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Algeria closes airspace to Moroccan planes over ‘provocations and hostile’ actions Blog 
Algeria closes airspace to Moroccan aviation.
Algeria h as closed its airspace to all Moroccan aircraft, in the latest dispute between the two countries.
Less than a month after Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that “all civilian and military aircraft as well as to those registered in Morocco” are restricted from entering its airspace.
The decision came “in view of the continued provocations and hostile practices on the Moroccan side.”
The move should only affect flights to Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt, which amount to only 15 flights weekly.
Algerian authorities say deadly fires that ravaged the north of the country killing over 90 people last month, were started by arsonist terrorists backed by Morocco.
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“The incessant hostile acts perpetrated by Morocco against Algeria, have necessitated the review of relations between the two countries and the intensification of security controls at the western borders,” Tebboune said.
The announcement is also partly due to the disagreement Algeria and Morocco have had for years over Western Sahara’s future.
Formerly a Spanish colony, Western Sahara has been fought over for the past half-century by both Morocco and the independence-seeking Polisario Front.
Algeria has continually backed the Polisario Front, the main movement representing the Sahrawis, the region’s indigenous people, saying Morocco has no right to their territory.
Morocco, however, sees the former Spanish colony as an integral part of its land.
The sparsely populated desert territory boasts significant phosphate resources and a long Atlantic coastline with access to rich fishing waters.
This has led Morocco, which occupies 80% of Western Sahara, to spend heavily in making it an international trade hub, including through the development of a major port in Dakhla.
