Algerian security forces have dismantled a terrorist cell that provided logistical support to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s El Ansar Brigade in Bordj Menaïel and that also provided information about the authorities’ movements in the region. El Ansar Brigade’s former emir and nine other fighters were sentenced in absentia to life in prison by a Boumerdes court. Maghreb nations have met in Algeria to forge a unified strategy in tackling AQIM.
