{"id":"92ca1721-3844-486f-b4cd-8d3d78d4c5c3","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/11/02/un-begins-shutting-down-western-sahara-peacekeeping-mission-after-35-years/","domain":"thenationalnews.com","outlet":{"name":"The National","country":"AE","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"UN begins shutting down Western Sahara peacekeeping mission after 35 years","plainHeadline":"UN ends Western Sahara peacekeeping mission after 35 years","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["The UN began shutting down Minurso after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate.","Operations officially ended on Sunday, with a smaller team staying to oversee withdrawal.","About 160 military observers and 180 civilian personnel will be sent home or reassigned.","Around 13 mission bases and team sites will be closed as part of the withdrawal.","Morocco welcomed the closure, calling it a milestone toward removing the dispute from the Security Council."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T20:20:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-11-02T20:50:38.979Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/e4a2ec90-dda8-4659-9cf7-934fc3a87801","storyId":"e4a2ec90-dda8-4659-9cf7-934fc3a87801","image":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/resizer/v2/B6EIOHB7W4MX4TE5BIF6TBYUEM.jpg?auth=3b189eed638115a1e57b3717411a1d13ed9c8d3a5aeb54ac43652146e4d3238a&smart=true&width=5760&height=3840","author":"Adla Massoud","dek":"The UN has begun shutting down its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after the Security Council failed to renew its mandate, bringing 35 years of operations in the Moroccan territory to an end, a UN spokesman said on Monday."}