The Latest Breaking News from Algiers

Algeria could help some nations switch off from Russian gas but the geopolitical backdrop is complex, say analysts.

Algeria has suspended its 20-year-old treaty of friendship, good neighborliness and cooperation with Spain, state media reported on Wednesday. No reason was given for the decision, which was taken by Algeria's top security council. But tensions are simmering between Algiers and Madrid over recent Spanish comments on Western Sahara as…

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah has met with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra, in Algiers, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting Wednesday, they reviewed the solid relations linking the two countries and peoples, and ways to develop them, SPA said. The two…

The east-based Libyan parliament slammed the Algerian government for failing to recognize the government of stability headed by Fathi Bashagha. Algiers has instead opted to continue to support the Government of National Unity, headed by Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah. This is the first time the parliament openly criticizes Algeria in defending Bashagha's…

Libya’s Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, visited on Monday Algeria at the head of a delegation that included several ministers and top security officials. Dbeibeh is seeking to obtain Algeria’s support and break the political isolation of his government. The PM wants Algiers to…

An Algerian man, accused of training al-Qaida terrorists and held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002, has been released and sent home to Algiers.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken praised the “solid” Algerian-US relations during his meeting with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday in Algiers. Tebboune received Blinken at the presidential headquarters, accompanied by a diplomatic delegation. Blinken conveyed the US administration's desire to end the tension between Morocco and Algeria over…

The Arab League will hold its upcoming summit in Algeria, announced Sec-Gen Ahmed Aboul Gheit during a press conference after the 157th session of the Arab League at the ministerial level. Aboul Gheit explained that Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra presented during the meeting, chaired by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah…

Algeria’s oil and gas reserves are likely to embolden a regime that is cracking down on civil society

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Tuesday that national factions would return to Algeria next week to complete previous dialogues aimed at achieving the inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Speaking at the beginning of the cabinet meeting, Shtayyeh said several factions are heading to Algiers next week at the invitation of the…

In the 60 years since Algeria won independence from France, it has gone through multiple crises with its former occupier, often fueled by domestic politics. Yet the two sides had surprisingly good relations for the first four decades, and it was only in the 1990s that things started to fall…