First Independent Mena Newspaper
Security sources Wednesday said they arrested five Tunisians in the Remada, in the governorate of Tataouine as the men were trying to join IS in Libya, now a training ground for jihadists. Police sources say the men had been watched for quite a time and security forces received confirmations that they were planning to join […]
The Tunisian Interior ministry on Sunday warned that eminent terrorist attacks were looming on capital city Tunis and ordered stepping up security measures. The interior ministry said it received intelligence reports about unnamed terrorists plotting attacks against sensitive and vital sites in Tunis using car bombs and explosive belts. According to an interior ministry official, […]
For two days, since Wednesday (April 9), Rouhia, a governorate of Siliana, has seen bloody clashes between Tunisian security forces and the religious extremists close to Ansar al-Chariaa movement resumed. The clashes were due to the arrest of sixteen “wanted takfiris” on Monday night. After religious extremists close to Ansar al-Chariaa movement reportedly attempted to […]