Morocco angry over Spanish island occupation

Spain today grabbed back the tiny uninhabited Mediterranean isle no bigger than a soccer pitch that is at the centre of a bitter dispute with Morocco.

Spain today grabbed back the tiny uninhabited Mediterranean isle no bigger than a soccer pitch that is at the centre of a bitter dispute with Morocco.

Within hours the North African kingdom demanded the immediate withdrawal of Spanish forces from the isle, saying the speck of land was an “integral part” of its territory.

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