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The United States was preparing a major investment conference on Spain’s critical minerals but retracted after Madrid refused to support the American military operation against Iran, according press reports. Spain has refused to allow the U.S. to use the jointly run bases at Morón and Rotafor in the war against Iran, distancing itself from the […]
Both presidents of Tunisia and Algeria have sided with Iran, echoing its anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric for decades. But once the US and Israeli strikes began, both kept silent, voicing ambiguous stands. Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi visited Algiers in March 2024. Tebboune publicly embraced Iran as a strategic partner, framing Palestine as the ideological […]
Algeria is not benefiting from the sharp rise in international gas prices triggered by the conflict in the Gulf, as the country continues to sell most of its natural gas under long‑term supply contracts rather than on the spot market. While spot LNG benchmarks in Asia and Europe have soared to crisis levels, Algeria’s gas […]
The aerial strikes in the Middle East shows no sign of easing, and their economic aftershocks are beginning to weigh heavily on global markets, while in Morocco, fears of a renewed wave of imported inflation are intensifying. The conflict could significantly alter the country’s economic trajectory just as Bank Al‑Maghrib prepares for its first monetary‑policy […]
Escalating conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States is casting a shadow on the global economy including Morocco’s economy, exposing it to vulnerabilities in energy security, logistics, industrial supply chains and the state budget if the war lasts beyond four weeks. A disruption or risk-driven slowdown in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the […]
Morocco faces no immediate disruption to its gas supply despite a sharp jump in global prices triggered by Qatar’s temporary suspension of production following Iranian strikes. The turmoil in energy markets has also reinforced the value of Morocco’s long-term push into renewable energy, which helps reduce its exposure to geopolitical shocks. Morocco does not import […]
As the US leads efforts to facilitate negotiations on the Sahara on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan, Algeria’s diplomatic posture is shifting in ways that reveal deeper strategic anxieties about its quest to keep the status-quo of unjust colonial borders drawn to the detriment of Morocco. Beyond the status of the Sahara territory, […]
Algeria’s reaction to the unfolding developments in Iran reignited questions over the coherence of its foreign policy, exposing familiar patterns of hesitation, selective outrage and inconsistencies that diplomats say increasingly undermine its credibility on the regional stage. The strikes, which killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top officials, targeted the regime with […]
On Saturday, King Mohammed VI held phone calls with several Gulf leaders following Iranian attacks on the sovereignty of those countries, the Royal Office said in a statement. The King thus held several phone conversations with his Gulf brothers, namely Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates; King Hamad bin […]
Former French ambassador to Algeria Xavier Driencourt and Algerian journalist Daoud Imoulayen urged, in a tribune published in the Journal du Dimanche, France to implement a “radical break” in its relationship with Algeria in 2027, accusing Algiers of persistent hostility and Paris of maintaining an increasingly untenable posture of weakness. The authors sharply criticize the […]