Al Jazeera English
| Mar 2, 2013
Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al-Qaeda commander behind a bloody mass hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant earlier this year, Chad's military has said. The Chadian army said that Belmokhtar was killed during an op...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 21, 2013
International teams are now being allowed access to the Algerian gas facility stormed by terrorists last week. A total of 37 foreign hostages from eight different countries (including three from the US), along with 11 Algerian workers, were killed...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 20, 2013
The hostage death toll in Algeria has climbed to 37 foreign nationals after investigators found more bodies, including nine Japanese workers, Reuters is reporting. Meanwhile, a chilling audiotape has surfaced with one of the kidnappers vowing on t...
Euronews
| Jan 19, 2013
Algerian special forces have killed 11 rebels in what is described as a final assault to retake the In Amenas gas facility. The state news agency APS says seven foreign hostages have been killed by militants. That brings to between 19 and 37 the n...
Brian Todd reports on the Algerian's assertion that a Canadian coordinated the attack on the gas facility.
A video emerges on the internet apparently showing militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar claiming responsibility for a deadly hostage crisis at Algeri...
The Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Algeria in the wake of the hostage crisis that left nearly 40 hostages dead, including several Brit...