After repeated efforts by Brussels to persuade Algeria’s top leadership to lift sanctions on European companies ended in failure, the European Union has moved to initiate arbitration proceedings. Taken aback, Algiers expressed its «surprise» at the EU’s decision on Thursday.
A so-called «secret» telegram from Morocco, claiming the deaths of Moroccan soldiers at an Israeli military base, has been circulating on Algerian social media since June 22. Touted as explosive proof of military cooperation between Rabat and Tel Aviv, the document shared by propaganda accounts is full of glaring inconsistencies and factual errors. Let’s set the record straight.