US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff's claim that Morocco and Algeria could achieve peace within 60 days faces deep obstacles rooted in a 50-year dispute over Western Sahara, with analysts warning that fundamental disagreements over sovereignty and self-determination make a swift breakthrough unlikely.
The conflict dates to Spain's 1975 withdrawal from Western Sahara after a century of control.
Morocco claims the territory as its historical sovereign land based on tribal allegiance to the Alaouite throne.
At the same time, Algeria backs th
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