Algeria

Israel's Somaliland envoy sparks regional backlash from 15 Arab, Muslim states

Several Arab and Muslim states condemned Israel's decision to send a diplomatic envoy to Somaliland, while the Republic of Somaliland responded, accusing them of hypocrisy.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi in first diplomatic visit to Somaliland on January 6, 2026.
French flag and court gavel in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

French appeals court rules that Algerian nanny who poisoned Jewish family not antisemitic

 Carrier named airline of the year 2025 by AirlineRatings.com.

Algeria cancels UAE air service agreement after accusing it of regional destabilization

Cannes Synagogue.

Cannes police arrests man threatening to blow up synagogue 'the size of an asteroid'


Terra Incognita: Why didn’t Algeria light a new fuse by now?

Bouteflika is one of the last of the old men in the region. He was born in 1937 when Algeria was under French colonial rule.

Students carry banners during a protest against Algerian President Abdelaiz Boutleflika in Algiers this week

Eight years after the ‘Arab Spring’ why didn’t Algeria light a new fuse?

The world of the Middle East today, the one that Bouteflika chose to step quietly off the stage from, is much different than that world of towering figures like Saddam, Hafiz, Hosni and the others.

A demonstrator carries a sign as teachers and students take part in a protest demanding immediate political change in Algiers, Algeria March 13, 2019

The ‘authority disease’ in the Middle East

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, running for a fifth term as Algeria’s president, promises reforms if he wins.

Algeria’s wheelchair-bound President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot during the presidential election in Algiers, April 17

Has the Arab Spring arrived in Algeria?

Thousands are protesting what they call a "mafia" regime.

Students take part in a protest to denounce an offer by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run in elections next month but not to serve a full term if re-elected, in Algiers, Algeria March 5, 2019.

Algeria releases blogger jailed for interview with Israel

Housing Minister in Algeria alleged Israel was behind Arab Spring.

A demonstrator waves an Algerian flag

Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality

A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.

Members of LGBT community take part in a Gay Pride parade in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 1, 2018

Algerian student murdered, 'He is Gay' written on wall with his blood

Assil Belalta was murdered in his student residence at the Taleb Abderrahmane campus in Ben Aknoun, a district just outside of the city of Algiers.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Black Algerian Beauty Queen Ben Hamou sparks racist outrage

Freshly crowned Miss Algeria 2019 leads Algerians to remark she's not pretty enough.

Khadija Ben Hamou

Call to release Algerian blogger imprisoned for interviewing Israeli MFA

Algerian authorities arrested Merzoug Touati on January 18, 2017. The government charged him with “incitement to take up arms against the authority of the state.”

Arab Spring protests topple regimes

7 alleged Mossad spies sentenced in Algerian court

One man was sentenced to death, while six others were sentenced to ten years in prison.

Spy wars