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Macron may find Algeria's leaders hard to woo in trip

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes his three-day trip to Algeria from Thursday will end a diplomatic row and allow him to develop his relationship with young Algerians, but the North African country's leaders may prove hard to win over.

Reuters

Macron Visit Aimed at Mending Ties with Algeria

French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Algeria on Thursday seeking to soothe festering diplomatic tensions with an increasingly important supplier of gas to Europe.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France-Algeria: Tense Relations since Independence

France has made several attempts over the years to heal the wounds with former colony Algeria, but it refuses to "apologize or repent" for the 132 years of often brutal rule that ended in 1962. With President Emmanuel Macron set to arrive in Algeria to meet his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

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For one immigrant, Philadelphia Arabs is more than just a Facebook group — it’s a lifeline

PHILADELPHIA -- On a typical day running the Philadelphia Arabs Facebook page, Mohammad Abuhillo posts a little bit of everything: traffic news, live videos from the Schuykill River Trail, soccer watch parties and Middle Eastern restaurant openings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Algeria: Bus Collides with Tanker, 9 Dead

Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defense said on Sunday. The crash, in which six other people were injured, happened Saturday night in Illizi, a statement said, without identifying the cause of the crash. Speed is…

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Expert: Algeria Fires Burned UNESCO-listed Park

More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former director of the El Kala Biosphere Reserve, means that the burned area…

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French President Macron to Travel to Algeria on Aug. 25

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27. Macron accepted an invitation by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, his office said. It will be Macron's second official visit to the North…

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Five years after last visit, Macron returns to Algeria in bid to reset ties

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers, 60 years after the country won its independence from France.

France 24

French President Macron to travel to Algeria on Aug. 25 - Elysee

French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to travel to Algeria next week, the Elysee palace announced on Saturday, saying that the official visit will take place from Aug.25-27.

Reuters

MWL Secretary General Condoles Algeria over Forest Fires Victims

Secretary General of Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed his condolences to Algeria over the victims and people injured by forest fires that swept the country. He expressed full solidarity with the government and people of Algeria,…

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'I lost everything': Algeria reels from deadly wildfires

Algerian firefighters have extinguished all but one of over 50 wildfires that ravaged the country this week

The Independent UK

Deadly Algeria wildfires now 'under control'

Wildfires which killed at least 38 people and left a trail of destruction in northeastern Algeria this week have now been contained, a civil defence official told AFP on Friday.

France 24

Algerian fire crews rein in blazes that left dozens dead

At least 38 people have died in devastating wildfires that have ripped through Algeria's eastern mountains. More than 800 hectares of forest and almost 2,000 hectares of woodland have been destroyed in blazes this month alone. Algeria's prime minister has defended the government's response to the blazes.

France 24

‘Scenes of Devastation’ as Deadly Wildfires Ravage Algeria

Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.

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Dozens killed as forest fires spread in northern Algeria

At least 38 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Wildfires across Algeria kill at least 37 people

The North African country has repeatedly been accused of failing to invest in much-needed firefighting technology.

The Independent UK

At least 26 killed in forest fires in Algeria

Mother and daughter among victims, say authorities

Reuters

Analysis: Confident Algeria rides gas high

Europe's attempts to wean itself off Russian gas have given Algeria a shot in the arm.

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Deadly Forest Fires Ravage Northern Algeria

At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Kamel Beldjoud told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, in addition…

The Guardian - UK

Nabil Fekir: ‘I was a kid in Lyon who only thought about having fun on the pitch’

The Real Betis forward talks to Sid Lowe about being fouled all the time, choosing France over Algeria and the aborted transfer to Liverpool

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Two Tunisian Soldiers Wounded In Clashes with Armed Militants

Two Tunisian soldiers were wounded on Friday in an exchange of fire with suspected extremists during a military operation in a mountainous region of the south, the defense ministry said. The shootout happened at Mount Salloum near the town of Kasserine close to the border with Algeria, where militants operate,…

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Algeria to Host Desert Shield 2022 Joint Military Exercises with Russia

A Russian military facility announced Tuesday that joint military exercises with the Algerian armed forces will take place in November in Algeria. The press service of the Southern Military District told reporters on Tuesday that the joint Russian-Algerian anti-terrorist drills dubbed Desert Shield 2022 will take place in Algeria’s desert…

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Algeria Retrieves Bodies of African Migrants after Boat Capsizes

Algerian authorities have retrieved the bodies of seven African migrants whose boat capsized offshore, Ennahar TV reported on Monday. It said six more migrants had been transferred to hospital for treatment. Attempts by migrants to reach Europe from the North African coastline tend to increase in spring and summer, due…

The Conversation

France struggled to relinquish Algeria as a nuclear test site, archives reveal

Top French officials, including French President Charles de Gaulle, sought to conduct atmospheric nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara following the former French colony’s independence in 1962. These plans, described in recently declassified French documents, never came to fruition. If they had, they would have violated a request made several…

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Syria Opposition Rejects Regime’s Participation in Arab Summit in Algeria

Opposition figures in northwestern Syria have expressed their rejection of the regime’s participation in the upcoming Arab League summit set for Algeria in November. They criticized Algiers’ insistence on inviting the regime of Bashar al-Assad in spite of its war machine and its allies’ crimes against the Syrian people throughout…

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