Algeria

Algeria rules out rapprochement with Israel, says ready to host meeting of Palestine factions

Sep 25, 2020 14:08

Algeria has once again rejected any normalization of relations with the illegal Zionist entity, saying that Algiers is prepared to host a meeting of Palestinian factions as part of its efforts to support the Palestinian cause.
Iran keen to broaden ties with Algeria

Jul 05, 2020 07:09

President Hassan Rouhani expressed the country’s willingness to enhance relations with Algeria at the bilateral, regional and international levels.
Algerians keep up protests a year after demonstrations began

Feb 14, 2020 17:37

Thousands of Algerians marched on Friday, a year since the start of weekly protests calling for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite, an end to corruption, and the army's withdrawal from politics.
Iranian, Algerian top diplomats discuss Palestine

Feb 06, 2020 05:42

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Algerian counterpart, Sabri Boukadoum, deplored the so-called “deal of the century”, a US-initiated plan for Palestine.
Police crackdown on protesters in Algerian capital

Jan 10, 2020 17:08

Baton-wielding police have broken up a protest in Algiers, cracking down on demonstrators vowing to keep up the movement that has rocked Algeria for nearly a year.
Iran eyes strong ties with Algeria under new president Tebboune

Dec 20, 2019 18:59

Iran and Algeria's brotherly relations are deeply rooted and go back to the 1960s. Soon after Algeria’s independence from France in 1962, Iran was among the first countries to recognize it as an independent nation, opening the Iranian embassy in autumn of 1964, in Algiers.
New president sworn in to lead protest-hit Algeria

Dec 20, 2019 06:48

Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a week after winning elections marred by mass protests and record abstention.
Iran congratulates Algeria on successful election

Dec 15, 2019 08:15

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi congratulated the Algerian people and government on successfully holding the recent presidential election in the North African country.
Figure from old regime wins Algeria’s presidential election

Dec 14, 2019 07:35

Algeria’s former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won the presidential election in the unrest-hit country.
Algeria polling stations ransacked in unpopular presidential vote

Dec 12, 2019 14:19

Algeria held a presidential election Thursday that has been fiercely opposed by a nine-month-old protest movement and was hit by unrest at several provincial polling stations.