actor1: GSPC: Salafist Group for Call and Combat
actor2: Military Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)
notes: In attacks ahead of local elections, a total of 21 soldiers and militants were killed in overnight ambushes on Thursday in Bouira, 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of the capital Algiers, and in Batna, 430 kilometres to the southeast. No further details on exact location or group names available. Fatalities disaggregated by location. Subsequent reports indicate that an Al Qaeda operative from Yemen was among those killed in the clashes in Batna.
target_text: actor1: GSPC: Salafist Group for Call and Combat, actor2: Military Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)