The new Algerian leadership, which continues to be contested by the mass protesters, is on track of its predecessor in inciting hostility towards Morocco and its strategic interest. Other major historical events that validate the anti-Moroccan doctrine within the Algerian regime dates back to 1972. When former president Boumediene was in Rabat to sign a border demarcation treaty, Algeria was training leftist Moroccans in military bases to overthrow the regime in Morocco. As Morocco keeps an outstretched arms policy towards Algeria urging the neighboring country to start a new chapter of regional integration, such calls have regrettably fell on deaf Algerian ears bogged down in a cold-war mentality. As long as Algeria keeps its doctrine based on anti-Moroccan interests, relations may further worsen.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 04, 2020 09:56 UTC