NEW: Algeria deployed four Su-30MKA fighter jets and an Il-78 tanker to Niger today after an attempted mutiny in Niamey.

Intelligence summary

NEW: Algeria deployed four Su-30MKA fighter jets and an Il-78 tanker to Niger today after an attempted mutiny in Niamey. The mission, requested by Nigerien authorities, was presented as a show of military support and appears to mark Algeria’s first known overseas Su-30 deployment.