Algeria severs diplomatic ties with UAE

Algeria announced on Thursday, September 10, 2026 that it is severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, ending a relationship that dates back five decades. The decision was conveyed in a statement from Algeria's Foreign Ministry reported by Algerian state media, which said the government acted after exhausting all avenues to preserve bilateral relations. According to the ministry, the UAE's ambassador to Algeria, Yousef Saif Khamis Subaa AlAli, was summoned to the ministry headquarters on Thursday and officially informed of the decision. He was given 48 hours to comply with the order to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry accused the UAE of what it described as increasingly provocative or hostile actions, but did not specify what those actions were. The statement said Algeria had exercised great restraint and a high sense of responsibility, and that it had spared no effort in warning the Emirati side of the consequences of what it called regrettable and unjustified conduct.