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Tunisia’s Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou (R) arrives for a news conference in Tunis August 28, 2013. (Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi)

Tunisian premier declares Ansar Al-Sharia a terrorist group

by Monji Saidani | Aug 28, 2013 | Middle East

The Tunisian Prime Minister, Ali Larayedh, publicly labeled Ansar Al-Sharia as a terrorist organization on Tuesday. Larayedh accused the Islamist group of being responsible for the killing of Chokri Belaid and Mohamed Brahmi—two secular opposition politicians. The...

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Tunisian Prime minister Ali Larayedh (R) meets for an emergency meeting in Tunis on August 1, 2013 with Houcine Abbassi (L), Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), who has been calling for the resignation of the government following the assassination of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID.)

Tunisia: Government and opposition talk to defuse crisis

by Monji Saidani | Aug 2, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian government held discussions with opposition and civil society figures on Thursday in a bid to seek a solution for the political and security crisis that engulfed the country in the wake of last week’s assassination of the secularist...