Sahrawi people Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab
Spanish government
Territorial police
Spanish Legion
Number
~3000
~100
Casualties and losses
2-11 civilians killed, hundreds wounded or detained
Several injured
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Western Sahara conflict
Zemla Intifada
Sahrawi insurgency
Western Sahara War
First Sahrawi Intifada
Second Sahrawi Intifada
Gdeim Izik protest camp
2011 Western Saharan protests
Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)
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Background
Spanish Sahara
Greater Morocco
Greater Mauritania
Moroccan Army of Liberation
Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab
Polisario Front
Sahrawi National Union Party
Madrid Accords
Partition agreement
Regions
Saguia el-Hamra
Río de Oro
Southern Provinces
Tiris al-Gharbiyya
Free Zone
Politics
Annexation of Western Sahara
Political status of Western Sahara
Foreign relations of Morocco
Makhzen
Politics of the SADR
Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs
Clashes
Ifni War
Zemla Intifada
Western Sahara War
First Intifada
Independence Intifada
Gdeim Izik
Arab Spring protests
2020–present clashes
Timeline
Issues
Refugees
camps
Sahrawi nationality
Green March
Moroccan settlers
Moroccan Wall
Human rights
Peace process
UN resolutions
UN visiting mission
UN referendum mission
ICJ Advisory Opinion
Settlement Plan
Houston Agreement
Baker Plan
Manhasset negotiations
Autonomy Proposal
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The Zemla Intifada (or the Zemla Uprising) is the name used to refer to disturbances of 17 June 1970,[1] which culminated in a massacre (between 2 and 11 persons were killed) by Spanish Legion forces in the Zemla district of El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara (nowadays Western Sahara).[2]
^"Western Sahara: 44th Anniversary of Zemla Uprising". allafrica.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.(subscription required)
^Tarver, H. Michael; Slape, Emily (25 July 2016). The Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia (Volume I ed.). p. 36. ISBN 9781440845703. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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ISSN 1556-5068. Allan, Joanna (22 April 2016). "Natural resources and intifada : oil, phosphates and resistance to colonialism in Western Sahara". The...
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