026

3rd February 2026

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Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted military headquarters of the Moroccan occupation army in the Guelta sector, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment.

The military communiqué issued by the Ministry of National Defense highlighted that advanced units of the Sahrawi army carried out concentrated shelling targeting enemy bases and entrenchments in the Achrak Lagrab area within the Guelta sector. Additionally, artillery positions of the Moroccan occupation army were bombarded in the Achrak El-Sidra area of the same sector.

These strikes, which are part of the ongoing war of attrition, resulted in significant losses among the ranks of the Moroccan occupation army, stationed along the "Wall of Shame" (the Moroccan defensive wall).

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