Reuters - Algeria's army
seized a cache of weapons, including 17 anti-aircraft missiles on Sunday in the
southern desert province of Adrar, the defense ministry said.
With Islamic
State under pressure in its Libyan stronghold of Sirte, neighboring countries
Algeria, Tunisia and Mali are concerned about fighters and arms spilling across
their borders. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, ousted in 2011, kept huge
stockpiles of weapons
stashed across Libya.
During
Sunday's operation, Algeria's military recovered 17 anti-helicopter missiles,
28 grenades, 27 grenade detonators, one rocket launcher, 20 ammunition
magazines and 200 bullets, the ministry said in a statement.
Algeria
emerged from a conflict with armed Islamists in the 1990s that left an
estimated 200,000 dead. But al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and small bands of
fighters allied to Islamic State have been active in remote parts.
Reuters
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