As of October 25, 2026, no Algerian troops had been officially deployed yet to Niger, though Niger presidential chief of staff General Bacharou Ibro Amadou visited Madama and Dirkou starting October 19, 2026 to discuss plans for the Madama base

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Niger Defence Minister Salifou Mody traveled to Algiers with a delegation of defence experts to sign a military cooperation protocol with Algerian officials

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Algeria's parliament approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of National Army units to Madama in northern Niger, marking Algeria's first foreign military deployment since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war

In late August 2026, Algeria sent four Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and a transport aircraft to Niamey to support Niger's army following a mutiny against military junta leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso are all currently governed by military leaders who seized power in recent coups and subsequently formed the Alliance of Sahel States

Relations between Algeria and Niger improved in 2026 following a historic low in April 2025 when Alliance of Sahel States members recalled their ambassadors after Algeria shot down a Malian drone near the Algeria-Mali border

Algerian Sen. Belkacem Boulghiti stated that Algerian troops are being deployed to Niger to protect Algeria's economic infrastructure and strategic interests, particularly oil facilities

Under Algeria's constitution, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune requires a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of parliament to deploy military units outside the country

Algeria cemented a diplomatic thaw with Mali in September 2026, ending its feud with Mali that had previously prompted Sahel nations to recall their ambassadors from Algiers

El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on October 22, 2026, with an additional 100 planned for deployment that night to rescue four missing military technicians

El Salvador deployed helicopters to assist attempts to rescue the four missing Salvadoran aviation technicians in Haiti, but land and air approaches were repeatedly hampered by heavy fighting and local security conditions

An October 24, 2026 Saudi airstrike targeted a residential building for cement factory workers in Sanaa governorate, killing six women and one child, according to Al-Masirah

Saudi air forces conducted approximately 20 airstrikes targeting Houthi-controlled areas around the coastal city of Mocha on October 24, 2026

An earlier Houthi attack on Riyadh airport in October 2026 killed 13 people and wounded dozens more

Neither the U.S. nor Iran had engaged in major land-based attacks since early September 2026 following the initiation of war against Iran by U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 28, 2026

The Saudi-led coalition announced on October 24, 2026 that it intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles launched toward Taif and Yanbu in western Saudi Arabia

Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on October 24, 2026 that Houthi forces launched attacks on Saudi military concentrations at Al-Nasr camp and a naval base in Aden

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on October 24, 2026 that Houthi forces targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Najran airport, and King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait

Egypt suggested deploying troops to Saudi Arabia while Britain and France offered forces to protect the kingdom against Houthi threats

The Saudi-led military coalition first intervened in Yemen in 2015 to support the internationally recognized government after Houthi forces seized Sanaa in 2014

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on October 24, 2026 that the group launched attacks against a Saudi Aramco facility in Yanbu, the Rabigh oil refinery, and the East-West pipeline