Algerian Contradictions: Between Fabrications and Incoherences

It is always interesting to observe how certain Algerian media, particularly the Algerian state news agency, delve into an increasingly absurd rhetoric to attack Morocco and try to mask their own contradictions. The recently published APS article is a perfect example of this.

The accusation that Morocco is “hurt” by the visit of the Algerian Foreign Minister to Syria is pure delusion. If Algiers believes that its diplomacy is so influential and that this visit took place under perfect conditions, why does it constantly feel the need to justify each of its actions by referring to an alleged Moroccan reaction?

The truth is that Algeria has fallen into its own trap, having supported the butcher Bashar al-Assad until the twilight of his reign, believing that Russia, which is entangled in its conflict with Ukraine, would once again save Assad’s authoritarian regime. Even worse, the Algerian military-political complex trembles at the idea that Algerian and Polisario prisoners in Syria might speak out and reveal the underlying motives of the entire operation, namely that it was Tehran that convinced Algiers of the necessity to send troops to the battlefield alongside Hezbollah. This only reinforces Morocco’s longstanding claims about the ties between Polisario terrorist groups and Hezbollah.

The most absurd part is that Algeria, which presents itself as the champion of the principle of non-interference and state sovereignty, is in fact the first to meddle in the internal affairs of France, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, and Libya, to name just a few. Like a cancer, Algeria acts as a true factor of regional destabilization, multiplying disinformation and smear campaigns by mobilizing its entire media arsenal, even resorting to its diaspora, as seen in the French case. Yet, when it comes to explaining to its own people why the country resembles a Soviet republic from the 1980s, it prefers to divert attention with false controversies, particularly about Morocco.

Let’s be clear: Algeria’s aggressive rhetoric in recent years mainly betrays the growing discomfort of El Mouradia in the face of Morocco’s rising diplomatic and economic power. While the Kingdom accumulates diplomatic successes, diversifies its strategic partnerships, and strengthens its ties with Africa while consolidating its position on the international stage, Algeria, on the other hand, suffers repeated blows and struggles to hide its increasing isolation on the global scene.

In short, if Morocco is often, if not always, Algeria’s main target, it is because the country is on the right path. And as the saying goes: “The tree that bears fruit is always the one that gets stoned.”