ALGERIA WILL CLOSE ITS AIRSPACE TO ALL UAE-REGISTERED CIVILIAN AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT FROM MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, A DAY AFTER SEVERING DIPLOMATIC TIES AND ORDERING THE UAE AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE WITHIN 48 HOURS.
THE UAE HAS DESCRIBED THE DIPLOMATIC RUPTURE AS HOPEFULLY “TEMPORARY,” WHILE THE MOVE MARKS ALGERIA’S SECOND BREAK WITH AN ARAB STATE AFTER SEVERING TIES WITH MOROCCO IN 2021.