Battle of Guelta Zemmur (1989)

Battle of Guelta Zemmour
	Part of the Western Sahara War
Date	7 October 1989
Location	Guelta Zemmur, Western Sahara
Result	Morocco victory
Belligerents
Morocco	Sahrawi Republic
Commanders and leaders
Mohamed Ghoujdami	Lahbib Ayub
Casualties and losses
14 killed; 31 wounded; (Moroccan claim)	80 killed or wounded; (Moroccan claim)

The Battle of Guelta Zemmur occurred on 7 October 1989, when POLISARIO guerrillas commanded by Lahbib Ayub attacked the village of Guelta Zemmur on the Moroccan side of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall. The attack was the first major military engagement in the war since 1988, as the Polisario Front had ended negotiations with Morocco in that year. The King of Morocco, Hassan II, responded to the offensive by rejecting a second meeting with POLISARIO leaders. According to the Spanish newspaper El País, at least a hundred soldiers from both sides were killed in the clashes.^[2]^[3]

^ "Chapter V Military Dimension of the Western Sahara Conflict. p. 166" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Javier Valenzuela (8 October 1989). "El Polisario y el Ejército marroquí libran una importante batalla en el Sáhara occidental". El País. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Spanish)
^ Javier Valenzuela (9 October 1989). "Luchas en el Sáhara". El País. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Spanish)

[1] "Chapter V Military Dimension of the Western Sahara Conflict. p. 166" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[AtaquePolisarioGuelta-2] Javier Valenzuela (8 October 1989). "El Polisario y el Ejército marroquí libran una importante batalla en el Sáhara occidental". El País. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Spanish)

[3] Javier Valenzuela (9 October 1989). "Luchas en el Sáhara". El País. Retrieved 21 July 2012. (in Spanish)

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