Tous les articles correspondant à #Sebta

A factual audit from July 30 to September 17, 2026. Research concluded on September 18, 2026.

By trying to make the treaties of 1767 and 1799 say what they do not, Spanish philosopher Emmanuel Martínez Alcocer has sought to write a history—particularly that of Ceuta and Melilla—with Morocco written out of it, claiming that the Moroccan state did not exist before 1956. It is an ideological contrivance whose glaring flaws Lahcen Haddad, a parliamentarian, academic and former minister, exposes through a relentless demonstration combining international law and historical exegesis.

The highly anticipated documents on Ceuta had barely been released before they were already fueling two opposing narratives: one implicating Morocco, the other targeting Pedro Sánchez’s handling of the crisis. The Spanish government quickly stepped in to set the record straight. The CNI had indeed detected calls circulating on social media, but it never warned of a mass arrival or estimated that 180,000 people might take part.

The migrant rush on the Ceuta enclave was opportunistically exploited by Algeria to stab its Moroccan “brothers” in the back. How quickly the past is forgotten!

Any decision based on considerations similar to those that the Spanish prime minister himself described as “humane, courageous and intelligent” is interpreted in Madrid as an expression of malicious intent on Morocco’s part to harm Spain’s interests, blackmail it or revive its claims over Ceuta and Melilla.

Spain sells almost as much to Morocco as it does to the United States. As the PP turns up the heat over Ceuta, Carlos Cuerpo is urging “extreme caution” before blaming Rabat without evidence.

The director general of Spain’s National Police categorically denies that any report attributes the planning or execution of the entries into Ceuta to Moroccan security forces. Put forward by El Español, a media outlet notoriously hostile to Morocco, on the eve of Pedro Sánchez’s explanations before Congress, the claim was nevertheless enough to trigger a political battle in which each camp is now trying to impose its own narrative.

Contrary to Spanish propaganda that goes to great lengths to deny its Moroccan character, the city of Sebta was administered by the Moroccan state, founded by the Idrisid dynasty, for more than six centuries. History provides the proof.

After calling for Morocco’s “political and economic destruction” on Cuatro, Taleb Alisalem returned to Spanish television with an even graver charge, accusing the Kingdom of “genocide” on Antena 3. Maghreb and Sahel specialist Beatriz Mesa challenged his narrative, but the channel allowed the allegation to stand without demanding evidence to substantiate it.