actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Libya)
actor2: Military Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)
notes: Algerian authorities arrest a group of arms dealers from Libya near the border. The joint forces, supported by assault helicopters, pursued a militant group in a rocky desert area, southwest of Tegasist, used by smugglers to sneak into Algeria from Niger. Available information indicated that the Algerian army killed two militants and it was about to launch a big military operation with a view to combing vast areas of the desert. The association of the gunmen is not known; however, armed groups like AQIM is known to traffic weapons from Libya to Mali.
target_text: actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Libya), actor2: Military Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)