A new front: Iran is turning Algeria into an IRGC outpost and the West should be afraid - opinion
The IRGC, long the spearhead of Tehran’s expansionist ambitions and a state-within-a-state that thrives on destabilization, now finds in Algeria a new theater for its operations.
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.(photo credit: IRGC/WANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM, AURELE TOBELEM