The clashes began on 14 November, in Guerguerat, a small SADR-controlled village bordering Mauritania, along the UN-patrolled border zone. Morocco claimed that it had acted in self-defense, repelling Sahrawi incursion near Al Mahbes, and targeting to retake control of its internationally recognized borders with Mauritania,[1] while the Polisario Front accused Morocco of violating the ceasefire, and urged the United Nations to intervene.[2] It is the first major clashes over the region since 1991.[3]