Tensions Rise between Algeria, Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria (File photo: Reuters)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria (File photo: Reuters)
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Tensions Rise between Algeria, Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria (File photo: Reuters)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria (File photo: Reuters)

Relations between Algiers and Ankara have reportedly become strained against the backdrop of meetings between representatives of the Turkish authorities and members of the Rachad Movement.

The Algerian authorities classify the Rachad movement as an extremist group that threatens national security.

Informed sources told Algerian newspaper el-Khabar that the meetings were held on two occasions in Istanbul and Antalya during which the two sides discussed means of supporting the organization to empower it in Algeria.

The newspaper reported that Algerian authorities became aware of the meeting, which is expected to lead to tensions between the two countries.

The sources also indicated that the Turkish regime, under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, might have decided to add Algeria to its list as a new target in North Africa, and wants to mobilize the sleeper cells of this organization.

Turkey is trying to remotely intervene in the internal affairs of Algeria and destabilize the nation, according to the sources.

The sources said the hosting of Rachad members is a provocation, which will suspend the relations between the two countries, especially at a time when leaks indicate Algeria is trying to put the movement on its list of terrorist organizations.

However, all indications suggest that bilateral relations between Algeria and Ankara have become exemplary in political consultation, security coordination, and cooperation, which includes several strategic fields.

Earlier this month, the High-Security Council, chaired by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, warned of "subversive activities" by "illegal movements close to terrorism ... exploiting weekly [Hirak] marches.”

The Council condemned “separatist circles” in reference to the Rachad movement and another group seeking independence for the Kabyle region.

Tebboune stressed that the state will not tolerate these deviations, which are not linked to democracy and human rights in any way, demanding the "immediate and rigorous application of the law" to end such activities.

“The state will be intransigent,” warned Tebboune.



UN Says 875 Palestinians Have Been Killed Near Gaza Aid Sites

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are pictured at sunset from a position across the border in southern Israel on July 15, 2025. (AFP)
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are pictured at sunset from a position across the border in southern Israel on July 15, 2025. (AFP)
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UN Says 875 Palestinians Have Been Killed Near Gaza Aid Sites

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are pictured at sunset from a position across the border in southern Israel on July 15, 2025. (AFP)
Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are pictured at sunset from a position across the border in southern Israel on July 15, 2025. (AFP)

The UN rights office said on Tuesday it had recorded at least 875 killings within the past six weeks at aid points in Gaza run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and convoys run by other relief groups, including the United Nations.

The majority of those killed were in the vicinity of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, while the remaining 201 were killed on the routes of other aid convoys.

The GHF uses private US security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a UN-led system that Israel alleges has let Hamas-led fighters loot aid shipments intended for civilians. Hamas denies the allegation.

The GHF, which began distributing food packages in Gaza in late May after Israel lifted an 11-week aid blockade, previously told Reuters that such incidents have not occurred on its sites and accused the UN of misinformation, which it denies.

The GHF did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest UN figures.

"The data we have is based on our own information gathering through various reliable sources, including medical human rights and humanitarian organizations," Thameen Al-Kheetan, a spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters in Geneva.

The United Nations has called the GHF aid model "inherently unsafe" and a violation of humanitarian impartiality standards.

The GHF said on Tuesday it had delivered more than 75 million meals to Gaza Palestinians since the end of May, and that other humanitarian groups had "nearly all of their aid looted" by Hamas or criminal gangs.

The Israeli army previously told Reuters in a statement that it was reviewing recent mass casualties and that it had sought to minimize friction between Palestinians and the Israeli army by installing fences and signs and opening additional routes.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has previously cited instances of violent pillaging of aid, and the UN World Food Program said last week that most trucks carrying food assistance into Gaza had been intercepted by "hungry civilian communities".