Editing Aurès Mountains (section)

==History==
{{Main|History of the Aurès}}
Historically, the Aures served as a refuge and bulwark for the [[Berber people|Berber]] tribes, forming a base of resistance against the [[Africa (Roman province)|Romans]], [[Vandal Kingdom|Vandals]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], and [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb|Arabs]] along the centuries.<ref name=Conant>{{cite book |last=Conant |first=Jonathan |title=Staying Roman : conquest and identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439–700 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge New York |year=2012 |isbn=0521196973 |pages=280–281}}</ref>

The mountain area was also a district of [[French Algeria]] that existed during and after the [[Algerian War of Independence]] from 1954 to 1962. It was in this region that the Algerian War of Independence was started by Berber freedom fighters. The rugged terrain of the Aures makes it still one of the least developed areas in the [[Maghreb]].