Algerian troops killed seven suspected militants Saturday in an ongoing operation in the northeastern province of Skikda, the defence ministry said. The seven “terrorists” were shot dead during a search operation in forest areas of Collo district, the ministry added. The Algerian army regularly reports deadly operations targeting Islamist fighters, two decades after the end of a decade-long civil war between the state and jihadists groups that left 200,000 people dead. Despite a peace and reconciliation charter signed in 2005 to end the violence, armed groups still carry out sporadic operation…