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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Chokri Belaid

Tunisian police officers secure the place where a suicide bomber blew himself up near a seaside hotel in Sousse,Tunisia, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Raghda Jammali)
October 31, 2013, 3:33 pm
Terror in Tunisia
A failed suicide attack on a beach and a thwarted one near a presidential grave are new occurrences in Tunisia
By Elhanan Miller
Supporters of the Popular Front party gather at Mahmoud Materi hospital, north of Tunis, in support of Mohammed Brahmi, who was shot to death in his car outside his home, in Tunisia on Thursday, July 25, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)
July 25, 2013, 6:58 pm
Anti-government protests rock Tunisia after leftist leader assassinated
Mohammed Brahmi is was the second opposition political party leader gunned down this year; unions call for general strike
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Paul Schemm
Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, right, shakes hands with Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, left, in Tunis on Friday, March 8 (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
March 9, 2013, 6:46 am
Tunisia nominates professionals for key gov’t posts
Ruling party hopes appointment of outsiders will silence critical opposition
On a large television screen in front of Pyongyang's railway station, a North Korean state television broadcaster announces the news that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jon Chol Jin)
February 13, 2013, 12:45 pm
Don’t confuse us with the Brotherhood, says Moroccan PM
Saudi foreign minister bashes Iran, and Tunisian leader expects new unity government this week
By Elhanan Miller
A Free Syrian Army fighter walks past destroyed shops in Aleppo, Syria, on Friday, February 8, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Abdullah Al-Yassin)
February 12, 2013, 3:24 pm
Syrian oppositionists escape death
Tunisia’s prime minister receives a blow after his proposal for a technocrat government is shot down by party
By Elhanan Miller
Activists of the Islamic Party Ennahda wave flags and banners during a demonstration in Tunis Saturday Feb 9, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
February 10, 2013, 2:23 pm
Tunisia’s disconcerting violence
Political turmoil follows opposition leader’s assassination in Tunisia, and Egypt continues to simmer
By Elhanan Miller
Egyptian relatives of Mohammed el-Gindy, a 28-year-old activist, who died of wounds sustained during clashes near the presidential palace, display his picture as they shout anti-president Morsi slogans during his funeral procession in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on February 4. (photo credit: Amr Nabil/AP)
February 10, 2013, 12:28 am
In Cairo, oppositionists fear assassination campaign
Fatwas from hardline clerics add to death threats as Islamists and secular oppositionists face off
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Cars burn next to the cemetery where thousands of Tunisians are gathered at el Jallez cemetery to attend the funerals of slain opposition leader Chokri Belaid, near Tunis, Friday Feb. 8 (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
February 8, 2013, 3:54 pm
Clashes break out at Tunisian politician’s funeral
Police fire tear gas at youths outside cemetery; tens of thousands chant anti-government slogans
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)
February 7, 2013, 8:46 am
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
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Cairo, Egypt, February 6, 2013 (AP/Amr Nabil)
February 6, 2013, 4:45 pm
Ahmadinejad’s awkward Cairo moment
Embarrassing press conference exposes Sunni-Shiite rift; Tunisian political assassination sparks fear of renewed turmoil
By Elhanan Miller
Chokri Belaid (photo credit: CC-BY, Rais67, Wikimedia commons)
February 6, 2013, 11:29 am
Tunisian opposition leader shot dead
Unified Democratic Nationalist Party head Chokri Belaid was critical of Tunisia’s leadership; hundreds protesting in Tunis
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