Algeria–Spain Relations
Algeria and Spain are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. Unlike those of Spain with Morocco, Algerian-Spanish relations are not strained by a direct territorial dispute; there have been however discrepancies over the approach to the Western Sahara conflict. History Precedents Much of the territories of current-day Spain and Algeria were part of polities such as the Roman Empire or the Arab Caliphates. In the 16th century, the Hispanic Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire vied for hegemony in North Africa, including current-day Algeria. The former captured in 1510 the rock of Algiers and held it for brief spell before being expelled by Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1529. The Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen received protection from Charles V in exchange for ''parias'', allowing the local ruler to remain in power until the 1555 Ottoman conquest. The Spanish Monarchy exerted control of Oran (1509–1708; 1732–1792) and the neighbouring port of Mers El Kébir for much of the ea ...
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Algeria
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