ALGERIA

France has been unclear about its timeline for the intervention, but it will need a while to accomplish its ambitious goals.

Algerian domestic and foreign policy has actually been dictated by the government’s super-secret state intelligence agency.

The death toll rose to 32 terrorists and 23 hostages in the Algeria hostage crisis. BP employees are still missing, and several guns were recovered.

The Algerian state news agency reported that at least 23 hostages and 32 hostage-takers died in the four-day stand-off.

Frederick Buttaccio, 58, of Katy, Texas, is the first American confirmed dead as a result of the continuing hostage crisis in Algeria.

World leaders complained that news coming out of Algeria has been confusing and even contradictory.

Algerian forces have responded to a hostage crisis with fierce independence, and their motives for doing so are murky.

McFaul was bound and gagged by his captors and had explosives tied around his neck.

Algerian sources are now stating that hundreds of hostages remain trapped inside the facility –- their fates unknown.

One of the most notorious massacres of the civil war occurred in the village of Bentalha in 1997.

The hostage crisis at a gas facility in the Algerian desert has not resolved, according to a British government spokesman.

The fate of dozens of hostages seized by Islamist gunmen at a gas field in Algeria remained unclear early Friday, hours after the Algerian military stormed the site.

Belmokhtar is one of the best known warlords of the Sahara.

In Algeria, 35 hostages and 15 kidnappers were reportedly killed during the initial seizure of the plant and subsequent government siege.

Islamist militants in Algeria have taken some 20 foreign nationals hostage and killed at least two after seizing a gas field Wednesday in the town of In Amenas near the border with Libya.

After France intervened to combat an Islamist insurgency in Mali, other superpowers have been gearing up to follow suit.

After a new kidnapping, French President Hollande expressed concern over AQIM's partnership with Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram.

French President Hollande recognized atrocities committed in Algeria, but he substituted partnership agreements for formal apologies.

It's been two years since a Tunisian vendor set off the Arab Spring. Here's a rundown of where things stand now, from Morocco to Kuwait.

For the first time, a French president will make an official voyage to Algeria before going to Morocco.

President Bouteflika will meet with his French counterpart Dec. 19 and 20 in the capital, Algiers.