AhlulBayt News Agency - According to countries defense ministry, Algerian security forces carried out a special operation, during which they killed eight members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militant organization in the mountainous Medea province.
Algerian security forces carried out a special operation, during which they killed eight members of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) militant organization in the mountainous Medea province, the country's defense ministry said on Sunday.
"Army forces carried out a sweep of the area and were able to kill eight militants," the ministry said.
The ministry added that four militants were captured alive.
AQIM is a terrorist organization, which emerged in the 2000s with an aim to overthrow the Algerian and other regional states' governments deemed apostate, and to create an so-called Islamic state there.
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