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In this photo taken on March 20, 2006 former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali waves to the crowd upon arrival in Rades stadium where he delivered his speech on the 50th anniversary of independence of Tunisia from France. - (Handout / AFP)
September 19, 2019, 9:18 pm
Toppled Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dies in exile
Autocrat who was ousted in 2011 during nationwide protests that sparked the wider Arab Spring dies in Saudi Arabia aged 83
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Photo taken on October 18, 2017 shows an Israeli flag fluttering above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Golan Heights and overlooking the border with Syria. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
March 29, 2019, 12:21 pm
Arabs seek unity on Golan, but summit in Tunisia likely to expose rifts on Syria
Affirming consensus the territory is occupied land would only further highlight Arab League’s ongoing shunning of Assad
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Samy Magdy
Tunisian police fire tear gas toward protesters during a demonstration on December 25, 2018, in the central Tunisian city of Kasserine. (Hatem Salhi/AFP)
December 25, 2018, 6:19 pm
Protests in Tunisia after journalist sets himself on fire and dies
Abderrak Zorgui posted video before his self-immolation in struggling provincial city of Kasserine, describing economic desperation, calling for revolt
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
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
Family members of Tunisians who died in the revolution seven years ago, stage a protest in Tunis, Tunisia, January 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
January 14, 2018, 8:20 pm
Tunisia, shaken by protests, marks 7 years since revolution
Authorities announce plans to boost aid to struggling citizens in budding democracy that inspired Arab Spring
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Security forces in an armored vehicle patrol the district of Intilaka, north of Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday Jan. 11, 2018. (AP/Riadh Dridi)
January 13, 2018, 5:24 am
Tunisian leaders hope days of food protests are subsiding
Interior Ministry says 778 people — including 16 religious extremists — were arrested for vandalism and looting in nationwide unrest
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Protesters throw items to police forces in the city of Ennour, near Kasserine, Tunisia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Moncef Tajouri)
January 23, 2016, 2:58 am
Tunisia imposes nationwide curfew amid rising unrest
Five years after overthrow of dictator, elected president warns Islamic State in Libya could capitalize on instability
By BENJAMIN WIACEK and BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Ambulances and police vans are seen at the scene of a bus explosion in the center of the capital, Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 (AP/Hassene Dridi)
November 25, 2015, 1:27 am
Tunisia declares state of emergency after bus blast kills 12
President convenes urgent meeting of his security council to discuss ‘terrorist attack’ in heart of capital
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Angela Charlton
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)
October 11, 2015, 5:11 am
For Tunisia, Nobel is good news in troubled, violent year
With economy stagnant after two major 2015 terror attacks, peace prize offers ray of hope in Arab Spring’s lone democracy
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Seifedinne Rezgui, the gunman who allegedly murdered dozens in Tunisia, walking with his weapon on the beach after the massacre, June 26, 2015. (Sky News screenshot)
October 3, 2015, 1:04 am
Tunisia lifts state of emergency imposed after beach attack
Islamic State claimed late June shooting attack in which 38 tourists, mostly from the United Kingdom, were killed
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Bodies are covered on a Tunisian beach, in Sousse, Friday June 26, 2015. A young man unfurled an umbrella and pulled out a Kalashnikov, opening fire on European sunbathers in an attack that killed at least 28 people. (Jawhara FM via AP)
July 25, 2015, 4:13 pm
Tunisia passes new, controversial anti-terror law
After languishing in parliament for years, legislation fast-tracked in wake of deadly terror attacks at museum, beach
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Paul Schemm
Tunisian beach gunman Seifedinne Rezgui, in an image released by Islamic State on June 27, 2015
July 1, 2015, 2:37 am
Tunisia beach killer trained with museum gunmen
Authorities find links between the two assaults as all three attackers were together at a jihadi camp in Libya
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Andrea Rosa
Illustrative: Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ FETHI BELAID)
March 19, 2015, 7:26 pm
Islamic State claims Tunis attack that killed 23
Hundreds rally outside National Bardo Museum in solidarity with victims; police arrest nine suspects
By Jamey Keaten and BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
President Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old former minister, leaves his party headquarters in Tunis, December 22, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
December 22, 2014, 9:44 pm
88-year-old ex-minister wins Tunisia election
Beji Caid Essebsi takes 55% of vote in first democratic polls, gaining control of legislative, executive branches
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA and Paul Schemm
Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi gives a speech in front his supporters after the second round of the country's presidential election, in Tunis, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photos/Hassene Dridi)
December 22, 2014, 12:28 am
Exit poll: Ex-regime official is Tunisia’s new president
88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi is projected as winner of runoff election, the culmination of transition to democracy
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
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