Tunisia

The Tunisian government has given Hizb ut-Tahrir a deadline to complete the legal procedures necessary for bringing its basic law into conformity with the constitution. Tunisian local radio station...

The shock of the massacre in Sousse was such that we should not be surprised at the all-party call to support the Tunisian army and security services. Security and...

Richard Jackson speaks to MEMO: "Once you listen to what their grievances are and try and address them terrorism subsides." One week ago, Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgai opened fire...

Terrorism has hit Tunisia once again, and hard, while the voices condemning the terrorists and calling for them to be fought have increased. However, what is visible to the...

The political rhetoric emerging in the aftermath of the massacre in Tunisia is predictable, maybe inevitable. It is also exploitative of human suffering and will make future attacks more,...

Chairman of the Global Union for Muslim Scholars yesterday called for lifting the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and hailed the participants in the Freedom Flotilla including former...

Tunisia's Ennahda party leader Rachid Ghannouchi yesterday expressed the party's full support for the state and security forces' efforts to combat terrorism. A statement released by the republic's presidential...

High level Algerian and Tunisian security officials will hold a meeting later this week to develop new measures to combat terrorism, especially on the border between the two countries,...

Following Israel's hijacking of the Gaza-bound ship Marianne in international waters on Monday, Arab-Israeli Basel Ghattas MK has been released from custody and former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki has...

Tunisia's Ennahda party leader Rachid Ghannouchi described the terrorist attack in Sousse which resulted in the death and injury of scores of tourists as "the most violent attack" stressing...

Tunisia's prosecution authorities on Saturday denied media reports that victims of Friday's militant attack in the western city of Sousse had included several Tunisian citizens, according to the country's...

Libyan writer and thinker Ali Al-Salaabi has condemned the terrorist attack on a tourist hotel in Tunisia in which 38 locals and tourists were killed, Quds Press reported on...

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi has said that his country cannot face Jihadist terrorists alone, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday. He was speaking in the wake of the terrorist...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Thursday that it will apply the Early Voluntary Retirement initiative, which allows employees who meet the requirements...

Attack on a Tunisian hotel in Sousse, east of the country, has left at least 27 dead and injured six others, with figures likely to rise. Two gunmen opened...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi briefed his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the details of the latest Tunisian-American security agreement, an Algerian diplomatic source said yesterday. The source, who...

As Tunisia withdraws its diplomatic staff from Libya following the kidnapping of consular staff, relations between the two countries are growing increasingly tense. On 12 June, the Tunisian foreign...

As Tunisia steps up its counter-terrorism measures, including increasing security measures, some students and teachers are also calling for a more open debate and discussion around the issue. Despite...

"A sailing boat is not your town square, where if you have an argument you can just get up and leave," explains Maria Vittoria Pericu. "On a boat you...

A number of Libyan gunmen stormed the Tunisian consulate in Libya on Friday and kidnapped ten Tunisian employees, the foreign ministry in Tunis has revealed. "The intrusion of an...

Tunisia's ruling coalition is supporting an appeal against the annulment of the 2011 decree to confiscate the assets of ousted President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and his relatives, Quds...

The defence ministers of the 5+5 Mediterranean countries met in Tunisia yesterday to discuss the escalations in the region. This year the meeting coincides with the visit of NATO's...

A Tunisian court on Monday annulled a previous decree that entitled the state to confiscate assets of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his relatives, the Anadolu...

Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia have agreed to step up security measures along their borders with Libya and to support the Libyan army in its fight against the Islamic State...

Tunisians are looking for petroleum in their country. This initiative was launched by the opposition Progressive Democratic Party and was met with a strong response on various social networking...

In "Beneath the black flag: Tunisia's Salafists" Tunisian journalist and analyst Hedi Yahmed examines the Tunisian jihadi phenomenon. Middle East Monitor's Christine Petré speaks to the author about his...

Army leaders from Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia will meet later this week to discuss the security situation in Libya following the increased influence of ISIS-inspired groups in the area,...

Tunisia will not impose an internet censorship policy, the Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy, Noomane Fehri, said yesterday. During a meeting with media outlets during the Africa...

The results of a poll conducted at the University of Tunis published on Thursday have revealed that nearly 1,300 Tunisian students are currently involved in jihadist organisations outside Tunisia....

Tunisia has become a non-NATO ally of the United States. This is regarded as one of the most important results of President Beji Caid Essebsi's 48-hour visit to Washington....

Tunisia's Prime Minister, Habib Essid reiterated his government's decision to cut down the salaries of public employees on strike either as part of a union or on individual base....

Representatives of the two main Libyan rival militias ended a series of meetings that took place in Tunis, Quds Press reported credible Libyan and Tunisian sources on Friday. These...