Algeria's intelligence chief, Athmane Tartag, has been removed from his post, private Ennahar television station reported on Friday. Tartag, a retired army general, was an ally of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned on Tuesday in the face of mass protests. Algeria is now in the hands of a caretaker government until elections in three months and with no successor yet in sight. *This story was edited by Ahram Onlne