Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 6/30/1997
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of June 30, 1997
- Algerian rebel leader's surrender, a myth
Algerian newspapers dismissed as untrue the reported surrender of a leader of the Armed Islamic Group. Algeria, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Algeria's state of emergency to be lifted
Although that move appears to indicate that the government believes security forces have got fundamentalist rebels on the run following a major offensive in recent weeks, more than 250 people have been killed since the June 5 parliamentary election. Algeria, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Algerian forces kill 20 rebels after ambush
Security Algerian forces killed 20 Islamist guerrillas after the rebels ambushed a convoy carrying medicines in western Algeria, an Algerian newspaper reported on June 29. Algeria, Local, 7/1/1997 - Bomb kills four Algerian women
A bomb exploded on a busy Algiers street on June 26 killing four women, the latest victims in an upsurge of Islamic violence in Algeria. Algeria, Local, 6/30/1997