April 2, 2020
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Samir Hamdi Tunisian social media sites, quoting Libyan websites, circulated a video of officers belonging to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar’s militias threatening Tunisia and its people. Haftar’s followers, who seem...
January 11, 2018
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Samir Hamdi With the early signs of the popular movement’s victory in Tunisia and the fleeing of the tyrant Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, controversy emerged within political circles regarding the...
August 18, 2017
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Samir Hamdi When the Emirati Ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al-Otaiba, spoke about the strategy of his country’s government and those that have allied with them on what he called seeking a...
July 18, 2017
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Samir Hamdi When the decision was made to blockade Qatar, the three countries behind it, as well as the failed governments that followed them, believed that the Qatari government and people...
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Yemen June 21, 2017
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Samir Hamdi Developments in the Gulf have cast a shadow over the political landscape in the entire Arab world. As is the case with all significant political events, positions and judgments...
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UAE March 22, 2017
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Samir Hamdi When the Nidaa Tunis party emerged on the Tunisian political scene at the end of 2012, it appeared to be the only possible alternative to the three party coalition...
![A woman holds her national flag during a rally on 14 January 2016 in the Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital Tunis to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 revolution. [FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TunisiaGettyImages-504962338.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Tunisian social media sites, quoting Libyan websites, circulated a video of officers belonging to retired Major General Khalifa Haftar’s militias threatening Tunisia and its people. Haftar’s followers, who seem...![Tunisians hold placards and banners during the revolution that took place in January 2011 [Sherif9282/Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2011_2-6-Tunisian-revolution.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
With the early signs of the popular movement’s victory in Tunisia and the fleeing of the tyrant Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, controversy emerged within political circles regarding the...![Image of the UAE Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al-Otaiba [File photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/yusef-al-otaiba.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
When the Emirati Ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al-Otaiba, spoke about the strategy of his country’s government and those that have allied with them on what he called seeking a...![Doha, Qatar [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/doha-qatar.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
When the decision was made to blockade Qatar, the three countries behind it, as well as the failed governments that followed them, believed that the Qatari government and people...![Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (C), Algerian Minister for Maghreb and Africa Affairs Abdel Kadir Mesahil (L) in Tunis, on 19 February, 2017 [Amine Landoulsi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170219_2_21948386_19076731.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Developments in the Gulf have cast a shadow over the political landscape in the entire Arab world. As is the case with all significant political events, positions and judgments...![Tunisia’s former president, Moncef Marzouki [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/people/moncef-marzouki-8.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
When the Nidaa Tunis party emerged on the Tunisian political scene at the end of 2012, it appeared to be the only possible alternative to the three party coalition...