What's behind the Algeria-Morocco rivalry?
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez traveled to Algeriaon July 20, 2026, for talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb.
- The meeting's aim was to resolve a diplomatic row that erupted between both countries in 2022 after Spain sided with Morocco's autonomy proposal to resolve the Western Sahara conflict — much to Algeria's dismay.
- It is a matter of debate whether Spain's rapprochement with Algeria outraged Moroccoso much that it deliberately allowed tens of thousands of migrants to storm the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, even though both countries have impro
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- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez traveled to Algeriaon July 20, 2026, for talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb.
- The meeting's aim was to resolve a diplomatic row that erupted between both countries in 2022 after Spain sided with Morocco's autonomy proposal to resolve the Western Sahara conflict — much to Algeria's dismay.
- It is a matter of debate whether Spain's rapprochement with Algeria outraged Moroccoso much that it deliberately allowed tens of thousands of migrants to storm the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, even though both countries have impro
Sources: DW