# Algeria to send troops to Niger in first foreign deployment since 1973

https://mins.news/en/item/115013

- Reuters, 2026-10-25 20:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/algeria-send-troops-niger-first-foreign-deployment-since-1973-2026-10-25/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ade65a50bcfc30001c6df49

> Algeria’s parliament approved a resolution on Sunday authorizing army units to deploy to Niger. A parliamentary statement said this would be the country’s first overseas troop deployment since it sent forces to support Egypt in the 1973 war.

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