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, amid rising unrest, has nominated technocrats for defense minister and other major security posts. Tunisia’s ruling Ennahda has named non-Islamists for the post of defense minister, foreign minister and interior minister. Officials said the appointments reflected the growing opposition against Ennahda, aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood. “Although it retained […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has captured an alleged Islamist cell linked to the Salafist movement and accused of killing an opposition leader. Officials said Tunisia has determined that the killers of opposition leader Chokri Belaid were linked to the Salafist movement. They said a Salafist-linked cell influenced by Al Qaida assassinated Belaid in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia, where a self-immolation sparked “Arab Spring” in late 2010, has been embroiled in another revolt in wake of the assassination of an opposition leader. Tunisia’s Islamist government was dissolved on Feb. 6 in wake of the assassination of a secular opposition leader. Chokri Belaid was shot dead after he […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has been facing the increasing threat of an Islamic insurgency. Officials said the Interior Ministry has become alarmed by the growth of Islamic militias over the last six months. They said the militias were comprised of young men, including university students, intent on turning Tunisia into an Islamic state. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia’s long-banned Islamist opposition has won what is regarded as the first free elections in the North African state. Officials said Ennahda party was the winner in parliamentary elections held on Oct. 23 in Tunisia. They said Ennahda, banned for decades by the former regime of President Zein Bin Abidine […]