In this image provided by the TAP (Tunis Afrique Presse) Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki, center, pays respects by the coffin of a soldier during a ceremony, Tuesday, July, 30, 2013 in Kasserine. Gunmen ambushed a Tunisian army patrol Monday in a mountainous border region known as an Islamic militant stronghold, killing at least eight soldiers, the presidential spokesman said. Jebel Chaambi, Tunisia’s highest mountain at 1,500 meters (5,000 feet), is located near the Algerian border and the city of Kasserine, and was the site of an intensive military hunt for an al-Qaida-linked militant group during the spring. (AP Photo/Ali Louati, TAP)