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January 15, 2021 |
Motasem A Dalloul It is ten years since the people of Tunisia took to the streets and started what became known as the Jasmine Revolution which led to the ouster of dictator...
January 14, 2021 |
Jehan Alfarra The Tunisian uprising spread like wildfire and millions in neighbouring Arab countries revolted against their long-time dictators, giving birth to what became known as the Arab Spring
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January 14, 2021 |
Feras Abu-Helal Ever since the launch of the Tunisian revolution ten years ago, some have accused the Arab popular revolutions of being an "Israeli or American conspiracy". The intention has been...
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By any standards, it was necessary for the Gulf States to rearrange their affairs, as the conflict has exhausted them for little or no benefit. They are essentially one...
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Videos & Photo Stories A former Minister of State Property in Tunisia has warned that Israel intends to demand a huge amount of financial compensation from the government in respect of the property...
Tunisia will impose a four-day national lockdown from Thursday along with lesser measures lasting until January 24 to combat a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Fouzi Mehdi...
The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13,000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic privations in Tunisia that fuel migration...
Female Member of Tunisia's Parliament Samia Abbou has launched a hunger strike in protest against alleged abuse she has suffered at the hands of her colleagues. The representative of...
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday the launch of an investigation into the "deliberate leaking" of classified ministry documents on social media. In a statement, the ministry...
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Tunisia The governorate of Gafsa, southern Tunisia, on Thursday staged a general strike that included most of the city's public facilities to demand development projects and job opportunities for the...
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Tunisia Tunisian President Kais Saied demanded Wednesday that the UN contribute to addressing reasons that cause conflicts because he said hostilities continue to threaten world peace and security, Anadolu reports....
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Tuesday sacked his Interior Minister, who is close to President Kais Saied, a move underscoring tensions between the country's two most powerful leaders,...
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Tunisia Tunisia assumed the presidency of the 68th session of the UN Security Council yesterday and immediately pushed to send a peacekeeping force to maintain the ceasefire in Libya. Tarek Ladeb,...
Tunisia is set to propose a bill which would see women conscripted into the army, the Ministry of Defence announced. Set to be presented to the House of Representatives,...
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Tunisia Tunisia's relations with Qatar are "exemplary and strategic", Tunis' parliament speaker said. Rached Ghannouchi said in an interview with the Qatari newspaper Al Sharq on Sunday that "relations between Tunisia and Qatar...
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced that two Egyptian fishing boats have been detained in Tunisia after they illegally entered Tunisian territorial waters. In a statement published on Thursday evening,...
Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi recently received Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi at the Bardo Palace, to discuss the union's national dialogue initiative strategy....
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Tunisia Tunisian President Kais Saied will launch in coming weeks a national dialogue that will include political parties and youth from all regions "to correct the revolution that has deviated...
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December 30, 2020 |
Wafa Aludaini In 2005, not long after the death of his mother in Tunisia, Ayman knelt down next to her bed surrounded by her possessions and noticed a piece of paper...
December 26, 2020 |
Jehan Alfarra Today, Carthage is a wealthy suburb of the Tunisian capital Tunis where the ruins of the once-mighty ancient city have attracted tourists for decades.
The Tunisian authorities announced on Friday the extension of the state of emergency throughout the country for an additional six months. According to a statement by the Tunisian presidency,...
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Tunisia Tunisia detained 28 Egyptian nationals Thursday who were illegally fishing off the coast of Sfax city, Anadolu Agency reported quoting the Defence Ministry. The ministry said in a statement...
A spokesperson for the Tunis court announced on Thursday that the court had issued an arrest warrant for the Heart of Tunisia party leader, Nabil Karoui, on financial corruption...
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Tunisia Tunisia has declared its categorical rejection of normalising relations with Israel, stressing that this decision will not be affected by ongoing international developments. This declaration came in the first statement...
Tunisia and Algeria have prevented an Israeli airplane from using their airspaces on its way to the Moroccan city of Rabat, forcing it to take an indirect route through...
Tunisian authorities yesterday arrested dismissed Minister of Local Affairs and Environment, Mustapha Laroui, as investigations continue into the case of importing Italian waste to the country. In a statement,...
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Ten years have passed since the outbreak of Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution, after Mohamed Bouazizi, a struggling young man who sold vegetables from his street cart, set himself on fire...
The Speaker of the Parliament in Tunisia, and the head of Ennahda Movement, has pointed out that the normalisation agreement between Morocco and Israel is a violation of the...
Relatives of the 18 foreign fishermen who were detained by the militia of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi, eastern Libya, for nearly three months, revealed the ill-treatment and...
Tunisian authorities have detained 17 Egyptian fishermen, officials in Cairo informed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) quoted Mahmoud Abbas, assistant foreign minister for...
The governorate of Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia celebrated the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the popular protests on 17 December, amid a dim atmosphere. The commemorated protests...
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Tunisia Courts in Tunisia have been suspended from providing services to citizens for over a month, due to a strike staged by judges demanding improvement in working conditions and upgrading...
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