Année : 2020

  Foreign Relations If nothing else, the attack by the ‘Masked Men Brigade’ of AQMI’s Saharan branch[5] on the Tiguentourine gas facility at In Amenas on Jan. 16, planned as much as two months in […]

  Political Trends The surprise attack on the Sonatrach-BP-Statoil gas facility at In Amenas in the southern Algerian province of Illizi on January 16 is a unique and unprecedented event: not only does it represent […]

  ALGERIA MONTHLY SITUATION REPORT February 8, 2013                      Executive Summary                         Political Trends ·     Although there have been suggestions that DRS commander Tewfik may no longer be as pivotal a player as he once […]

Security Levels of jihadist activity and related security incidents were somewhat below average in September: only 13 jihadist operations were recorded (down from 15 the previous month and 19 the month before that), out of […]

Foreign Relations Algiers, as we observed in our last report, is faced with a quandary in the festering crisis in northern Mali, where a trio of jihadist groups (AQMI, the closely related MUJAO, and the […]

  Political Trends Appointed just over a month ago, the Sellal government was convened on September 17 for the first full council of ministers meeting chaired by President Bouteflika in seven months. The new government […]

ALGERIA MONTHLY SITUATION REPORT #118 October 17, 2012 Executive Summary Political Trends · The new government headed by Abdelmalek Sellal will have its hands full fending off socio-economic challenges in the year and a half […]

Foreign Relations Freshly installed in the Elysée Palace, France’s new Socialist President François Hollande, on whom great hopes have been pinned in terms of breaking the deadlock in relations with Algeria, marked the historically charged […]

ALGERIA MONTHLY SITUATION REPORT July 25, 2012 Executive Summary Political Trends · The newly elected parliament has gone into summer recess without having discussed any laws or constitutional issues or taken a single vote on […]

  TO: Ambassador Bouhlal    FR: Ed Gabriel, MAC team    RE: Phone Call with Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) regarding the House Foreign Operations Bill    The number for the office of Chairman Rogers is 202-225-4601.     Most of the […]