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The Algerian People's National Army ( Arabic: الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري, romanized : al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Shaʿbī al-Jazāʾirī) is the military force of Algeria. It is the direct successor of the National Liberation Army (ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front, which fought French ...
The Directorate General for National Security ( Arabic: المديرية العامة للأمن الوطني (also DGSN, Sûreté nationale, or Sûreté) is the national civil police force of Algeria. It polices Algeria's larger cities and urban areas. The Sûreté is part of the Ministry of Interior and is charged with maintaining law and ...
Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the world's tenth largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa. [9] With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on ...
The Algerian Land Forces ( Arabic: القوات البرية الجزائرية, lit. 'Algerian Land Forces', French: Forces Terrestres Algériennes) are the land forces of the Algerian People's National Army. The forces' equipment is mostly supplied by Russia and China . The forces include two armoured and two mechanised divisions, [2] one of ...
Algerian National Navy. The Algerian Naval Force ( ANF; Arabic: القوات البحرية الجزائرية, French: Forces Navales Algériennes) is the naval branch of the Algerian military. The naval force operates from multiple bases along the country's nearly 1,440 km (890 mi) coastline, fulfilling its primary role of monitoring and ...
The National Liberation Front ( Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني, romanized : Jabhatu l-Taḥrīri l-Waṭanī; French: Front de libération nationale) commonly known by its French acronym FLN, [a] is a nationalist political party in Algeria. It was the principal nationalist movement during the Algerian War and the sole legal and ...
Used by Special Forces . Beretta ARX160. Italy. Assault rifle. 5.56×45mm NATO / 7.62×39mm. ARX160 in service in both 5.56×45mm and 7.62×39mm calibre used by the Algerian special forces and the presidential guard, beginning 2014. [67] Beretta BM 59. Italy.
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [34] An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized ...