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An agreement reached between Algeria and Belgium on migration returns and visa exemptions came to underscore Algeria’s growing regional and European isolation and its increasing reliance on transactional diplomacy amid strained ties with key partners such as France. The deal was concluded during a visit by Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf to Brussels end of […]
UN Security Council has decided to hold two meetings this month on the Sahara, dashing all hopes of the Algerian regime and its Polisario militias that the ongoing Middle East war would shift the Council’s focus and reset its priorities. The first Sahara meeting is planned for April 24, while the second is set for […]
Algeria has rushed to force the Polisario into making some leadership changes, including the dismissal of senior figures overseeing its militia and political structures, amid growing international scrutiny of the separatist movement and calls in the US congress and the senate to classify the Algerian proxy militia as a terrorist group. The reshuffle affected around […]
Algeria has renewed its 2002 treaty of friendship and neighborliness with Spain, ending a prolonged diplomatic standoff that failed to secure any change in Madrid’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares announced the reactivation of the treaty this week following talks in Algiers with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, […]
It’s time for the United Nations to dismantle the Polisario Front Camps in Tindouf after the UN Security Council endorsed Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in the Sahara, said the prestigious American Think-Tank “the Middle East Forum”. “At the height of the Cold War, Soviet proxies Algeria and Cuba created the Polisario Front. They cared little for […]
The telephone conversation that U.S. senior presidential advisor Massad Boulos had lately with Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune turned into a “very difficult exchange” amid mounting US Congress push for branding Polisario Terrorist Organisation, according to sources in Washington cited by Assahifa news platform. Boulos has expressed in a firm tone US administration’s concern over the […]
A dramatic leadership collapse in Tehran is sending strategic shockwaves across North Africa, posing what analyst Amine Ayoub warns could be an existential challenge for Algeria. In an op‑ed published in The Times of Israel, Ayoub argues that the destabilization of Iran deprives Algiers of a long‑relied‑upon diplomatic and ideological pillar that has allowed it […]
Former White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt has warned that the Iran‑backed strategy of empowering non‑state armed groups is expanding into North Africa through alleged ties with the Polisario Front. In an opinion piece published by Semafor, Greenblatt argues that while global attention remains fixed on crises in the Middle East, “another Iranian proxy […]
The Sahara dispute is increasingly viewed as a direct confrontation between Morocco and Algeria, with the Polisario Front serving as an Algerian proxy, according to a new assessment by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), an influential Moscow‑based foreign‑policy think tank. The roughly 100‑page RIAC report on Middle Eastern and North African conflicts says Morocco’s […]
Algeria is preparing to welcome Pope Léon XIV in April, promoting the trip as a celebration of its early Christian heritage and connection to Saint Augustine. But international rights groups warn the visit comes amid one of the harshest crackdowns on Christians in North Africa. Nearly all Protestant churches have been closed by administrative order, […]