Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army Lt. Gen. Ahmed Kayed Saleh said yesterday that there is a "conspiracy being hidden in secret against Algeria and its people."

"We realized from the beginning of the crisis that there was a conspiracy in secret against Algeria and its people, and we uncovered its threads and circumstances in due course," Kaid Saleh said.

He added: «We have developed a tight strategy, which was implemented in stages, according to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic, we faced this serious conspiracy aimed at the destruction of Algeria».

Concerning the nature of these "conspiracies" and the parties that planned them, Qaid Saleh said: "There are parties of the gang's bad intentions, which make freedom of movement an excuse to justify its dangerous behavior, which is to create all the factors disturbing the comfort of citizens, through the weekly number "Citizens are being brought from the different states of the homeland to the capital."