Terrorists will fail to achieve their goals, Algerian officials vow. By Walid Ramzi for Magharebia in Algiers Algerian Special Forces began a rescue mission Thursday that…
by Rory Mulholland – PARIS (AFP) Hardened by its decades-old struggle with Islamists, Algeria’s paramount concern in launching its deadly mission against Al Qaeda-linked hostage-takers was…
WASHINGTON (AFP) The conflict in Mali, which has extended to a hostage crisis at a natural gas field in Algeria, poses a risk to the region’s…
Sahara News Written by Ali Haidar “Sahara: Fiery Screams” is the title of a new book that has just been released. The 160 page book depicts…
By: American Forces Press Service By Karen Parrish “The United States strongly condemns these kinds of terrorist acts,” the secretary said during a previously scheduled discussion here…
Reuters By Lamine Chikhi and Bate Felix ALGIERS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Islamist fighters have opened an international front in Mali’s civil war by taking dozens of Western…
Reuters By Lamine Chikhi and Bate Felix ALGIERS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Some hostages were reported to have escaped from a remote Algerian gas plant on Thursday, where…
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — As Islamic militants methodically carved out a base in the desert of northern Mali over the past year, officials in Washington, Paris and…