Algeria has approved a military deployment to Niger, the country's first official overseas deployment since it sent troops to support Egypt in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The troops are to be deployed to Damama in northern Niger, near the border with Libya, in a former French base that was used during the Barkan operation. The mission is described as limited to securing oil and energy facilities, including the Capra oil block of Algeria's state energy company Sontrach, in a combat zone.

Algeria has approved a military deployment to Niger, the country's first official overseas deployment since it sent troops to support Egypt in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The troops are to be deployed to Damama in northern Niger, near the border with Libya, in a former French base that was used during the Barkan operation. The mission is described as limited to securing oil and energy facilities, including the Capra oil block of Algeria's state energy company Sontrach, in a combat zone.