Algerian Border

Algeria's defence ministry said on Sunday its coastguard fired warning shots before firing directly at a man on a jet ski who entered Algerian waters, in an incident that a survivor said left two dead.

Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday.

Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a clash with jihadists on Monday in a western region near the Algerian border, the defence ministry said.

Islamist militant gunmen opened fire on a Tunisian customs team near the Algerian border, killing one customs agent and wounding three more, a security source said today.

Four Tunisian soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded on Wednesday in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a bus carrying soldiers in Kef near the Algerian border, the Defence Ministry said.

Suspected jihadists killed 14 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border, officials said on Thursday, in the worst such attack in the army's history as it presses a crackdown on radical Islamists.

Six members of the Tunisian security forces were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on Tuesday in the mountainous Kef region near the Algerian border, the interior ministry said.

Algerian armed forces killed nine armed Islamists near the Malian border, the defence ministry said.

Two freelance journalists, including a Briton of Algerian origin, have been killed at the Syrian-Turkish border, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today.

Algeria's defence ministry said on Sunday its coastguard fired warning shots before firing directly at a man on a jet ski who entered Algerian waters, in an incident that a survivor said left two dead.

Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday.

Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a clash with jihadists on Monday in a western region near the Algerian border, the defence ministry said.

Islamist militant gunmen opened fire on a Tunisian customs team near the Algerian border, killing one customs agent and wounding three more, a security source said today.

Four Tunisian soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded on Wednesday in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a bus carrying soldiers in Kef near the Algerian border, the Defence Ministry said.

Suspected jihadists killed 14 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border, officials said on Thursday, in the worst such attack in the army's history as it presses a crackdown on radical Islamists.

Six members of the Tunisian security forces were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on Tuesday in the mountainous Kef region near the Algerian border, the interior ministry said.

Algerian armed forces killed nine armed Islamists near the Malian border, the defence ministry said.

Two freelance journalists, including a Briton of Algerian origin, have been killed at the Syrian-Turkish border, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said today.