Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia is struggling to avoid becoming an Islamist battleground. Officials said Tunisia has been inundated with Islamist fighters and preachers from the Middle East who regard the North African state as ripe for revolt. They said Tunisia has intensified security along its borders and was stopping clerics deemed supporters of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has reported the capture of Al Qaida fighters. The Interior Ministry said counter-insurgency units captured nine suspected Al Qaida fighters west of Tunis. The ministry said the detainees were members of the so-called Takfiri movement, a term often used by Arab regimes for Al Qaida. “Authorities received intelligence information […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has captured an Al Qaida-aligned cell. The Tunisian Interior Ministry has reported the capture of a cell aligned with Al Qaida’s Ansar Al Sharia. The ministry said eight suspected members of the cell were arrested and charged with plotting attacks in Sfax, deemed the economic capital of Tunisia. “Suspected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia, fighting an Al Qaida insurgency, has sought to gain control over the nation’s thousands of mosques. The government said it ordered authorities to impose supervision on Tunisia’s mosques. Officials said numerous mosques were believed to be under the influence of Al Qaida-inspired clerics. “This plan will recover 150 mosques […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Tunisia has acknowledged the presence of thousands of its nationals fighting against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said Tunisia and its North African neighbors have been deemed leading recruitment centers for Al Qaida. The officials said thousands of Algerians, Libyans, Moroccans and Tunisians were believed fighting for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has reported a major counter-insurgency mission. The Tunisian Interior Ministry said Army and paramilitary troops killed at least seven Al Qaida-aligned fighters in an overnight battle in the Tunis suburb of Raoued on Feb. 4. The ministry said the National Guard besieged a suspected insurgency stronghold in the northeastern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System/Defense & Foreign Affairs Three years ago, on Dec. 17, 2010, a 45-year-old Tunisian policewoman slapped an agitated vegetable vendor in his early twenties. He was creating a disturbance in a police station after his cart had been confiscated for lack of license. The vendor […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Tunisia, confronted by Al Qaida, has been struggling to maintain security along its borders, a report said. The International Crisis Group asserted that Tunisia was losing control over its borders, particularly with Algeria and Libya. In a report, ICG said the borders served Islamist insurgents as well as arms and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Tunisian intelligence community has determined that Al Qaida Organization in the Islamic Maghreb was operating throughout the North African state. Officials said the intelligence community has identified elements within AQIM responsible for the Islamist insurgency in Tunisia in 2013. The officials said AQIM has mobilized North African nationals, particularly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The tiny Jewish community in Tunisia has come under a police crackdown. Human rights activists said the Jewish community on the Tunisian island of Djerba was being harassed by police. The activists said police fired tear gas and stole property during the Jewish festival last month. The activists said Tunisia’s […]