The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, GSPC, affiliated terrorist groups activating in the Sahara namely Abderrezak Al Para allies are striving to insufflate a new breath to the terrorist activity in the border areas to stress that the neutralization of the former GSPC ninth region chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar means not the armed activity in the Sahara is over.Military sources well-acquainted with the armed group activity explained that the terrorist assault on Djanet airport, Thursday, has been led by Lamari Saifi alias Abderrezak Al Para allies who are challenging Mokhtar Belmokhtar alias Khalid Abu Al Abbès, the Sahara terrorist chief.
Counter-terrorism task force analyses disclose that Saifi partisans led by Abdelhamid Abu Zaid have attempted to bring in a considerable quantity of weapons to execute a terrorist offensive plan, the sources told El Khabar. The sources interpreted the latest security developments in Djanet as a two-fold message: first and foremost, the terrorists underscore that the armed activity in the Sahara is not over. Second, the assault was aimed at undermining Belmokhtar negotiations with security services.