As Iran regime reels under Israeli Strikes, Algeria stands alone in backing destabilizing militias

As the Islamic Republic of Iran counts its days under the weight of relentless Israeli military strikes, the geopolitical spotlight could shift toward another regime accused of playing a similarly destabilizing role: Algeria.

Prior to taking aim at Israel’s nuclear program, Israel destroyed the proxies of Iran in Lebanon: Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Iran lost what was once its stronghold in Syria with the fall of Bashar’s regime.

Algeria, a longtime backer of the Islamic revolution in Iran, has taken the sides of the Mullah in different regional conflicts. It has backed Bashar and sent its own soldiers and those of its proxy the Polisario to fight against Syrian rebels.

Iran has also been generous in backing the Algerian-sponsored Polisario front, while spreading Shiism in Algeria and the wider North Africa, in a bid to export its Islamic revolution in majority Sunni states.

Undermining the Iranian regime will leave Algeria alone in using the Polisario to destabilize Morocco, a key Western ally.

Hezbollah operatives, acting under Iranian direction, have trained Polisario fighters in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.

Algeria’s foreign policy is a study in overreach. With a stagnant economy, a repressive political system, and a youth population demanding reform, the regime in Algiers has chosen to invest in foreign adventurism instead of domestic progress. It has alienated its neighbors, antagonized the European Union, and aligned itself with pariah states—all while claiming to be a force for peace.

As Iran’s proxies fall one by one, Hezbollah under pressure, Assad toppled, the Houthis isolated, Algeria stands increasingly alone, clinging to a failed strategy of confrontation and denial.

The question is no longer whether Algeria is isolated. It is whether the regime in Algiers can survive the consequences of its own reckless ambitions.