Tunisia

Tunisian troops stationed near the border with Algeria opened fire on Saturday on an SUV after it crossed into Tunisian territory, the Tunisian Defence Ministry said in a statement....

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday called for the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) to come into effect as it is needed in light of the current challenges and critical situation...

Tunisian official statistics revealed on Wednesday that 2.6 million Libyans are currently present in the country. The Tunisian Ministry of Interior issued a statement which placed the number of...

Five years ago today the Arab Spring demonstrations spread to Libya, prompting a NATO-led intervention that would put an end to the 42-year rule of then leader Muammar Gaddafi....

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that his country rejects any military exercise that would threaten Iraq’s security and sovereignty, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. In remarks...

Some five years on from the advent of the “Arab Spring”, the balance sheet of progress vs. setbacks is quite something to behold. With the qualified exception of Tunisia,...

Head of Ennahda Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi said yesterday that his country rejects any military intervention in Libya, reiterating “crises are not resolved by war, but by political and peaceful...

The Ennahda movement stands by the Tunisian state’s official position that rejects military intervention in Libya. In a statement released yesterday, the movement stressed that "they continue to make...

Tunisia is currently facing serious challenges and its experience is causing it many risks and dangers, the majority of which are social and economic. It is true that the...

The Tunisian government has started to build a barrier along the border with Libya, Almesryoon.com reported on Friday. The barrier is part of defence preparations for any potential military...

The Tunisian parliament has voted in favour of changes to a law which will ensure that detainees have a right to an attorney. The legislative revision comes at a...

The closer the time gets to the military attack on Daesh in Libya, the more the fears of the Tunisians grow from the potentially dangerous consequences affecting their country...

A former Brigadier-General in the Tunisian Armed Forces and Head of the Tunisian Centre for Comprehensive Security Studies Mokhtar Ben Nasr has said that military intervention in Libya is...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi warned on Thursday of the consequences of any military intervention in Libya, stressing the need for the countries considering such action to consult with...

Tunisia has lifted a nationwide night-time curfew imposed last month following protests and violence, the country's Interior Ministry said. In a Thursday statement, the ministry said the curfew was...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu praised Tunisia’s democratic transition during his meeting with Ennahda leader Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi on Tuesday. The pair met at the central headquarters of the...

Extremism is not a characteristic limited to Islamists, as left-wing extremists are fiercer than the Islamist extremists, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said. In an interview with Bahrain’s Al-Wasat...

Revolutions are generally social movements that are subject to the conditions of their emergence, which may be significant and lead to a major rupture in society. If a revolution...

Six MPs from Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes parliamentary party officially resigned on Tuesday. As many as twenty-two of the party’s MPs resigned earlier this month and decided to form a...

Tunisian authorities yesterday eased night time curfews which were setup on Friday after protests demanding jobs led to violence. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior said: “Based on...

The leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement Rashid Ghannouchi has said that he “still has hope” that the “Egyptian elite will engage in dialogue rather than denial and conflict". In...

Over the last few days, Tunisia has been in the grip of a wave of unrest that erupted from Kasserine in the centre of the country and spread to...

According to Malika Zeghal, "In Tunisia today the main issue is not about Islam, or about Sharia law, but about how every Tunisian can find a job." The Professor...

The fast paced events of the Arab Spring and the Tunisian revolution are a dangerous indicator of the perilous slides and deviations that may arise in the Tunisian transitional...

The fast paced events of the Arab Spring and the Tunisian revolution are a dangerous indicator of the perilous slides and deviations that may arise in the Tunisian transitional...

Tunisia’s General Labour Union (UGTT) will call for a national dialogue to design a road map to resolve the country’s economic and social problems, UGTT’s Secretary-General Hussain Abbasi has...

It seems it is not only the far right that seizes the opportunity of every calamity that befalls us and every terrorist attack to unleash their exclusionary and hateful...

Head of Tunisia’s Ennahda party Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi has called for the strengthening of national unity and the fulfilment of the goals of the revolution. Ghannouchi praised in remarks...

Tunisian police have clashed with hundreds of young protesters demanding jobs in the city of Kasserine, west-central of Tunisia. Protestors blocked the main road leading to the province of...

Arab scholar Khair El-Din Haseeb stressed the importance of the role played by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and the head of Ennahda movement Rachid Ghannouchi in contributing to...

Perhaps the most enduring and lasting impression that I have after speaking to and spending time with Ennahda officials and activists, as well as being familiar with their politics,...

Secretary-General of Tunisia’s General Labour Union, UGTT Hussain Abbasi announced Monday a three- day celebrations to mark the Union’s 70th anniversary. Abbasi said the celebrations program includes an exhibition...