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 ...

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 ...

Algeria’s non-participation in this year’s African Lion military exercises is emphatic and rooted primarily in objections to two participating countries: Morocco and Israel. The Algerian military will ...

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, ...

Algeria's army, the heart of an opaque regime, exercised power from the shadows until it was thrust into the limelight with mass protests and the April departure of president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah reaffirmed Wednesday support for interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, whose term ended July 9 but who remains head of state in the absence of elections. On July ...

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 ...