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Rabat – The Mauritanian National Army issued a statement today denying news accusing Morocco of attacking Algerian trucks in northern Mauritania.
“In order to enlighten public opinion and correct the circulated information, the Directorate of Communication and Public relations commanded the General Staff of the army to deny the occurrence of any tack inside the national territory,” said the statement.
The Mauritanian army also called on everyone to “be accurate in giving information, and to be careful in dealing with suspicious news sources.”
The statement came after several pro-Polisario news outlets and Algerian media shared videos and articles about Morocco’s alleged targeting of Algerian commercial and utility trucks.
Some websites even shared videos of two burned trucks which they said were only two of the many similar Algerian trucks that Morocco’s army had attacked on Mauritanian soil.
Other news outlets even claimed that Morocco attacked the commercial trucks with drone strikes.
Al Hurria news outlet cited sources as claiming that Morocco’s army attacked the trucks as they were heading to Zouerat, a Mauritanian city.
The news outlet further quoted a media source from Algeria as reporting that the attack resulted in the death of two Algerian truckers.
The Mauritanian army’s rejection of the fabricated drone strikes on Algerian truckers shines a light on the Algerian media and regime’s apparent determination to further escalate tensions with Morocco.
Algiers has long accused Morocco of being an “existential threat” to Algeria and Algerian interests.
In recent months, meanwhile, pro-Polisario media and Algerian news outlets close to the regime have relentlessly reported on a “raging war” in Western Sahara that all independent observers – including the UN’s monitoring mission in the region – have consistently denied.
More recently, the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry also slammed an Algerian news outlet for publishing disinformation on alleged diplomatic tensions between Russia and Morocco.
Algerian news website Echourouk Online claimed in October that Russia’s ambassador in Rabat had left the North African country in a hurry amid “fusing” tensions between Moscow and Rabat.
In response to the claims, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “There is no doubt that the newspaper can claim a prize in two categories at the same time: as a classic model of disinformation and for false analysis.”
