Awaiting the vote of the People's Assembly... The Algerian National Assembly approves sending armed militant forces to Niger.

Awaiting the vote of the People's Assembly... The Algerian National Assembly approves sending armed militant forces to Niger.

Algeria's National Assembly (the upper house of parliament) approved, on Sunday, a proposal allowing the sending of armed forces to the neighboring country of Niger, according to what a member of the assembly told Agence France-Presse. The proposal will be presented to representatives of the National People's Assembly (lower chamber) later today, to become final. If it happens, this military deployment outside the borders will be the first of its kind since Algeria sent troops to support Egypt during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

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