Massad Boulos, special adviser to the U.S. president, reiterated Donald Trump’s commitment to achieving lasting peace in Western Sahara, while calling on Algeria to open its market to American businesses. His remarks come as the deadline announced by the Trump administration for a Morocco–Algeria peace agreement has passed without any tangible progress.
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.