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.
Algeria has long positioned itself as a champion of «just causes», notably Western Sahara and Palestine. Yet its record during its tenure on the United Nations Security Council tells a very different story. The 2024–2025 term has marked an unprecedented weakening of Algerian diplomacy.