Sahrawi insurgency

Sahrawi insurgency
Part of Western Sahara conflict

Map of Spanish Sahara
Date10 May 1973 – 26 February 1976
Location
Result

Inconclusive

Territorial
changes
Belligerents
Polisario Front
Support:
Libyan Arab Republic

Spain

Casualties and losses
5,000 killed

The Sahrawi insurgency (1973–1976) was an armed insurgency led by the Polisario Front against Spanish colonial rule in the Spanish Sahara, from 10 May 1973 to 26 February 1976.