Algeria has reportedly thwarted a terrorist attack aimed at undermining the country’s security, claiming it was being committed from France and involves an Amazigh separatist movement, just ahead of a crucial presidential election next month. On Wednesday, 14 August, the Algiers Public Prosecutor announced the arrest of 21 individuals allegedly involved in a plot to smuggle firearms into Algeria through the port of Béjaïa, located in northeastern Algeria. The arrests were made on 4 August as part of an operation conducted by the Ministry of National Defence (MDN). “This attempt was intended to…