Algeria bans French military planes as diplomatic row deepens
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#5Q95C)
Tensions rise as Algiers imposes airspace ban in latest response to visa dispute and Macron criticism
The diplomatic discord between Algeria and France has deepened after Algiers banned French military planes from its airspace, its latest response to a row over visas and critical comments from President Emmanuel Macron.
France's jets regularly fly over the former French colony to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers are helping to battle jihadist insurgents as part of its Operation Barkhane.
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