source: El Watan (Algeria)
actor1: AQIM: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
actor2: Military Forces of Algeria (1999-2019)
location: Tamanrasset
notes: Agreement: Around 29 August 2018 (week of), two AQIM militants, both known for recruiting militants in the South of Algeria for AQIM, surrendered in Tamanrasset (Tamenghasset, Tamanrasset) to the Algerian military. Defections have been recurrent in recent weeks, after a deal for surrendering rebels has been set up by the Algerian military with the help of France.