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French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Paris hopes Algeria will soon lift its ban on the use of its airspace to resupply military operations in the Sahel, namely Barkhane. The army is currently using private foreign sub-contractors, not part of the ban, to fly equipment over Algeria. [...]

Published on 13/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Algeria
French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

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Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

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