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An Algerian soldier stands at a checkpoint near a road sign indicating 10 km (6 miles) to a gas installation in Tigantourine, in Amena. Reuters
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A Tunisian army armored personnel carrier patrols near the Jebel Chaambi mountains, on June 25, 2013 (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)
At least 14 Tunisian troops killed in mountain ambushes
Tunis, Reuters—At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country’s armed forces. Since April, thousands of Tunisian soldiers have been deployed to...Caption:
Soldiers carry the coffins of the Radio France Internationale (RFI) journalists who were killed on November 2, 2013 in the town of Kidal by suspected terrorists, at the Bamako airport on on November 4, 2013.(AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES)
The Sahel’s Lucrative Ransom Business
The recent killing of two French reporters in northern Mali highlighted the dangers for expatriates working in the Sahel, the arid region of north-central Africa south of the Sahara desert. Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon were abducted by gunmen on November 2,...Caption:
An undated handout image released by Al-Andalus, the media branch of Al-Qaeda in the Magreb (AQMI) to the Agence Nouakchott Informations (ANI) on December 9, 2011 showing French nationals Philippe Verdon and Serge Lazarevic (R) being held by AQMI at an undisclosed loaction. (AFP Photo)
Al-Qaeda Media Arm to Answer Questions on Twitter
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Al-Andalus Media Foundation, the media wing of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), announced on Saturday that it would ‘open the door’ to receive questions from the international media, as well as the general public, and that it would...Caption:
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, identified by the Algerian interior ministry as the leader of a militant Islamic group, is pictured in a screen capture from an undated video distributed by the Belmokhtar Brigade obtained by Reuters January 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Belmokhtar Brigade/Handout)