Algeria deploys Su-30 jets to Niger after failed coup
By The BriefBrief
Algeria has deployed four Su-30 fighter jets, an Il-76 transport aircraft and an Il-78 aerial tanker to Air Base 101 near Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey. The deployment follows a military uprising that broke out last weekend and is Algeria’s first overseas deployment of its military.
WHO:Algerian military
WHAT:Deployed four Su-30 fighter jets, an Il-76 transport aircraft and an Il-78 aerial tanker to Air Base 101 near Niamey after a failed coup in Niger
WHEN:Aug 24, 2026
WHERE:Niamey, Niger
WHY:In response to the military uprising that broke out last weekend in Niger.
