Over the past year, relations between the two countries have deteriorated more and more. The parties constantly accuse each other of the attacks.
Relations between the two African countries Algeria and Morocco have deteriorated significantly. On November 1, three Algerian citizens were killed in a truck stop on the border of the two states. It is reported by the Middle East Eye.
On November 1, an explosion killed three Algerian truckers in the desert en route from Nouakchott, Mauritania. The Algerian government accuses Morocco of undermining. Official relations between the two countries were severed in August 2021.
“Several factors indicate that the Moroccan occupying forces in Western Sahara carried out this cowardly assassination with sophisticated weapons,” said Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebbun.
The publication suggests that the attack occurred with the use of Bayraktar TB2 drones, which were purchased from Morocco.
Western Sahara is a disputed territory located between Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. Public education is supported by Algeria, but almost completely controlled by Morocco. A number of African countries recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.
According to the publication, Morocco has long been in opposition to the West, but due to the tension in relations with Algeria, they began to improve their relations with the EU. In particular, with Spain.
On November 1, Algeria also decided to close the Maghreb-Eurova gas pipeline to Spain through Morocco. This reportedly deprived Morocco of about 200 million euros per year. Gas supplies will be carried out via the Medgaz gas pipeline, which bypasses Morocco.
We will remind, in September 2020, Western Sahara announced the end of the truce with Morocco.
Earlier it was reported that Algeria closed the airspace for French military aircraft due to Macron‘s criticism of the government’s actions.
