Egypt refuses to participate in Algeria’s military exercise due to Polisario presence

Egypt has decided to skip the military exercise which the Algerian regime is planning to organize May 21 to 27 on its territory due to the participation of the Algeria-backed Polisario militias in the drills, according to press reports.

Cairo’s refusal to participate in the military maneuvers dealt a hard blow to the Algerian junta scheme which aims at getting legitimacy for their sponsored terrorist organization that is hoping to escape accountability amid growing international calls urging the Trump Administration to label the Polisario militias a terrorist organization as the Iranian proxies, Hamas, Houthis and Hezbollah.

Placed under the banner of the North African Regional Capability (NARC), a regional military alliance gathering Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, the exercise was supposed to strengthen security coordination against common challenges.

Blinded by its hatred for Morocco, the Algerian authorities exploited this regional body to serve its own strategic goals and invited the Polisario separatists to this military exercise in a bid to get Cairo embroiled in a diplomatic crisis with Rabat.

However, the Algerian manipulator regime has failed to deceive Egypt which has distanced itself from Algiers’ destabilizing plots sowing divisions among Arab ranks and exacerbating regional tension by supporting separatism and terrorism.

With its dirty tactics and manipulations, the Algerian regime continues to lose credibility on the regional and international scene, steering the country to a cliff-edge amid deepening political, economic and social crises.

The Algerian rulers have already strained relations with all their neighbors as well as with Washington, Paris, Madrid and several other international partners, making many experts very anxious wondering how long the Algerian junta will hold.