Liamine Zeroual, the president of Algeria during the bloodiest phase of his country's savage civil war in the 1990s, who unexpectedly cut short his term as violence simmered, died Saturday in Algiers.

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has paid his respects to former Algerian leader Liamine Zeroual, whose death at the age of 84 has prompted nationwide mourning in Algeria. Images released by the presidency show ...

Cutting short his five-year term amid a scarring conflict, he was perhaps a first: an Algerian leader who left office without being forced out or dying. By Adam Nossiter Liamine Zeroual, the president ...