After the downfall of their Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad and the weakening of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah by Israel, Algeria and the Polisario find themselves powerless as they witness the arrest of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro by the United States military. This strategic loss is one that neither Algiers nor the Front dared to condemn.
The Trump administration has decided to pause the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery program, known as the green card lottery. The move is affecting thousands of Moroccans who are regularly selected through the program.