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Climate events provoke tensions in the Arab world

Luiza Toscane — 2026-08-02T08:54:03Z

The countries of the Arabic-speaking region experienced floods last winter (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia). Six months later, the region is experiencing extreme temperatures: from 40° to 50° in the Maghreb and 50° and more in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula, with an average of 35° in Gaza (meaning 50° in tents). Deaths due to the heatwave are estimated to be in the hundreds in Tunisia.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Climate, Yemen, Oman

The other 8 May, 1945: a mass colonial massacre in Algeria

Fabrice Riceputi — 2026-05-08T05:43:10Z

While VE (Victory in Europe) is celebrated on 8 May, a huge massacre began on that day in 1945 in Algeria. Fabrice Riceputi, historian and author of several books, looks back at the events which occurred 81 years ago.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / France, Algeria

“In Algeria, what is fundamental is the state”

Masis Kürkçügil, Mohammed Harbi — 2026-05-01T07:16:21Z

In this previously unpublished interview conducted in June 2012, shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, historian and former FLN leader Mohammed Harbi traces Algeria's political trajectory from colonial formation to post-independence bureaucratic rule.

- Features / Fourth International, Algeria, Historical events and figures, Features

On the Pope's Visit to Algeria - Old and New Myths

Nadir Djermoune — 2026-04-28T10:19:35Z

There are two levels of significance in the presence of the Pope, on an official visit, in Algeria: it serves the existing regime and reinforces its alignment with the theses of the neo-liberal, capitalist and imperialist West on the one hand. It opens a rift in the founding myth and the national narrative of the Algerian nation, on the other.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Algeria

Lyes Touati released, a victory for popular solidarity

Mhand Ouchene — 2026-03-04T22:07:06Z

Imprisoned for 59 days on unfounded charges, Algerian socialist activist Lyes Touati has been released after a broad mobilization, turning his case into a symbol of attacks on democratic freedoms.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Algeria

The Algerian Regime: Incompetence, Inconsistency, Arrogance and Repression!

Nasser U Haddad — 2026-02-21T07:30:00Z

Early 2026 has been turbulent for the Algerian regime, marked by an accumulation of improvisations and tensions creating a state of alert. A series of social and political events have highlighted structural and latent contradictions in governmental affairs management that contradict the president's triumphalist rhetoric.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Algeria

Lyes is freed!

Collective — 2026-02-12T10:52:17Z

After 59 days of unjust imprisonment, Lyes Touati has finally been acquitted - 59 days of waiting, mobilization, solidarity and determination.

- News from around the world / Algeria

Mohammed Harbi (1933-2026): Participant in and Historian of the Algerian Revolution

Alex de Jong — 2026-01-15T14:24:01Z

“[Harbi's] death on the first day of 2026 means the passing of one of the last eyewitnesses of one of the great anticolonial struggles and the loss of an incisive historian.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / France, Obituary, Algeria

Against arbitrariness and repression: Freedom for our comrade Lyes Touati!

Mahmoud Rechedi — 2025-12-23T09:05:58Z

“Although he is outraged and indignant at his arbitrary imprisonment, he has not lost his legendary smile despite the deep sense of injustice [hogra in Arabic].”

- News from around the world / Algeria

Freedom for Lyes Touati and all political prisoners

NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A) — 2025-12-16T20:10:31Z

Lyes Touati, a member of the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (PST), was arrested yesterday in Aokas (Algeria) and remanded in custody. We do not know the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.

- News from around the world / Algeria