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Monday, December 25, 2017
Tunisia suspends Emirates flights after ban targets women
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia suspends all flights by Emirates to and from Tunis after the Dubai-based airline barred Tunisian women from boarding its flights last week.
The Tunisian presidency says Monday the United Arab Emirates’ authorities explained that they made the decision following “serious security information” about alleged plans for attacks by Tunisian women, or women with Tunisian passports, from “tense hotbeds” in Syria and Iraq.
UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash writes on Twitter that the ban is temporary and due to security reasons.
The barring of Tunisian women has caused anger among rights groups and political parties in Tunisia. A protest is scheduled outside the UAE’s embassy in Tunis later in the day.
— AP
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