Algeria
Algeria prepares for ‘guerrilla’ warfare
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Algeria
Algerian army, air force, national gendarmerie, and special operation forces are conducting guerilla training exercises near the southern border to prepare for possible clashes with armed Islamists in northern Mali. Algeria is also tightening border controls, to curb the “co-operation and co-ordination between smuggling gangs, armed terrorist groups and arms trade mafia along the border […]
Al Qaeda
US drone strategy in Yemen is fraught with peril
Egypt
Egypt opposition faces reality of rising Islamist power
Algeria
Terrorists killed an Algerian army colonel and wounded a guard near Bouira. The attack occurred as security forces were searching for a terrorist group in the area.
Al Qaeda
Maghreb countries boost border security
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda-affiliated cell dismantled in Tunisia
Algeria
Salah Gasm, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s purported second in command, is rumored to have been captured outside of a restaurant of Cheurfa. The report is unconfirmed.
Algeria
A leader from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s El Moulethemine Brigade reportedly turned himself in to authorities last week. The unnamed commander is reportedly wanted by INTERPOL.
Al Qaeda
Kidnappings Fuel Extremists in Western Africa
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Can France and Algeria find common ground on Mali?
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
UN blacklists MUJAO
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Plan for military intervention in Mali stalls
US adds West African group, 2 leaders, to terrorism list
The US government has added the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa and two of its leaders to the list of global terrorists and entities. The group has named one of its units fighting in Mali after Osama bin Laden.
Algeria
Algeria and Tunisia concluded two days of talks. Several cooperation agreements were signed, including joint counterterrorism efforts.
Hamas
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Boko Haram emir praises al Qaeda
Abubakar Shekau said he and his fighters support jihad in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Chechnya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Algeria, Libya, and Mali.
Algeria
Turkish FM regards Algeria as strategic partner
Algeria
The military killed four al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters during a raid in the town of Bordj Menaiel in Boumerdes. The region is a known AQIM hotspot.
Algeria
The Army claimed that it killed senior al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb leader Rabah Makhfi, who is also known as Sheikh Nacer, and two others in Bejaia. Makhfi is thought to be AQIM’s top military commander.
US, France assemble coalition to confront Islamists in Mali
The Islamist takeover of two-thirds of Mali this year has spurred the West as well as neighboring African countries to find a way to drive out the extremists.
Algeria
The military is building a 50-km-long electric fence on the border with Mali, and the defense ministry plans to set up a system of electronic surveillance, checkpoints, and aerial operations along the Malian and Libyan borders. On Nov. 6, border security personnel arrested a Nigerian suicide attacker from the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in […]
Algeria
German Arms Sales to Algeria Have Increased Dramatically
Al Qaeda
Malian expatriates in Paris fear for their homeland
Tunisia
Tunisia Battles Over Pulpits and a Revolution’s Legacy
Algeria
Algeria warns military intervention would worsen situation in Mali
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda resurgent?
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Algeria wins Berber help to root out al-Qaida
Algeria
US Secretary of State Clinton arrived in Algeria to discuss neighboring Mali where large areas have been overrun by al Qaeda-affiliated groups. The US wants Algeria’s backing for military intervention in Mali.
Algeria
After opposing foreign intervention against al Qaeda-linked groups in Mali, Algeria reportedly has approved such an operation. Algeria will back the mission but will not allow foreign troops to use its territory.