Armed opposition prompted Mauritania to renounce its claims to the territory in 1979, which left Morocco as the de facto owner of the territory which had once been a Spanish province.
Bruņotas pretošanās rezultātā Mauritānija 1979. gadā atteicās no pretenzijām uz šo teritoriju, tādējādi Maroka palika šīs senās Spānijas provinces īpašniece de facto .