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Tunisia: Government accuses opposition party Ennahdha of sending fighters to Iraq and SyriaF

The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian jihadists travel to fight in Iraq and Syria. Rached Ghannouchi, an arch-rival of President Kais Saied and also head of the...
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Tunisia: Dozen policemen get only 2 years in prison in case involving death of young manF

Twelve Tunisian policemen were jailed for two years Thursday for manslaughter in the case of a 19-year-old football fan who drowned in a stream while trying to escape them. The death of Omar Laabidi in March 2018 has been seen as a case representative of the excessive...
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Human Rights: Saudi Arabia jails Tunisian midwife for a retweetF

The sister of a Tunisian woman jailed by Saudi Arabia for retweeting a post about Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Friday urged Tunis authorities to intervene on her behalf. Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia considers the Shiite group, which is backed by its archfoe Iran, a...
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Libya: Tripoli-based government inks controversial defense agreements with TurkeyF

Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey's defence minister on Tuesday, building on a 2019 agreement that angered European nations. Dbeibah's administration posted a statement saying the deals included "implementation...
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