Oct 6 George Grant

Government forces preparing to attack militants in Sousa mountains following policemen deaths

Tripoli, 6 October:Government-controlled forces are preparing to enter the mountains surrounding Sousa following the fatal shooting of four policemen...

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Algeria breaks up suspected terrorist network sending fighters to Libya
Sep 29 George Grant

Algeria breaks up suspected terrorist network sending fighters to Libya

Algerian security forces on the Libya-Algeria border.Tripoli, 29 September:Algerian security services have broken-up a suspected terrorist network res...

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Seven Al-Qaeda militants reported killed as Algeria steps up activity on Libya borders
Sep 19 George Grant

Seven Al-Qaeda militants reported killed as Algeria steps up activity on Libya borders

Tripoli, 19 September:The Algerian military has reportedly killed seven members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in two separate operations on the b...

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Sep 16 Nigel Ash

Algerians forces ambush arms smugglers from Libya

By Hadi Fornaji. Tripoli, 16 September:Four arms smugglers, one Libyan and three Algerians, have been arrested in what appears to have been an ambus...

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Jun 9 Michel Cousins

Libyans sentenced in Tunisian court

Tripoli, 9 June:Two Libyans, accused of being member of Al-Qaeda’s offshoot in North Africa — Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) — were jailed for...

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Apr 14 Michel Cousins

Libyans accused of murder in Tunisian transferred to civil court: report

Tripoli, 14 April:It is reported that the Tunisian justice ministry agreed today, Saturday, to transfer the trial of two Libyans accused of murdering...

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Mar 21 Michel Cousins

Qaddafi's Niger Tuareg leader captured

The leader of the rebel Tuareg movement in Niger, has been arrested by the authorities there and accused of smuggling weapons and arms from Libya and...

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Feb 23 Nigel Ash

Tripoli and Algiers to talk on border fears

The bad-tempered spat between Libya and Algeria stemming from the latter’s lukewarm support for the revolution and subsequent sheltering of prominent...

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