Algeria

Algerian security forces killed five al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters in Tubsa. An Algerian politician escaped an assassination attempt believed to have conducted by al Qaeda. The government is monitoring religious institutions and conducting an awareness campaign to thwart terrorist recruiting.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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