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The Algerian Parliament unanimously adopted the dispatch of a military contingent to Niger, paving the way for the first deployment of Algerian troops abroad since 1973. The authorities must now implement this decision. What are the objectives of this mission and the stakes of this commitment for Algeria and its Nigerian neighbour? Decryption.
Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday, 24 September, that it had intercepted a missile attack from neighbouring Yemen by the pro-Iranian Houthis, against the background of intensified hostilities between the two sides. Air defences shot down six missiles in the Taif and Yanbu areas of the Red Sea. Emmanuel Macron said sending "military means" there to "protect" these key energy sites.
The polling stations opened Friday in Russia for three days of legislative activity, the first since the start of the large-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. In the absence of any real opposition, Vladimir Putin's party should win this election, also organized in the Ukrainian territories occupied and annexed by Moscow.
