Algerian Forces

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  French Forces Kill Leader Of Al-Qaeda In Islamic Maghreb

  French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, French officials said Friday.

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  Algeria Security Forces Kill 12 Terrorists In A Week

  Algerian troops today killed a jihadist east of the capital, the defence ministry said, bringing to 12 the number of gunmen killed by security forces in a week.

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  12 Dead In Algerian Helicopter Crash

  Algeria's Defense Ministry says 12 people have been killed and two seriously injured in a helicopter crash in the Sahara during a reconnaissance mission.

• Algeria Air Force MiG Crashes on Training Flight

  An Algerian air force MiG-25 fighter jet crashed on a training exercise late Tuesday but the pilot ejected safely, the defence ministry said.

• Hunt is on For Extremists in French Mountaineer Beheading Case: Minister

  France's defense minister says Algerian forces are hunting for the Muslim extremists who beheaded a French mountaineer over France's airstrikes on the Islamic State group.

• Bomb Blast Wounds Six Tunisia Security Force Members

  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.

• Nine 'Terrorists' Killed Near Algeria-Mali Border

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

• Algeria opposition to boycott Bouteflika inauguration

  Algerian opposition parties are to boycott the inauguration Monday of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after his re-election in a campaign he was too sick to participate in, an opposition leader said.

• Algerian military plane crashes into mountain, 77 killed

  A military transport plane carrying members of the Algerian armed forces and their relatives crashed into a mountain on Tuesday, killing 77 people, the worst air disaster in the North African country in a decade.

• Al Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali: report

  French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of Al Qaeda's north Africa wing AQIM, Algerian Ennahar television reported on Thursday.

• Algeria scouring Sahara for five missing foreigners

  Algerian forces are scouring the Sahara desert for five foreigners missing since Islamist militants attacked a remote natural gas plant, an official said on Tuesday.

• Algeria hostage crisis: Reported tape of terrorists threatening to blow up oil complex emerges

  The death toll from the terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara climbed past 80 on Sunday as Algerian forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly disfigured it was unclear whether they were hostages or militants, a security official said.

• Algeria: Army rescues hostages, toll unclear

  Algerian helicopters and special forces stormed a gas plant in the stony plains of the Sahara on Thursday to wipe out Islamist militants and free hostages from at least 10 countries. Bloody chaos ensued, leaving the fate of the fighters and many of the captives uncertain.