Politics Bound

A court in Algiers dissolved NGO and civil society organization Youth Action Rally (RAJ), causing uproar among opposition parties and rights organizations. The politically motivated court ruling essentially banned an organization that was largely involved in charity...

By Rouba El Husseini and Hashem Osseiran: The health ministry said 32 people were wounded.  Amal said three of its members were killed, while Hezbollah announced that funerals of two men and one woman would take place on Friday.   A doctor at Beirut's Sahel hospital...

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to "plot" against the state, implicitly targeting one of his predecessors based in France.   "Tunisia is a free and independent state and there can be no interference in its...

US criticizes Tunisia press crackdown The United States on Thursday criticized Tunisia's shuttering of a television station and urged a clear pathway to restore democratic rule. Authorities on Wednesday confiscated equipment of Zitouna TV, which is considered close to...