:Sétif offensive

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Sétif offensive

| place = Sétif Province, Algeria

| date = September 2003

| partof = the Algerian Civil War

| combatant1 = {{flag|Algeria}}

| combatant2 = GSPC

| result = Algerian government victory

| casualties2 = 165+ rebels killed

| casualties1 = Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox Algerian Civil War}}{{Campaignbox Insurgency in the Maghreb}}

The Sétif offensive was a two-week Algerian army offensive against the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) near the Babor Mountains in Sétif province in September 2003.{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2003-09-28 |title=Army Reportedly Kills 150 Rebels in Mountains |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-28-fg-briefs28.5-story.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Turner |first=B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2010: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |date=2017-01-12 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-58632-5 |pages=89 |language=en}} The armed forces at this time began a campaign to eliminate the remains of the Armed Islamic Group and the GSPC, which reportedly had 400 fighters.{{Cite news |title=Algeria reported to have killed 150 Islamic rebels |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/algeria-reported-to-have-killed-150-islamic-rebels-1.501483 |access-date=2023-04-14 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}} In one of its most successful attacks in the Algerian Civil War, the Algerian People's National Army successfully killed 150 rebel militants of the GSPC. Algerian newspapers reported that 105 rebel corpses were found in caves near the Babor Mountains after an intense artillery bombardment. A week earlier, the government offensive killed 15 members of the GSPC, and only a few pockets of rebels were left in Algeria.{{Cite news |date=2003-09-27 |title=Algerian army kills 150 Islamic rebels: report |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-09-27/algerian-army-kills-150-islamic-rebels-report/1484712 |access-date=2023-04-14}}{{Cite web |title=150 Islamic rebels die in horror blitz |url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/africa/150-islamic-rebels-die-in-horror-blitz-26235441.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=independent |language=en}}