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Topic: Islamists in Tunisia

May 23, 2013
12:05 pm

A injuried Tunisian police officer is helped by colleagues during clashes with radical Islamist movement Ansar al-Shariah supporters, in Ettadhamen, near Tunis, Sunday May 19, 2013. Tunisia's Interior Ministry on Friday banned a conference by the North African country's most prominent ultraconservative Islamic group, setting up the possibility of a confrontation over the weekend. (Photo credit: AP/Nawfel)

‘Tunisia is not the land of jihad’

Tunisia’s minister of religious affairs strikes back after Islamists threaten violence; Iran’s supreme leader upholds barring of Rafsanjani from presidential race

By Michael Bassin

May 9, 2013
1:26 pm

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visiting military officers in Jebel Chaambi, western Tunisia, close to the Algerian border, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 (photo credit: Tunisian Presidency/AP)

Jihadi peril makes its way to Tunisia

Army hunts for terrorists along mountainous border with Algeria

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Paul Schemm

February 28, 2013
12:44 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters from the Knights of the North brigade leave one of their caves to reconnaissance a Syrian army forces base of al-Karmid, at Jabal al-Zaweya, in Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 27 (Photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

‘Harlem Shake’ stirs up North Africa

Syrian opposition to attend today’s Conference of Friends of Syria in Rome; regional leaders remain on opposite sides of Syria divide

By Michael Bassin

February 22, 2013
4:21 pm

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, center, arrives for meeting with political parties in an effort to end a crisis exacerbated by a political assassination two weeks ago, outside Tunis, Monday, Feb. 18 (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia’s Islamist party chooses new prime minister

Nomination of hardline interior minister is expected to make coalition building more difficult

February 15, 2013
7:14 am

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, right, President Moncef Marzouki, center, and head of constitutional assembly Mustapha Ben Jaafar, left, salute the national flag during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Revolution, Monday, January 14, 2013, in Tunis (photo credit: AP)

Tunisia’s premier to form new government or resign

Bucking his own party, Hamadi Jebali will hold talks with other political leaders on building cabinet of technocrats

February 11, 2013
11:08 am

Activists of the Islamic Party's Ennahda as they wave is flags during a demonstration in Tunis Saturday Feb 9, 2013. Several thousand supporters of Tunisia's ruling moderate Islamist party rallied in the capital in a pro-government demonstration Saturday, a day after the funeral of an assassinated opposition politician. (Photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution turning red

PM Jebali’s grip on stability further weakened, half-Saudis are recognized, and Iran’s Larijani gets one in the face

By Michael Bassin

February 10, 2013
6:45 pm

Several thousand supporters of Tunisia's moderate Islamist party in a pro-government demonstration in Tunis a day after the funeral of an assassinated opposition politician, Feb 9, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia: Pressure on Islamists to end crisis

After three days of violence following the killing of opposition leader last week, calm returning to the capital

February 7, 2013
8:46 am

Protesters gather with a Tunisian flag around an ambulance carrying the body of opposition leader Chokri Belaid in Tunis, Wednesday, Feb. 6 (photo credit: AP/Amine Landoulsi)

Tunisia to shake up government after assassination

Muslim prime minister says he will work toward holding new elections in the wake of slaying of secularist opposition leader

By Paul Schemm

December 29, 2012
6:47 am

Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalem (photo credit: Foreign Ministry of Tunisia)

Tunisia’s Islamist FM caught in affair and money embezzlement scandal

From the web Al Arabiya: Rafik Abdessalem dismisses allegations that he spent several nights at a hotel in Tunis with a woman and paid for his stay from the government’s coffers

December 3, 2012
6:30 am

Protesters clash with riot police in Siliana, Tunisia, on Saturday (photo credit: AP/Amine Landoulsi)

Protests in Tunisian town show anger at Islamist government

From the web Police wound hundreds, blind 17, reports Reuters

November 4, 2012
3:24 pm

Members of various Syrian opposition groups seen during a press conference after three-day meetings outside Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Syrian opposition to undergo reorganization

Largest opposition meeting takes place in Qatar, and Tunisia continues to struggle with its extremists

By Elhanan Miller

November 1, 2012
10:25 pm

Supporters of the Tunisian islamist Ennahdha Party shout slogans and wave Palestinian flags during a speech delivered by Ismail Haniya, prime minister in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, on January 8, 2012 in Tunis (photo credit: Mohammed Al-Ostaz / Flash 90)

Uproar in Tunisia, after Islamist politician says Hamas sanctions ties with Israel

Hamas furiously denies the heresy, parliamentarian hurriedly recants, and minor move toward possible normalization is stymied

By Elhanan Miller

November 1, 2012
12:44 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Croatia's President Ivo Josipovic walk at the president's office, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Darko Bandic)

Western diplomats weigh in on Syria

Relations between Tunisian Islamists and police get violent, and the PA arrests a critical writer

By Elhanan Miller

October 14, 2012
11:25 am

Protesters wave a flag while standing atop the security post of the main entrance to the US embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, last month. (photo credit: AP)

Washington urges Tunisia to bring embassy attackers to trial

From the web Reuters: US ambassador calls on government ‘to provide security for its citizens and guests,’ says assault will not alter relations

October 14, 2012
2:59 am

Protesters gather in front of the main entrance of the U.S. embassy in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Amine Landoulsi)

Leaked video raises questions about Tunisian government’s moderateness

Footage shows Ennahda Party leader speaking on how to gradually Islamize society; opposition groups fear radical Islamist agenda

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Paul Schemm

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