Since the death of Antar Zouabri the leader of the pro-al-Qaeda group called Armed Islamic Group of Algeria ( GIA ) which led an end of the Algerian Civil War in February 2002 . The Islamist groups , like GIA and Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat ( GSPC ) , continued the fight in their own insurgency in Algeria . In the meanwhile , on 11April 2002 a suspected al-Qaeda deadly bombing attack was carried in the Algeria 's neighbour country Tunisia , on the island of Djerba . Twenty-one people were killed and dozens were injured . A suspected Polish with a German citizenship called Christian Ganczarski was arrested and gaoled for having connexions with al-Qaeda and the attacker . In December 2006 , two people were killed by Islamists and two others were arrested . On 3January 2007 clashes broke out in Soliman , Tunisia , between the Tunisian Police and a suspected Islamitic armed group . Fourteen people were killed , which of whom were two police officiers , twelve armed members and fifteen were arrested . In Late 2012 , the Tunisian Army launched some operations against the Islamist rebels whom are active around the Algarian – Tunisian mountainous border . On 16July 2014 the Islamites launched a deadly attack against the army which killed fifteen soldiers of the army and one attacker . Eighteen others were wounded on the Algarian – Tunisian border
deadly bombing attack
Ghriba synagogue bombing
ISIL insurgency in Tunisia