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Tag: Caid Essebsi
Tunisia: Government Pressures Military Court to Dismantle Islamist Party
The Tunisian government has called on the military court to suspend the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir party, deemed radical and a threat to security in the ... Read More
Tunisia: Parliament Endorses Chahed’s Unity Cabinet
Nominal Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Friday won endorsement vote from the parliament as lawmakers in great number voted in favour of his unity government expected ... Read More
Tunisia: Youssef Chahed, Future Prime Minister of Unity Government
President Caid Essebsi will be appointing outgoing local affairs minister, Youssef Chahed, as the new prime minister, sources at the Tunisian presidential palace in Carthage ... Read More
Tunisia: IS-Sponsored Terrorist Cell Busted
Tunisia’s security authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of members of an IS-cell plotting to attack sites in the coastal city of Sousse, a year after ... Read More
Tunisia: State of Emergency Prolonged for Fourth Time
Tunisian authorities Monday extended for one month the state of emergency in place since last November attacks. President Caid Essebsi’s office made the announcement saying ... Read More
Tunisia: Unity Government to be Unveiled before June 27
Tunisian President Caid Essebsi has announced a unity government would be named no later than June 27, reports say. President Caid Essebsiis still continuing consultation ... Read More
Tunisia: UGTT Draws Line in the Sand about Participation in Unity Government
Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT Wednesday underlined its rejection of President Essebsi’s invitation to join the future unity government currently under discussion. The UGTT said ... Read More
Qatar Proposes International Conference to Revive Tunisia’s Flagging Economy
Doha proposed the organization of an international conference to relaunch Tunisia’s battered economy, which has been affected since the 2011 revolution. The proposal was made ... Read More
Libya: Serraj Talks Security & Economic Partnership with Tunisia
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate backed by the United Nations Wednesday in Tunis discussed anti-terrorism and economic partnership with Tunisian leaders, as the unity government is trying ... Read More
Tunisia Favorable for Military Targeted Operations in Libya
Tunisian President revealed that though he has been opposed to military action in Libya to help crash IS militants, he is for targeted air strikes ... Read More