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NATO is planning to set up an intelligence hub in Tunisia, which has been battered by terrorist attacks in the fallout of the chaos that rolled out of the Arab Spring in Libya. Tunisian officials look at the new NATO center, dubbed the “Intelligence Fusion Centre,” as a chance to further strengthen cooperation to counter […]
President Trump’s foreign policy adviser Walid Phares has warned against attempts by Tunisian Islamists and their Tripoli-based counterparts to bring down President Caid Essebsi’s democratically elected regime. The US official and Trump’s right-hand man for the Middle East indicated on his facebook page that Washington received intelligence that Tunisian Islamists are colliding with their Libyan […]
Tunisian defense ministry announced Tuesday the conduction of military exercise on the sea in conjunction with the US navy in view of training Tunisian forces in combat and rescue techniques. The drill will take place in the North African country and will take one month, the ministry announced. The drill will focus on rescue operations […]
Tunisian authorities have closed down a nightclub north-east of the country after a European DJ played a remix recording of the Muslim call to prayer. The governor of Nabeul governorate ordered the closure of the nightclub near the popular resort of Hammamet. “After confirming the facts, we decided to close this nightclub” until further notice, […]
Libya’s eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar has ignored an invitation by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi because of the latter’s support for the Tripoli-based Presidency Council (PC) and Muslim Brotherhood, reports say. The Field Marshal has spurned Essebsi’s formal invitation to attend Libyan talks in Tunisia, according to Tunisian local media Alchourouk. Haftar reportedly ignored […]
The Tunisian Foreign Ministry said that it has summoned the UK’s ambassador to protest against a decision to ban passengers on flights from Tunisia from carrying their electronic gadgets in cabin. The UK has banned carrying in cabin electronic devices larger than a mobile phone including laptops and tablets for security reasons. The ban requires […]
Tunisian coast guards have seized 31.5 kg of pure cocaine off Tunisia’s Mediterranean coasts, probably coming from Italy, an official of the coast guard told media on Monday. The seizure amounts to six million euro, according to lieutenant-colonel Mohamed Walid Ben Ali. Two men manning a speedboat off Tunisian coast were chased Sunday evening near […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that an agreement has been sealed with Tunisian authorities to speed up the process of repatriating the Tunisians who failed to obtain the status of refugee in Germany after a rejected Tunisian awaiting deportation killed 12 people at a Berlin market in December. Merkel made the announcement during a two-day […]
The International Monetary Fund has postponed the second tranche of a loan worth $350 million to Tunisia because of a lack of progress in reforms covering public sector wage bill, the public finances and state banks. The IMF urged the acceleration of reforms for Tunisia to be eligible to receive the second and third tranches […]
Tension has flared up between the Tunisian Presidency and Machrou Tounes party after a delegation of the party led by leader Mohsen Marzouk met with Libya’s military veteran Khalifa Haftar in what turned out to be parallel diplomacy according to the presidency. Marzouk, a former strong ally of the Tunisian President, met Wednesday with the […]