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Algerian Army Warns of Hybrid Campaign Aimed at Stability, Citing Disinformation, Sabotage and Drugs

13 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Algerian Army Warns of Hybrid Campaign Aimed at Stability, Citing Disinformation, Sabotage and Drugs — Photo : Algerie02 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

ALGIERS — The Algerian army has warned that the country faces a combined campaign of disinformation, sabotage and drug trafficking designed to unsettle its stability and unity, and has pledged to keep strengthening its capabilities and deterrence. The warning appears in the November editorial of the army's monthly review, published on Thursday, as Algeria moves towards local elections on 28 November.

A battle for public awareness

Written for the 72nd anniversary of the start of the war of liberation on 1 November 1954, the editorial argues that hostile parties are trying to shake Algeria's security, unity and settled positions. It points to propaganda and manipulation campaigns, to sabotage meant to sow doubt about recent national achievements, and to organized crime, notably drug trafficking, aimed at society and its youth. These efforts have failed, it says, thanks to public cohesion, and it describes the present struggle as one fought above all over public awareness.

The text names no country and cites no figures, incidents or equipment. It presents security as resting on information, social and economic strength as much as on military power, and describes the National People's Army (ANP) as a central pillar of national responsibility. It echoes the order of the day issued by the Chief of Staff, General Saïd Chanegriha, which placed history and memory at the foundation of the army's constitutional missions.

A crowded security agenda

The editorial lands in a busy week. In its latest weekly report, the Ministry of National Defence said one militant had surrendered and seven supporters of terrorist groups had been arrested. On 11 November it announced that gendarmes had dismantled a clandestine telecommunications network in Tipaza, west of Algiers. Parliament has approved the deployment of an army detachment to Niger, a decision Algeria presents as sovereign and bilateral, and campaigning for the local elections opened on 5 November.

For Algerian officials the framing is familiar. The country fought a long war against armed groups in the 1990s, and its doctrine holds that threats now cross borders and domains at once, from the Sahel to the information space.

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