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A handout picture released by the Tunisian Presidency’s Press Service on July 4, 2015 shows Tunisian President Beji Caid El-Sebsi speaking during a press conference in the capital Tunis, during which he announced he was declaring a 30-day state of emergency in the country. (EPA/Tunisian Presidency)
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Tunisian policemen keep watch on the beach where tourists were shot dead in front of the Hotel Imperial Marhaba in Sousse, Tunisia, on July 1, 2015. (EPA/Mohamed Messara)
Tunisia: Report finds shortcomings in security over Sousse attack
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—An initial report by authorities in Tunisia into last week’s attack at a tourist resort in the coastal city of Sousse has found that both the country’s security services and the hotel did not do enough to stop the massacre. Thirty-nine people,...Caption:
Mourners hold flags as the bodies of victims of Friday’s bombing are buried in the Al-Jafariya cemetery in Suleibikhat, Kuwait, on June 27, 2015. (Reuters/Jassim Mohammed)
Saudi Arabia condemns Friday terror attacks
Kuwait City and Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia has condemned the “cowardly and criminal” terror attacks which took place on Friday in Kuwait, Tunisia, and France, and called for strong international cooperation to combat terrorism around the world. Custodian of...Caption:
A picture taken on June 27, 2015 shows a bullet-riddled windscreen near the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Port El-Kantaoui, on the outskirts of Sousse south of the capital Tunis, in the aftermath of a shooting attack on the beach resort claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). (AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)
Dozens killed in attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France
Sousse, AP—A young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at a Tunisian resort, killing at least 39 people—one of three deadly attacks Friday from Europe to North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to...Caption:
Tunisian security forces inspect the area of a failed suicide bomb attack near the four-star Riadh Palms hotel in Sousse. (AFP PHOTO/STR)