Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa attends an interview with Reuters in Tunis October 10, 2014. Tunisia has arrested some 1,500 suspected jihadists this year, Jomaa told Reuters, part of a security crackdown aimed at safeguarding the North African country’s fragile transition to democracy. REUTERS/Anis Mili (TUNISIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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