Spanish police on Friday confirmed that they had broken up a people-smuggling ring that brought more than 1,000 Algerian and Syrian migrants to Spain before relocating them elsewhere in Europe.
Twenty-one people were arrested in the operation involving Europol in the
Madrid region, Andalusia and the Basque country.
Migrants paid up to $21,600 to be brought to Spain and housed there before their transfer to other parts of the continent, police said, according to reporting by AFP.
Algeria’s military announced on Tuesday that it had shot down an armed drone that entered its airspace near the
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to show “mercy and humanity” toward Boualem Sansal, AFP reports. The
A groundbreaking study led by Algerian scientist Youcef Sellam is advancing the search for ancient life using state-of-the-art laser technology,
Tunisia is working with Libya and Algeria to develop a joint plan to curb smuggling and black-market trade by developing
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