Perejil Island crisis | |||||||
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Perejil Island at far left, near Ceuta | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
48 soldiers List | 6 marines[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 wounded |
6 captured (released on the same day) |
The Perejil Island crisis (Spanish: Incidente de la Isla de Perejil; Arabic: أزمة جزيرة تورة) was a bloodless armed conflict between Spain and Morocco that took place on 11–18 July 2002. The incident took place over the small, uninhabited Perejil Island, when a squad of the Royal Moroccan Navy occupied it. After an exchange of declarations between both countries, the Spanish troops eventually evicted the Moroccan infantry who had relieved their Navy comrades.