Heightened Alert: Western Nations Caution Travel to Middle East
The United States, Britain, and France have issued advisories urging their citizens to avoid travel to Iran, Lebanon, Israel, and the Palestinian territories in the coming days
Algerian troops have surrounded a gas facility in the east of the country where foreign workers are being held hostage by Islamist militants.
The militants staged a deadly attack on a natural gas field near the eastern Algerian desert town of In Amenas on Wednesday morning, reportedly killing two people. They are believed to be holding about 20 hostages, even though reports have claimed the group has taken more than 40 hostages.
The captives include British, Japanese, US, French and Norwegian nationals, according to BBC.
The hostage-takers reportedly demand the release of Islamists from Algerian prisons and an end to French military action in Mali
Algerian Interior Minister Daho Ould Kabila has told reporters that the militants wanted to leave the country with the hostages, but he had refused to let them go.
Kabila has revealed that that the kidnappers were Algerian and operating under orders from Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a former senior commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
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