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.

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.

Within hours the North African kingdom demanded the immediate withdrawal of Spanish forces from the isle, saying the speck of land was an ā€œintegral partā€ of its territory.

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