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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Islamists in Tunisia

A Tunisian woman looks at the army-barricaded parliament building in the capital Tunis, on July 26, 2021, after the president dismissed the prime minister and ordered parliament closed for 30 days. (Yassine Mahjoub/AFP)
July 29, 2021, 6:36 pm
Tunisian prosecutors to investigate leading Islamist party for corruption
The activities of Ennahda, the dominant party in parliament, were suspended this week by President Saied, who has been accused of overstepping his power
By AP
Forensic officers work on a blast site near the US Embassy in Tunis, Friday, March 6, 2020. Tunisian media are reporting that two people on a motorcycle have set off a blast near the US Embassy in the capital Tunis, the private Radio Mosaique said that five police officers were wounded and described it as a suicide attack. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)
March 6, 2020, 7:27 pm
Tunisia: Suicide bombs near US Embassy kill, injure police
Two attackers on a motorcycle detonate after being approached by police patrol, killing 1 officer and wounding 4 others
By MEHDI EL AREM and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA
Tunisian presidential candidate and law professor Kais Saied speaks to the reporters and supporters, October 13, 2019 in Tunis. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
October 14, 2019, 2:27 am
Outsider Kais Saied, backed by Islamist party, set to win presidency in Tunisia
Conservative academic, whose campaign focused on opposition to Westernized and corrupt elites, headed for landslide victory, garnering 90% of young peoples’ votes
By Kaouther Larbi
Supporters of the Islamist party Ennahda react as they follow exit polls in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Tunisia's moderate Islamist party appeared to be heading for victory in parliamentary elections, according to polling agencies, though the rival party of a jailed populist tycoon also claimed to come out on top of Sunday's voting. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)
October 7, 2019, 4:28 am
Exit polls show Islamist-inspired party leading Tunisia election
With no clear winner expected, parties have two months to agree a coalition or face possibility of fresh polls
By Kaouther Larbi and Caroline Nelly Perrot
Tunisian Ennahdha party member Souad Abderrahim (C) celebrates after winning the municipal elections in front of the movement's headquarters in Tunis late on May 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SOFIENNE HAMDAOUI)
May 12, 2018, 3:24 pm
Tunisia Islamists top municipal polls but fail to win majority
Ennahdha party takes 2,135 seats nationwide; independent lists win 2,367 seats, while party of President Beji Caid Essebsi manages only 1,595
By Kaouther Larbi
Simon Slama, the only Jewish candidate on the Islamist Ennahda party's list for the municipal elections in the central coastal city of Monastir, speaks while campaigning on April 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Bechir Taieb)
April 29, 2018, 5:16 pm
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
Simon Slama defends his decision to run on list of Ennahda, which he says ‘is no longer a religious party’
By Kaouther Larbi
In this photo dated February 28, 2018, Ennahdha party candidate in the May municipal elections Simon Slama poses in his sewing machine repair shop in Monastir, Tunisia. (AP Photo/Mehdi Arem)
March 23, 2018, 11:41 am
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Opponents of Islamist Ennahda say it is using Simon Slama’s candidacy as a ‘propaganda operation to seem like an open and tolerant party’
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (C) attends a meeting with political parties, unions and employers on January 13, 2018 in Tunis, following unrest triggered by austerity measures. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)
January 14, 2018, 4:24 am
Tunisian government announces social reforms after week of unrest
President Essebsi accuses foreign press of ‘amplifying’ crisis after hundreds arrested in wave of protests over poverty and unemployment
By Kaouther Larbi
US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after giving final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2017, 2:13 pm
Settlement leader warns White House that pressuring Netanyahu could topple him
UK Labour leader Corbyn denies honoring Munich attack killer; foreign journalists complain Netanyahu won’t answer questions
By ToI Staff
Tunisian children perform on Mount Sammama, during a gathering as part of a project by the Jabal Theater on December 25, 2017, to use traditional culture and drama to combat the appeal of jihadist ideology. (AFP/Rzouga Khlifi)
March 3, 2017, 6:47 am
Upstaging jihad in Tunisia’s impoverished mountains
A unique theater project aims to combat the appeal of radical ideology in an area that has become a favorite hideout of extremists
By Kaouther Larbi
Authorities inspect a truck that sped into a Christmas market in Berlin, on December 19, 2016. (AFP Photo/Odd Andersen)
December 28, 2016, 5:41 pm
Suspected contact of Berlin attacker arrested in Germany
German authorities say 40-year-old Tunisian may have had a role in orchestrating IS-claimed truck-ramming attack
By Agencies
Tunisian soldiers drive a light gun car during clashes with militants in the southern town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, March 7, 2016. (AFP/FATHI NASRI)
May 11, 2016, 5:02 pm
2 suspected jihadis killed, 16 arrested near Tunis
Operation comes in shadow of a warning by Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau for Jewish pilgrims to avoid Tunisia
By ToI Staff and AFP
A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
May 9, 2016, 3:21 pm
Israel warns Jewish pilgrims of ‘severe’ terror threat in Tunisia
As Lag B’Omer festival approaches, counter-terror agency sees ‘concrete’ jihadist threat on historic Djerba island
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Tunisian women celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Riadh Dridi)
January 15, 2016, 2:51 am
Tunisians rally to mark 5 years since dictator’s ouster
‘Today we can speak freely and this is no little matter. That’s the main achievement of the revolution’
By AP
Houcine Abassi, secretary general of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), right, is congratulated by unidentified union members in his office at the headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Abassi is one of the four members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet to be awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. (AP Photo)
December 10, 2015, 6:29 am
Nobel Peace Prize goes to Tunisia democracy advocates
National Dialogue Quartet, a coalition committed to dialogue amid Arab Spring transition, to receive award Thursday
By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES
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