by Adel Al Toraifi | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion
When the then Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ousted Bourguiba in a bloodless coup, in what was known as the 7 November Movement in Tunisia, it was natural that the transfer of presidential powers to the new president (Ben Ali) would pose a challenge to article...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2013 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s prime minister Hamadi Jebali resigned yesterday after a failed attempt at forming a non-partisan government. Jebali’s resignation is expected to further deepen the country’s political crisis, which was sparked after the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2013 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said yesterday that plans to form non-partisan cabinet to tackle the current political turmoil Tunisia is facing have failed. “I say in all clarity that the initiative I presented—that is to say, a...
by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 12, 2013 | Opinion
A crisis has struck Tunisia as a whole, including the Ennahda movement and the opposition left, after the assassination of the latter’s influential leader Chokri Belaid. As a result, we can note that the Ennahda leaders are only interested in controlling the...
