Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes in the latest escalation of diplomatic tensions between the two North African neighbors.
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Algeria's High Security Council announced the decision Wednesday following a meeting with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and top officials. The council cited Moroccan "provocations and hostile practices" to justify the measure.
There was no official reaction from Morocco.
Last month, Algeria severed diplomatic ties with Morocco. Algeria had cited Morocco's support for the "supposed right to self-determination" of the Kabyle people, an Indigenous people of Northern Algeria. Algeria promised that its Moroccan expat community would not be impacted.
