Algerian troops
ambushed and killed at least 22 militants allied to Islamic State as they held
a meeting east of the capital on Tuesday in one of country's largest military
operations in recent years, the defense ministry and a security source said.
Fighters allied with
both al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Islamic State operate in Algeria,
mostly in mountainous northern areas, but militant attacks have been rare since
a 1990s war with Islamist insurgents......Read more