By decree of 28 December 1915, the settlement center Oued Chaaba, which is in the mixed commune of Aïn-Touta, takes the name of Victor-Duruy.

On 14 June 1955, fifteen people were burned alive in the Benabid farm in retaliation for the execution by militants led by Mohamed Tahar Abidi said El Hadj Lakhdar, a settler named Jacques Vianes.

The institution is designed to receive prisoners at the end of sentences, having proved their good behavior, and who are close to performing productive activities.

On the evening of 27 August 2008, two soldiers and five communal guards were killed in an ambush by a terrorist group on the road to Merouana in the forest Adahri led by the Emir Leslous.

The institution is designed to receive prisoners at the end of sentences, having proved their good behavior, and who are close to performing productive activities[4]