by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 7, 2016 | Middle East
Algiers-Algeria’s Chief of Staff Admiral Ahmed Gaid Saleh has urged officers and troops stationed in the country’s biggest military zone to go on high alert to avert a possible retaliation by extremist organizations to the killing of 60 of their members in ambushes...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2014 | Middle East
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...
by James Roslington and Jason Pack | Dec 7, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
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,...
by Ben Leakey | Apr 1, 2013 | Media
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...
by The Majalla | Jan 21, 2013 | Middle East
London, The Majalla – A raid by the Algerian army on Saturday ended the four-day hostage crisis wherein a total of at least 80 people are said to have died. On Sunday an Algerian security source reported that 48 foreigners were amongst those killed. The death...
