Tunisia

What does it mean to be a "liberal Arab"? Even in the West, definitions of "liberal" vary. In the American context, the demarcation of the "liberal" overlaps cultural and...

Tunisia's Minister of Tourism Salma Lummi said on Thursday that the number of tourists who visited the country this year up to the end of August reached nearly 3...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has that said his country and Algeria have agreed to intensify their strategic cooperation, as well as holding preparatory meetings of an Algeria-Iran...

The former interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, has called upon his country to open its doors to Syrians fleeing violence and war in their homeland. In a press...

At least 1,325 people were killed in August in ongoing violence across war-torn Iraq, according to a monthly report issued Tuesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)....

US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), Ann Patterson, has expressed her "appreciation for the major role" played by Ennahda to achieve a...

The British government is ready to support Tunisia in its fight against terrorism, Defence Minister Farhat Horchani said on Wednesday. The minister made his comments after meeting with Britain's...

Rebel forces loyal to Libyan General Khalifa Haftar on Sunday took control of the town of Sorman, 80 kilometres from the capital Tripoli, and took up positions in the...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Al-Marzouki did not stray too far from the truth when he said that the dreams of the Arab Spring have gone unheeded. There is no...

The head of Tunisia's Union of Agriculture and Fishing Abdelmajid Zar said on Tuesday that there has been a significant decrease in the amount of agricultural produce required by...

Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi has denied reports that he took part in an event during Ramadan hosted by a cousin of Jordan's King Abdullah as part of a plan to...

Strange how intellectual discussion concerning the so-called "Arab Spring" has almost entirely shifted in recent years – from one concerning freedom, justice, democracy and rights in general, into a...

The defence team for former Libyan premier Baghdadi Mahmoudi has said that it will sue senior Tunisian officials at the local and international courts, including former Tunisan Prime Minister...

The decision made by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi to extend the state of emergency in the country for a further two months has stirred up mixed reactions among...

Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda movement said on Friday that the government led by its former leader Hamadi Jebali extradited the former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Mahmoudi al-Baghdadi in 2012 based on...

In 1994, Harvard University Press published the English edition of a book by the eminent French political scientist Olivier Roy. The Failure of Political Islam had a powerful impact...

Speculation is mounting that Britain's relations with Tunisia have become strained after discussions about the extradition of Sousse terror suspects to the UK were rejected. Less than 24 hours...

Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche yesterday urged Britain to reverse a decision advising British citizens against all but essential travel to Tunisia following security threats in the country. "There...

Members of the Arab Peace Initiative are to meet in 5 August to discuss the escalation in violence and Israeli actions in occupied Jerusalem, the Anadolu Agency reported. Palestinian...

The official Tunisian news agency reported on Friday that the government in Tunis has restored diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime, Palestine's Al-Quds newspaper has said. According to an...

The head of Tunisia's Wafa movement Abderraouf Ayadi has criticised the draft terror bill currently under discussion in Tunisian Parliament, describing it as a "civil war bill" that serves...

Tunisian troops exchanged fire with an anonymous armed group at the Tunisian-Libyan border town of Ben Guerdane, Anadolu agency reported on Tuesday. The exchange came as Tunisian troops attempted...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday signed a resolution to grant Tunisia a loan of $100 million, a decision that was agreed upon by the governments of the two...

Plans to build a sand wall barrier on the Tunisian-Libyan border have been met by defiance from the residents of Tunisia's Bin Qirdan state, which lies near the borders...

Since April, the Tunisian authorities have been digging a trench along the country's 500-kilometer-long border with Libya to confront what the government has described as the "terrorist danger" emanating...

Libya's Tripoli-based Islamist government has called on the Tunisian authorities to coordinate with it on securing the countries' mutual borders, Turkey's Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement released...

Calligraffiti artist eL Seed combines calligraphy, graffiti and philosophy in his latest mural to open the Shubbak festival in Shoreditch, East London. In downtown Shoreditch, French-Tunisian street artist eL...

Tunisia is on the verge of difficult economic reforms while require sacrifices to be made by the Tunisian people as the state "is locked in a fateful war against...

Algeria and Tunisia are studying a plan to equip their land border with an electronic surveillance system to block infiltrations by Jihadists, an Algerian security source revealed. The source,...

"I don't actually read that many comic books," laughs Takoua Ben Mohamed. "And I have never set foot in a comic book fair." Don't mistake what she says for...

Head of Ennahda movement Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi has expressed concern with attempts by some to return to a programme of trying to "annihilate" Islamists in Tunisia, Quds Press reported...

Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring and remains home to the spark that ignited the entire region. The people participated in a peaceful revolution with their hearts...