The two leaders of an outlawed Islamic party, which nearly rose to power in Algeria more than a decade ago, were freed Wednesday after serving 12 years in prison. Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj, who ...

Algeria’s top two Islamic leaders were released Wednesday after serving 12-year prison terms. The men -- Ali Belhadj, 47, and Abassi Madani, 72 -- were banned from politics, part of a bid to squelch ...

Abassi Madani, founder of Algeria's banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), will be buried in the capital Algiers on Saturday days after his death in Qatar where he lived in exile, a security source ...

The founder of an outlawed Algerian opposition party that pushed for the creation of an Islamic state died Wednesday in Qatar where he was living in exile, his close ally told AFP. Madani, who had ...

The two top leaders of an outlawed Islamic party that nearly swept into power more than a decade ago were freed Wednesday after 12 years in detention, the official state news agency said. Abassi ...

The leader of Algeria’s Islamic insurgency said he is ready to call for an immediate halt to the bloodshed in the North African country as a preliminary step toward dialogue. In a letter to UN ...

Will Ali Belhadj stay mum? MANY prophesied that they would never be released. The leaders of Algeria's outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), detained since 1991, have been so demonised that it was ...

The two leaders of an outlawed Islamic party, which nearly rose to power in Algeria more than a decade ago, were freed Wednesday after serving 12 years in prison. Abassi Madani and Ali Belhadj, who ...

Two jailed leaders of Algeria's banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) were freed on Wednesday after being held since 1992, when elections their party was poised to win were scrapped, triggering a ...

Algerian authorities, facing more civilian bloodshed, put a radical Muslim leader under house arrest Monday and warned him he could be made to serve the rest of his jail sentence for undermining state ...

The Algerian government on Tuesday freed Abassi Madani, leader of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front. Diplomats said the release could help forge consensus with the legal opposition and cut some of ...