Three terrorists, affiliated to the ‘Jund al-Khilafah’, were killed in an operation launched Tuesday night by Tunisian National Guard units in the closed military zone of Mount Salloum, governorate of Kasserine, near the Algerian border, according to a preliminary toll announced by a local security source. “The terrorist group holed up in Mount Salloum whom the security units had ambushed for several days,” the security source told TAP. The number of terrorists killed could be revised upwards, the same source said, adding that all security units on the ground “are safe and sound” and that combing operations are still underway. On Monday, border guard units at Magel Bel Abbes and Feriana in the Kasserine governorate seized 3,850 shotgun cartridges near the border area of Skhirat, Houssem Eddine Jebabli also said. The mountains situated near the border with Algeria have been safe haven for terror groups including the Islamic State group.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 20, 2019 15:00 UTC