by Kamal Ben Younes | Jul 5, 2015 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s President Beji Caid El-Sebsi on Saturday announced a month-long state of emergency in the country, saying Tunisia faced further terrorist threats from extremists following last week’s attack on tourists at a beach resort in Sousse....
by Monji Saidani | Jul 1, 2015 | Middle East
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,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 28, 2015 | World
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...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 27, 2015 | Middle East
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...
by Monji Saidani | Oct 31, 2013 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s interior ministry has announced five arrests in relation to Wednesday’s terrorist attacks in the Tunisian tourist resorts of Sousse and Monastir. A statement by the ministry said: “Security forces from the Ministry of the Interior...
