Algerian lawmakers passed the country’s biggest-ever annual budget on Tuesday, which included increased defence spending. A majority of lawmakers voted to pass the 13.786 trillion Algerian Dinar (US$99 billion) budget for 2023. About 3.186 trillion Dinars (around US$23 billion) was allocated for the country’s military, which is one of the strongest in the Middle East and North Africa region. That allocation is the largest for Algeria’s military since the country achieved independence from France in 1962. The unprecedented increase in military spending comes as tensions continue between Algeria…