A link has been drawn between the widespread rioting in French cities and the criminal wildfires that devastated the Jijel region in Algeria. Evidence suggests that these fires, which resulted in significant loss of life, were orchestrated and financed by networks operating out of Paris. For some young people of Algerian descent in France, the destruction of public buildings serves as a retaliatory act against a state viewed as complicit, given the sanctuary it provides to those plotting against Algerian stability. Meanwhile, the aggressive rhetoric of figures like Eric Zemmour against the Algerian community is seen as a strategy to distract from the presence of logistical infrastructure used by criminals within French borders.