2020 Western Saharan clashes, also called Moroccan military intervention in Guerguerat is an armed conflict between Morocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), supported by its Algerian-backed Polisario Front forces in the disputed region of Western Sahara. It was the latest escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, which is internationally recognized as part of Morocco, but mostly governed by the breakaway state of SADR.