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Algeria's foreign ministry announced it is severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, summoning the Emirati ambassador after what it described as repeated warnings over Abu Dhabi's 'provocative or hostile' actions. The ministry did not detail a specific triggering incident but said it had exhausted all other means of addressing its grievances. The rupture follows longstanding friction between Algeria and the UAE over the Emirates' normalization of relations with Israel and its support for Morocco's claims over Western Sahara, issues that have repeatedly strained ties between the two Arab states.