Algerian president says jets were sent to Niger to foil coup attempt

President Abdelmadjid Teboun said Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger in late August to foil a coup attempt, framing the deployment as a response to provocations.

• Teboun, in excerpts from a local interview aired Saturday, said Algeria dispatched the jets after Nigerien Prime Minister Mohammed Amine Zein returned home from a visit.
• Algeria's Defense Ministry announced on August 30 it deployed four Sukhoi Su-30 fighters to Niamey to support Niger's army.
• Niger's Defense Minister Salifou Mody said soldiers tried to detain colleagues at Air Base 101 and fired on strategic sites during the night of August 28–29.
• Mody added that security forces intervened and gradually regained control of the targeted locations.