A spokesperson for the French Armed Forces said Algeria had closed its airspace to two flights, but that it would have "no major consequences" for operations in the Sahel region, south of Algeria.

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s Defense Ministry says army forces have ambushed and killed a top militant with links to Al-Qaida. The ministry said Monday army forces relied on local information to ...

The anticipated formalization of the draft law criminalizing French colonialism in Algeria opens up the possibility of ...

Algeria's powerful army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah has died, state television reported Monday, without giving details on the cause of his death. Ahmed Gaid Salah was a veteran of Algeria's war for ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian army troops killed 21 armed Islamic extremists who were meeting Tuesday in a forest to plan attacks on the country’s capital, a ranking gendarmerie official said. The ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria has identified drug trafficking as a top national security threat linked to militancy in the region and put its powerful army in charge of fighting it, interior minister ...

It ranks as the 26th most powerful military in the world according to Global Firepower Index, and ranks 22nd in defense spending globally. The People's National Army include the Algerian Land Forces, ...

ALGIERS, Algeria -- 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 ...

Mauritanian media have reported that the Algerian army recovered a four wheel drive vehicle belonging to Mauritanian gold prospectors after it was seized during an armed attack inside Mauritanian ...

AIN AMENAS, Algeria (AP) — The militants had filled five jeeps with hostages and begun to move when Algerian government attack helicopters opened up on them, leaving four in smoking ruins. The ...

AIN DEFLA, Algeria (Reuters) - Algerian soldiers fired high-calibre rounds into a scrubby hillside of the Ain Defla mountains last week, part of an operation against the persistent threat of Islamist ...