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Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga

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Date	18 November 1987
Location	Farsia and Oum Dreyga, Western Sahara

Belligerents

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

72 killed
76 wounded
(Moroccan claim)^[1]
63 killed
91 wounded
(POLISARIO claim)^[1]

245 killed
(Moroccan claim)^[1]

Engagements
1970s

1980s

1990s

International incidents

The Battles of Farsia and Oum Dreyga occurred on 18 November 1987 in Farsia and Oum Dreyga, on the Moroccan side of the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall, when POLISARIO troops clashed with the Royal Moroccan Army. Over 300 combatants died as a result of the two battles. The clashes happened two days after the arrival of a United Nations technical mission whose goal was to evaluate the conditions for a self-determination referenduminWestern Sahara.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Polisario, Moroccans Battle in W. Sahara". The Washington Post. 20 November 1987. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

^ Fernando Orgambides (20 November 1987). "La misión de la ONU llega hoy al Sáhara". El País. Retrieved 22 July 2012. (in Spanish)