Algeria January January 27 (Reuters) - Algeria has suspended flights to Tripoli a few days after the arrest of hundreds of Moroccans who tried to travel to Libya on arrival at the international airport in Algiers.
Libya has become a source of regional concern since earning the organization of the Islamic state land there and called on foreign recruits to join him, especially from North Africa. Algeria is an important ally of the United States in the fight against armed groups in the region's efforts.
And it has taken the Algerian Civil Aviation Authority's decision to suspend flights to Tripoli on Tuesday. It did not give a reason for it.
The authority said in a statement that the decision was effective on 29 January.
Algerian officials did not say when it would resume flights to Tripoli.
Security analysts say the authorities fear that the Moroccans who enter Algeria and then travel to Libya, intending to join the organization of the Islamic state, which was taken from the Libyan city of Sirte Base him.
The decision to suspend flights after hours of travel of the new Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, who leads the national unity government backed by the United Nations to Algeria, where he met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
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