Conflict Europe

Algerian Civil War

1992 CE – 2002 CE · 10 years

A brutal civil war that erupted after the cancellation of Algeria's elections, pitting the state against Islamist insurgents in a conflict marked by massacres and disappearances.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

Algerian government
Islamist insurgent groups

Key moments

Defining events in the Algerian Civil War.

1997 Battle of Algiers
1997 Bentalha massacre
2005 Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation

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Events the timeline places between 1992 CE and 2002 CE.

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Image credits9 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Algerian Civil WarSaber68 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yugoslavia location mapDerivative work of History_of_Yugoslavia.svg by NikNaks Portions used contain parts of: B… · CC BY-SA 3.0
The TroublesThe original uploader was Jonto at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
Flag of the Czech RepublicJaroslav Kursa · Public domain
Yugoslav WarsPeter Denton Peter Božič Paul Katzenberger Paalso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
Flag of SlovakiaOriginal: Ladislav Čisárik and Ladislav Vrtel Vector: SKopp · Public domain