Algeria Hostage Crisis

Siege at Algerian gas plant ends; leaves 23 hostages dead

Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers.

Algerian helicopters kill 35 hostages, 15 kidnappers

The spokesman for the Masked Brigade, which had earlier claimed responsibility for the assault on Wednesday on the gas complex deep in the Sahara desert, said that Abou El Baraa, the leader of the kidnappers, was also killed in the helicopter attack.

Algeria may seek international force help for hostages

An Algerian security official says the government is in talks with the United States and France over whether an international force can help in the standoff with Islamist militants.

Algeria horror: Some hostages forced to wear explosives

Islamist militants holding dozens of Western hostages at a gas plant in Algeria have forced some to wear belts strapped with explosives, French television said on Thursday, quoting one of the hostages.

Algeria hostage crisis: Briton, Norwegian killed

The Norwegian national, who was the first victim in the attack, worked with British Petroleum .