Libya (until 1995)[3] Morocco (alleged)[4][5][6] Iran (alleged)[7] Saudi private donors[8]
Opponents
Algerian government Armed Islamic Group Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
Battles and wars
Algerian Civil War
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Algerian Civil War
Beginning of war 1991–1994
1990 Algerian local elections
Guemmar
1991 legislative elections
1992 coup
Assassination of Mohamed Boudiaf
Algiers
Blida
Assassinations of journalists
Escalation 1994–1996
Tazoult
Tenes
Ain Allah
Berrouaghia
Air France Flight 8969
Algiers
Sundus
Serkadji
Ain Defla
Ghardaïa
France
Massacres and reconciliation 1996–1999
Algiers
Tibhirine
Tamesguida
Thalit
Haouch Khemisti
Omaria
Chouardia
1997 legislative elections
M'sila
Si Zerrouk
Oued El-Had and Mezouara
Souhane
Beni Ali massacre
Rais
Beni Messous
Guelb El-Kebir
Bentalha
Sidi Daoud
Sid El-Antri
1st Relizane
2nd Relizane
Sidi-Hamed
Oued Bouaicha
Tadjena
Defeat of the GIA 1999–2002
1999 presidential election
Beni Ounif
1999 Algerian Civil Concord referendum
Assassination of Abdelkader Hachani
Killing of Antar Zouabri
Sahara
Sétif
The Islamic Salvation Army (AIS, Arabic: الجيش الإسلامي للإنقاذ) was the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front, which was founded in Algeria on 18 July 1994. It was ordered to dissolve by the Supreme Court of Algeria in 1992. Since then, many of its members have either been arrested or forced into exile. The army had about 4,000 men in western and eastern Algeria,[9] and later 40,000 men in 1994.[10] It pledged allegiance to imprisoned FIS leaders Abbasi Madani and Ali Benhadj.[11] It was supported by Libya and Saudi private donors, and allegedly by Morocco and Iran.[12]
The Islamic Salvation Army wanted to distance itself from the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) which indiscriminately bombed and massacred civilians. Unlike the GIA, the AIS fought security forces instead of civilians and conducted guerrilla warfare. The AIS tried to control territories and gained some support in rural areas, and it fought a few battles against the GIA in 1995 and 1996.[11] As the GIA rose, the FIS-loyalist guerillas attempted to unite their forces. In July 1994, the MIA, together with the remainder of the MEI and a variety of smaller groups, united as the Islamic Salvation Army, declaring their allegiance to FIS and strengthening FIS' hand for the negotiations. It was initially headed by MIA's Abdelkader Chebouti, who was succeeded in November 1994 by MEI's Madani Mezrag. It rejected all truces with the government.[13] By the end of 1994, it controlled over half the guerrillas of the east and west, but barely 20% in the center, near the capital, where the GIA were mainly based.
The Islamic Salvation Army was formed on 18 July 1994 after the 1991 Algerian legislative election which resulted in an FIS victory was interrupted by the 1992 Algerian coup d'état led by the military, which wanted to prevent Algeria from turning into an Islamic state.[14] The Islamic Salvation Front was banned by the government on 4 March 1992. On 24 September 1997, the leader of the Islamic Salvation Army Madani Mezrag declared a ceasefire.[15] The FIS lost influence after this and was dissolved on 13 January 2000 after the Civil Concord decreed by president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[16]
^Naylor, Phillip C. (2015-05-07). Historical Dictionary of Algeria. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8108-7919-5.
^Martínez, Luis (2000). The Algerian Civil War, 1990-1998. Hurst. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-85065-517-6.
^Sidaoui, Riadh (2009). "Islamic Politics and the Military: Algeria 1962–2008". In Jan-Erik Lane; Hamadi Redissi; Riyāḍ Ṣaydāwī (eds.). Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilization. Ashgate. pp. 241–243. ISBN 978-0-7546-7418-4.
^Sidaoui, Riadh (2009). "Islamic Politics and the Military: Algeria 1962–2008". In Jan-Erik Lane; Hamadi Redissi; Riyāḍ Ṣaydāwī (eds.). Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilization. Ashgate. pp. 241–243. ISBN 978-0-7546-7418-4.
^Zoubir, Yahia H.; Amirah-Fernández, Haizam (2008-01-15). North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation. Routledge. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-134-08740-2.
^Cordesman, Anthony H. (2002). A Tragedy of Arms: Military and Security Developments in the Maghreb. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-275-96936-3.
^DeRouen, Karl R.; Heo, Uk (2007). Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-919-1.
^DeRouen, Karl R.; Heo, Uk (2007). Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-919-1.
^"Islamic Salvation Movement (FIS) / Islamic Liberation Army (AIS)". irp.fas.org. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^Martínez, Luis (2000). The Algerian Civil War, 1990-1998. Hurst. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-85065-517-6.
^ ab"Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^DeRouen, Karl R.; Heo, Uk (2007). Civil Wars of the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-919-1.
^Kepel, Gilles (2002). Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-674-00877-9.
^Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Algérie : L'islamisme, l'état et le conflit armé". Refworld. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^"Le bras armé du FIS ordonne un arrêt des combats". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1997-09-25. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
^"Dissolution en Algérie de l'Armée islamique du salut (AIS)". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2000-01-08. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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