Algeria announces the shooting down of an armed plane after a penetration of two kilometers

The Algerian Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday that the army shot down a “armed march reconnaissance plane” after it violated the country’s airspace.

The ministry added in a statement that the army shot down the driving plane near the town of Tin Zotin, in the south of the country.

The statement did not give details about the identity of the plane.

Algerian President Abdel Majid Taboun and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron renewed their desire to resume the dialogue that he sent through Algeria issued in August 2022 and agreed on several points on the future of the relationship between the two countries, after months of tension.
According to the statement, the plane was shot down after it “penetrated the national border” after a air defense unit of the region in the sixth military side managed, on the night of April 2025, at the midnight of the midnight, from “monitoring and shooting down an armed drone plane near the border city of Tin Zotin in the sixth military side.

The statement said that the projection process after the plane penetrated the airspace with a depth of two kilometers.

The statement considered that this qualitative process confirms the constant readiness of the units of the People’s National Army in protecting the borders of Algeria’s land, air and sea from any threat. (Free)