(MENAFN) Tunisian armed forces killed two Islamist militants involving a senior commander in a mountain raid close to the western border with Algeria.
Furthermore, Tunisian radio station Mosaique FM emphasized the commander as Mourad Chaieb, the Algerian leader of Okba Bin Nafaa, a group that has clashed for years with security forces in Tunisia.
Additionally, its members are aligned with al Qaeda's North African branch, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which has a presence over the border in eastern Algeria.
However, the nation also faces a potential threat from Tunisian militants returning from abroad.
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