Algeria has taken “all necessary measures” to strengthen its border security and contribute to the security of the entire region, said Wednesday in Algiers Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra. “Algeria has taken all necessary measures to strengthen its border security,” Lamamra told the …

Algeria and the European Union (EU) have recently discussed the Libyan situation and anti-terrorism cooperation, APS news agency reported Wednesday. These were major topics of a meeting here between Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League, Abdelkader Messahel, and an EU delegation.

Algerian authorities increase the military presence on the border with Libya (980 km long) in order to prevent the infiltration of armed groups. The three military regions of South Grand were placed on high alert. Leave and permissions soldiers concerned were suspended indefinitely, while significant human and material resources (shielded) …