A Tunisian security officer killed two of his colleagues and two visitors of a synagogue, in an attack that bodes ill for Tunisia’s image and its slowly recovering tourism sector. The attack targeted an old synagogue in Djerba, crowded with visitors and hundreds of Jewish pilgrims from Europe and Israel. The attacker, a police officer […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Islamist party Ennahdha, walked free Tuesday from a court to his residence after several hours of interrogation in connection with an investigation into terrorism financing and money laundry counts leveled against Namaa Touns, an organization he is believed involved in. Ghannouchi was questioned by the country’s counter-terrorism prosecutor in the […]
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) arrested in Settat on Sunday an individual suspected of allegiance to the extremist group Daesh. According to the BCIJ, the suspect had expressed interest in manufacturing explosives and suicide belts and was allegedly preparing attacks targeting public safety and order. Investigators say the man was in contact with […]
