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YOU WONT BELIEVE: European airlines hit turbulence over western sahara flights - You Need To See This

Western Sahara's disputed status has created legal issues for flights to the former Spanish colony (Credit: AFP)

Direct flights from two European capitals to a city in a bitterly disputed north African territory have become the latest battleground in the conflict between a rebel group and Morocco.

Low-cost airlines have opened routes linking Madrid and Paris to Dakhla in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony largely controlled by Morocco but claimed for decades by the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.

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