Drones, Terrorists, and Pipelines: The High-Stakes Return of Algeria to the Sahel
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Drones, terrorists, and pipelines: The high-stakes return of Algeria to the Sahel
Algeria’s strategy focuses on accepting the reality of Sahel military rule rather than pushing to restore past political systems Since early 2026, there’s been a noticeable thaw in relations between Algeria and the Alliance...
On Sunday, August 30, Algiers deployed fighter jets to Niger for the first time. The day before, a mutiny by disaffected soldiers had broken out against the ruling junta. This show of force, as well as solidarity with the Niamey government, marks a change in strategy, according to Akram Kharief, an Algerian journalist and researcher specializing in defense issues.
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Algeria’s strategy focuses on accepting the reality of Sahel military rule rather than pushing to restore past political systems Since early 2026, there’s been a noticeable thaw in relations between Algeria and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Relations between Algeria and members of the AES had been suspended in 2025 after a diplomatic fallout. […] The post Drones, terrorists, and pipelines: The high-stakes return of Algeria to the Sahel app…
By sending its Soukhoi fighter planes to Niamey, Algiers breaks the taboo of military interventions abroad
Algeria’s dispatch of Su-30 Warplanes to Niger reshapes the regional strategic equation
Andrew KorybkoSep 01, 2026 The grand strategic goal that Algeria envisages is accelerating the global systemic transition to multipolarity, but the progress that’s been separately achieved on this in the broader region by Algeria and the Sahelian Alliance is threatened by France, which wants to decelerate and reverse this trend.Algeria dispatched four Su-30 warplanes to the Nigerien capital of Niamey shortly after the failed mutiny there amidst …
These fighter jets are accompanied by an Ilyushin Il-78 Midas aerial refueling tanker, also of Russian manufacture. Since Sunday, August 30, 2026, four Sukhoi Su-30MKA Flanker-H multi-role fighters of the Algerian Air Force have been present at Air Base 101 in Niamey, belonging to the Nigerien Armed Forces. Officially, Algiers is thus responding to a […] This content, "Algeria has deployed four Su-30MKA Flanker-H fighters to Niger," was first pu…
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