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The Rif region is largely of Berber origin. Of the 55 Rif tribes, 47 of them are of Berber and/or Arabized Berber origin (although some of these tribes contain a minority of Arab sub-tribes), and only 8 Rif tribes are Arabs not of Berber origin (including the tribes of Oulad Mansour, Oulad Sghir, La'thamna, Banu Sahil, Kholout, Gharbiya, Anjara, and Oulad Stout).
The Government of the Republic of the Rif was established on 18 September 1921 when the Riffian Tribes, led by Abd el-Krim, beat Spain in the Battle of Annual during the Rif War and created the Confederal Republic of the Tribes of the Rif. The Republic of the Rif is considered the first-ever independent non-monarchical modern Amazigh state.
The Rif War witnessed the use of chemical weapons in the 1920s by the Spanish army. [13] [14] In 1958, some Riffians revolted against the government. [3] In the decades that followed, the Rif region has witnessed popular demonstrations and demands for better education, healthcare and job opportunities.
Rif mountains in the province of Ashawen Moroccan Mediterranean coast – aerial view west from Bades over El Jebha to Tétouan with Rif mountains, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (2014) According to C. Michael Hogan, there are between five and eight separate subpopulations of the endangered primate Barbary macaque , Macaca sylvanus . [ 14 ]
The Rif region has a long-standing history of rebellion against government control and distrust towards Moroccan central authorities.. In the summer of 1921, Rif tribal fighters, defeated the Spanish army who attempted to take control over the region, killing more than 10,000 of their troops at the Battle of Anual, representing the largest lost suffered in a single day by any colonial force in ...
Nicaragüense de Aviación (also known as NICA) was an airline based in Nicaragua. Its main hub was the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport . The commercial airline was a full associate member of the Grupo TACA alliance of El Salvador .
The Battle of Annual was fought on 22 July 1921 at Annual, in northeastern Morocco, between the Spanish Army and Rifian Berbers during the Rif War.The Spanish suffered a major military defeat, which is almost always referred to by the Spanish as the Disaster of Annual (Spanish: Desastre de Annual) which is widely considered to be the worst defeat suffered by the modern Spanish Army.
Nationalist Party of the Rif of Melilla (in Spanish: Partido Nacionalista del Rif de Melilla) is a political party in Melilla, Spain. PNRIF was formed ahead of the 2003 election to the Assembly of Melilla. The founding president of the party is Mimon Kabbur Hussien, a former Partido Popular member.