Timeline
2013
On June 6, a Tunisian vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Doghra in Jebel Chambi: Two soldiers were killed and two others wounded. According to the Tunisian government, jihadists belonging to militias Okba ibn Nafaâ, an al-Qaida cell in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Ansar al-Sharia. The latter group, led by Seifallah Ben Hassine, known as "Abu Iyadh" however say they have no connection with the clashes delivered Jebel Chambi. On 18 July, in the wilaya of El Oued, the Algerian army intercepted a pickup truck loaded with weapons from Libya to Jebel Chambi; two of its occupants were killed. July 29, around 6 pm, a group of Tunisian soldiers were ambushed in Sabaa Diar, in Jebel Chambi. Their truck was strafed by some thirty rebels Salafists, several soldiers being disarmed and executed. Eight soldiers were killed and three others injured, one fatally, several bodies being slaughtered. According to Mohamed Ali Aroui, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Gadhgadhi Kamel, suspected of being the murderer of Chokri Belaid man, took part in the slaughters. The same day at Talla an army vehicle hit a mine, wounding three men. On the evening of August 1, the Tunisian army launched an offensive on the Djebel Chambi with ground forces and air force, saying combat katiba Okba Ibn Nafaâ. The clashes come during the night of August 3 to 4 would have a dozen rebels dead. On August 4, a Tunisian military vehicle hit a mine: a soldier was killed and seven wounded. One of the soldiers died of his wounds the following day, bringing to fourteen the number of military and Tunisian national guard officers killed in Jebel Chambi since December 2012. On August 5, three insurgents fleeing the mountain killed by Algerian forces deployed to the border in the region of Bir el-Ater, in Tébessa. On 6 August, the interior minister,2014
February 1, 2014, three persons including a "terrorist" and two "accomplices" accused of funding insurgents Salafists were arrested by the Tunisian National Guards (TNG) in Jebel Chambi. Further north, five others are captured in Jendouba; This is according to the Ministry of Interior they are members of a cell involved in the supply of jihadists in Jebel Chaambi. The army carried out new bombing on 4 and 6 February. 7, a Moroccan jihadist described as "hungry" and in "a state of extreme exhaustion", was arrested near the Algerian border; he tried to flee the Djebel Chambi where climatic conditions are harsh due to heavy snowfall. April 16, 2014, the Tunisian army sent reinforcements to the Djebel Chambi, which is declared a "closed military zone". All access to the mountain were sealed off by the Tunisian and Algerian armies. 10,000 soldiers were involved in the operation. On the morning of April 18, after an exchange of fire between Tunisian soldiers and insurgents, a vehicle of the Tunisian army hit a mine near Henchir Talla, inside the closed military zone. The driver was killed and three other soldiers were wounded. Between 18 and 22, two jihadists were killed, and the charred body of a third fighter, probably killed by bombing the previous day, is also found. April 23, clashes are taking place outside of the closed military zone, in an industrial area on the road to Kasserine, in Kef. On the morning of April 24, F-5 aircraft bomb the mountain, with support of helicopters. On May 1, the Tunisian army regains control of Jebel Chambi without encountering resistance, Tunisian flags were planted on four peaks of the mountain. The jihadists are believed to have fallen back on the Jebel Salloum which is bombed by aircraft and artillery. According to security sources the newspaper Le Maghreb, 70% of the total area of the mountain is under control of the Tunisian army. On May 5, security units Kasserine stop eight people suspected of providing logistical support to insurgents in Chaambi. According to the Interior Ministry, they provided food, phone chips, cameras, money, ammunition, and gave them information about the movements of the security forces. The same day, in the military zone closed Chaambi, Tunisian soldiers opened fire on two men who refused to obey the summons of the soldiers; one of them managed to escape, the other was killed. According to the Ministry of Defence, the last person named Ben Ali Mabrouk Yahyaoui was wanted, military equipment and a large amount of ammunition was found on site. The second man was finally caught while trying to hide in a house. This version of the story is disputed by other sources who claim that Yahyaoui was killed while he was alone, that he was not wanted for business flights, and had no connection with jihadists. On May 6, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visit Jebel Chambi and promises amnesty to insurgents who are willing to render, in condition they have not committed any crimes, "We decided at the last Security Council that there will have an amnesty and reconciliation for those who do not have their hands soiled with blood. Those still have a place in our people. "On May 7, Atef Boughatas, Governor of Kasserine, said that the reserve of Djebel Chambi has been "cleansed" of all its mines. On May 8, the Tunisian army had taken 80% of the Djebel Chambi. On May 16, the trail to the reserve Chaambi is reopened. On 23 May, the explosion of a mine passage of a vehicle of the Tunisian army caused the death of two soldiers, four injured. On 17 June, the prime minister Mehdi Jomaa says that security forces and the army "took control of Mount Châambi, which now is no longer a safe haven for terrorists, despite the ability of withdrawal of these reliefs to neighboring and their attempts to carry out further terrorist operations." July 16 to 19 h 40, two monitoring stations of the army attacked simultaneously by two groups of jihadists forming total forty to sixty men who opened fire with machine guns and rocket launchers RPG-7: Fifteen soldiers were killed and twenty injured according to the Ministry of Defence; the press service of the ministry said that "this is the heaviest record to be recorded by the army since independence in 1956." An attacker also killed in the clash. The attack was claimed by katiba Ibn Okba Nafaâ linked to AQIM This katiba, strong 70 to 100 fighters, divided into small groups of 25 to 30 men is controlled by Lokman Abu Sakhr. On 3 August, Islamist fighters attacked a military base in Sbeïtla, east Chambi: A soldier was killed and a civilian wounded. On September 16, two jihadists were killed in a battle against soldiers and Tunisian National Guards. Soon after, katiba Okba Ibn Nafaâ leaves AQIM announced allegiance to the Islamic State.2015
On 28 March, The Elite force of the National Guard Commandos USGN has successfully killed 9 of katiba Okba Ibn Nafaâ including its Operational Leader Khaled Hammadi Chaeib (Luqman Abu Sakhr) and 5 more leaders of Algerian Nationality in an Ambush near Sidi Aïch, Gafsa. Investigation has also proved that one of the 9 terrorists is named Muawiyah Abu Hamza of Algerian nationality,2016
On 30 March, a Tunisian border guard was injured in an ambush by around 15 militants near Fériana in Kasserine region. On 29 August, three Tunisian soldiers were killed and seven more wounded after Islamic militants ambushed and fired rifles and rocket-propelled grenades at them near Mount Sammama.2017
On 17 February, Tunisian soldiers shot dead 2 suspected jihadists in Kasserine Region, said the defence ministry. They also detained a suspected person and seized three firearms and ammunition during the operation. On 28 May, Tunisian security forces killed a leading member of IS, known as Houssem Tlithi (born 1997) near the Algerian border. A day later, three people were arrested as part of an operation, according to the interior ministry.2018
On 24 September, two people were killed in a truck by a landmine blast in the mountainous central regions of Tunisia. On 3 October, A IED detonation struck an armored vehicle killing 2 soldiers and injuring 5 at Mount Chaambi of Tunisia, an Al-Qaeda wing in Tunisia claimed responsibility for the attack.References
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