The funny thing is that one of the biggest trade partners of Morocco in the Western Sahara (WS) is Turkey which is the biggest importer of fish from the desolate WS, totaling over $100 millions annually.
BTW, the same goes for Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Despite their bellicose rhetoric, their trade with Turkey is booming and it is in $billions.
Russia is not aligned with the US in a slightest bit. Geopolitically, there are five main players in the Middle East:
1. The US that is tugging along midgets Saudi Arabia, Israel and the UAE.
2. Russia and Iran
3. Turkey with its midget allies Qatar and Western Libya
4. The EU
5. China
The EU is largely passive with only France continuing its colonial self in Sahel and MENA.
Britain is currently embroiled in the Brexit saga. Interestingly the Brits recently flew two of their Eurofigher Typhoon jetfighters to Turkey and conducted joint tests with the Turkish Airforce. The Brits are trying to help Turkey cover the gap temporarily while Turkey is working on its own 5th gen air superiority stealth fighter TAI TF-X in collaboration with , surprise surprise, .Britain's largest defense firm, BAE Systems.
China is in Djibouti. Its main geopolitical objective is to secure its trade routes passing through the Red Sea on the way to the EU.
The US and Israel waited for Russia and Turkey clash in Libya in order to come on top of the two. It didn't materialize since Putin called Erdogan and asked to allow the Russian Wagner mercenaries to withdraw from Tripoli. They safely exited to Al-Jufra base in the middle of Libya.
Unfortunately, all the midget countries with aspirations for geopolitical weight can't act against big players without a backup. I thought Saudi Arabia was not one of midgets but its utter incompetency and inability to win the war against Houties in Yemen change my mind. Saudi Arabia had superiority in numbers both in troops and modern weaponry.
If Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain went together against Turkey in a war, the Turks would just walk through them. Militarily they are pathetic.
BTW, while the US-led midgets are scheming against Turkey, Qatar is upping its support for it.
Qatar makes major investments in Turkey; ‘growing partnership’ says Emir