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Relations between France and Algeria have been getting progressively worse for over a month
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France expels 12 Algerian officials amid diplomatic escalation

France has expelled 12 Algerian diplomats and consular officials in the latest escalation in the spat between the two countries.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 April, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a meeting on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2024.
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Macron urges PA 'reform' to run Gaza without Hamas

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 April, 2025
Labour's Emily Thornberry has called on the UK Foreign Office to recognise Palestine [Getty]
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UK urged to join Macron's push for Palestine recognition

The New Arab Staff
14 April, 2025
Macron meeting with Trump [Getty]
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Palestinian ministry condemns Israel PM's criticism of Macron

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 April, 2025
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Algeria orders French embassy staff to leave amid new spat

Basma El Atti
14 April, 2025
Marine Le Pen left the courtroom before the end of the sentence (quantum), Verdict in the trial of Marine Le Pen and several RN executives at the Criminal Court in Paris, France
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Le Pen's French presidency bid in jeopardy after election ban

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 March, 2025
People inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Beirut suburb of Hadath on March 28, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel strikes south Beirut for first time since November truce

Louay Faour
28 March, 2025
France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (L) wait for guests before a multilateral meeting "Mediterranée orientale MEDOR" at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 28, 2025.
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Lebanese President Aoun in Paris as tensions mount with Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 March, 2025
France's National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella (R) attends a conference on antisemitism in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.
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Israel, Europe far-right politicians begin antisemitism meeting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 March, 2025
Yet, the potential for a rapprochement is complicated by the influence of conservative figures within Macron's government. [Getty]
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Algeria seeks draft law to 'criminalise' French colonialism

Basma El Atti
25 March, 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune takes the oath of office and begin his second term in Algiers, Algeria
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Algeria, France inch toward reconciliation after diplomatic spat

Basma El Atti
24 March, 2025
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune takes the oath of office and begin his second term in Algiers, Algeria
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Algeria says Macron 'only point of reference' for mending ties

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 March, 2025
The accused Mehdi Nemmouche is pictured during the verdict at the trial for the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, on March 12, 2019 at the Brussels Justice Palace. (Photo credit should read YVES HERMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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France court to rule in IS Syria hostage-taking trial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2025
Boualem Sansal, Algerian-French writer, Milan, Italy, March 2016. (Photo by Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images)
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Algeria prosecutors seek 10 years' jail for writer Boualem Sansal: media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 March, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (L) leave at the end of a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Algiers on August 25, 2022.
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Algeria hits back against France's 'threats' to Air Algérie

Basma El Atti
20 March, 2025
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Hijabs, 9/11, Eiffel Tower: unlikely ads that caused stir in France

Charlotte Hocquet
19 March, 2025
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Algeria rejects French 'threats, intimidation' over deportations

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 March, 2025
Tensions between Algeria and France rise as Algeria rejects France’s deportation list of 60 Algerians [Getty]
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Algeria rejects French attempt to deport dozens of Algerians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 March, 2025
Fouad Abdelmoumni was convicted for a post accusing Morocco of spying on France [Getty]
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Rights advocates urge Morocco to annul activist's prison term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 March, 2025
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Israel's antisemitism summit faces boycott over far-right guests

The New Arab Staff
15 March, 2025
French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) President and MEP Jordan Bardella listens to speeches as part of the celebrations for International Women's Rights Day, during a plenary session of the European Parliament on March 11, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France.
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French far-right leader to make unprecedented Israel visit

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 March, 2025