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Islamists in Algeria

In this April 28, 2014, file photo, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, sitting in a wheelchair, applauds after taking the oath as President in Algiers. Former Algerian President Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France in the 1950s and 1960s and was ousted amid pro-democracy protests in 2019 after 20 years in power, has died at age 84, state television announced Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub, File)
September 18, 2021, 3:20 am
Ex-Algerian president Bouteflika, ousted amid protests, dies at 84
State TV gives no cause of death for former strongman who suffered a stroke in 2013; Bouteflika helped resolve civil war, but later became mired in corruption scandals
By AP
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By ToI Staff
File: Algerian army troops in the mountainous eastern Tizi Ouzou region. (AFP Photo/ Farouk Batiche)
December 28, 2015, 5:03 am
North African al-Qaeda says top figure killed in ambush
Abu al-Hassan Rachid al-Bulaydi, head of Islamic law council for terror group, said killed by Algerian troops
By AP
Part of the logo of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. (Courtesy of Merrell Publishers)
July 19, 2015, 5:34 am
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims killing of 14 Algerian soldiers
Government refuses to confirm reports of attack, the deadliest against North African country’s army in over a year
By AFP
An image grab taken from a video released by Jund al-Khilafah via YouTube on September 22, 2014, allegedly shows French tourist, Herve Gourdel (center), sitting between two armed jihadists at an undisclosed location. (photo credit: AFP/HO/Jund al-Khilafah via YouTube)
January 15, 2015, 9:15 pm
Algerian authorities find body of beheaded Frenchman
Remains of tourist Herve Gourdel found months after his abduction; legal proceedings launched against 15 suspects
By AFP
Firefighters carry an injured man on a stretcher in front of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015 (photo credit: AFP/ PHILIPPE DUPEYRAT)
January 9, 2015, 10:32 pm
Algerian Islamists call to ‘strike Jews’ in celebration of Paris attack
At rally lauding Charlie Hebdo massacre, extremists call for further assaults on France, Jews
By JTA
An image grab taken from a video released by Jund al-Khilafah via YouTube on September 22, 2014, allegedly shows French tourist, Herve Gourdel (center), sitting between two armed jihadists at an undisclosed location. (photo credit: AFP/HO/Jund al-Khilafah via YouTube)
September 25, 2014, 10:49 am
France: Hunt is on for terrorists in beheading
Defense minister says Algerian forces searching for those responsible for killing of mountaineer Herve Gourdel
By AP
In this still image from a video published on the Internet on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, by a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, members of the group stand behind French mountaineer Herve Gourdel just before beheading him. (photo credit: AP)
September 24, 2014, 9:35 pm
Algerian terrorists behead French hostage
Islamic State affiliate executes mountaineer after France carries out airstrikes in Iraq
By Paul Schemm and Sylvie Corbet
In this still image from video published on the Internet on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, by a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, a captive Frenchman appeals to French President Francois Hollande to help free him. The Frenchman, whom the ministry described as a 55-year-old mountain guide, said he was taken hostage by the group on Sunday and reiterated its demands that the French military end its airstrikes in Iraq. The group said it was answering a call by Islamic State group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani to attack Americans and Europeans. (Photo credit: AP)
September 23, 2014, 3:11 am
Islamist group kidnaps Frenchman in Algeria
Group says it is answering call by Islamic State to attack Americans, Europeans in response to airstrikes
By Aomar Ouali and Paul Schemm
April 20, 2014, 1:25 pm
Eleven soldiers killed in Algeria attack
Troops ambushed in area frequented by Islamists, al-Qaeda
By AFP
Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Anis Belghoul)
January 21, 2013, 5:38 pm
37 foreign hostages killed in Algerian standoff
Canadian Islamists among attackers, 32 terrorists killed; seven Japanese dead, three still missing
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (right) and Britain's Secretary of State for Defense Philip Hammond arrive at a news conference at Lancaster House in London on Satutrday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
January 19, 2013, 7:26 pm
US, UK defense chiefs lament deaths in Algeria
Panetta: Much remains ‘sketchy’ about what happened at the remote Ain Amenas gas field
An unidentified rescued hostage receives treatment in a hospital in Ain Amenas, Algeria. (AP Photo/Canal Algerie via Associated Press TV)
January 18, 2013, 11:10 pm
Algeria says 12 dead in Sahara standoff
Frenchman and American reportedly killed in botched rescue raid; Algerian state news service says nearly 100 of 132 hostages freed
By Paul Schemm and ANIS BELGHOUL
The Ain Amenas gas field in Algeria, where Islamist militants raided and took hostages Wednesday January 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Kjetil Alsvik, Statoil via NTB scanpix)
January 18, 2013, 2:51 am
US was not aware of raid to free hostages, says official
Pentagon spokesman calls Algeria incident a ‘serious and sensitive situation’; Algiers refuses US offer of hostage-rescue teams
By Bradley Klapper
The Amenas natural gas field in the eastern central region of Algeria, where Islamist militants took hostages Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013 (photo credit: BP/AP)
January 17, 2013, 3:01 pm
Foreigners among hostages said killed in Algeria
Britons, Filipinos among those reported dead after Algerian army retakes gas plant from Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists
By Paul Schemm and Aomar Ouali
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