Regional1977

Battle of Zouerate

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Mauritania

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Zouerate (1977), part of the Western Sahara Wars. Polisario Rebels defeated Mauritania.

Belligerents2

Polisario Rebels
Mauritania

Conflict graph

PART OFWestern Sahara Conflict

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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