Algeria

Security forces killed a “top leader” in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb know as al Tuhami. A specialized counterterrorism platoon staged an ambush against Tuhami and two other supporters in a town east of Algiers.

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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