Algeria

An attack force of about 50 al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters ambushed an Algerian Army convoy heading for operations against the group in Eastern Algeria. Nine soldiers and at least 4 al Qaeda were killed in the fighting.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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