article_snippet: And about 500 are believed to have returned stretching the resources of security services.
article_snippet: the group is believed to include fighters driven out of Mali by French forces.
article_snippet: It is rumored, but not confirmed, that the group are getting additional personnel from Algeria because members of AQIM in Algeria have been fleeing intensified Algerian military operations.
article_snippet: they have extended they operations closer to the capital," The Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade said.