Sahel region: chief of armed forces to meet in Algeria

Chief of armed forces in the Sahel nations are expected to hold a meeting late January in Algeria to talk about terror acts in the region, drugs smuggling and arms dealing, Echorouk has learnt.

• The meeting will be a decisive step before starting field coordination between the SahelUnited States is trying to mobilise the Sahel nations in another war which does exist only in the US strategy experts’ mind. It is a war against what Washington calls Al-Qaeda alleging that the Sahel region and the desert are its hideout. region’s armies. It comes in unprecedented security coordination between the region’s nations. They are working on preventing any possible foreign interference under the cover of the war against terrorism. The
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• Earlier on Wednesday, General Ahmed Gaid Salah, People’s National Army chief of staff paid a surprise visit to the province of Tizi Ouzou (100 km east of Algiers). He held a consultative meeting with local security officials on intelligence work and information exchange to face the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).