2016 Feb 19
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In Libya a US air strike killed 49 people near Tripoli, where members suspected of the Islamic State group were gathered. A Western official quoted by the NY Times said the strike targeted a senior Tunisian operative linked to two major jihadist attacks in Tunisia last year. Most of those killed were believed to be from Tunisia. Two Serbian Embassy staff members abducted in Libya in November were among those killed. The Serbians were later said to have been associated with weapons deals.
Links: USA, Libya, Tunisia
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2016 Feb 22
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In central Tunisia a suspected jihadist was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in in the Mount Mghila area.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Feb 29
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Britain's defense minister said about 20 UK troops are being sent to Tunisia to help stop people crossing illegally from chaotic Libya.
Links: Britain, Tunisia
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2016 Mar 7
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In Tunisia dozens of Islamist fighters stormed through the town of Ben Guerdan near the Libyan border attacking army and police posts in a raid that killed 55 people, including civilians.
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2016 Mar 9
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In Tunisia 2 "terrorists" and a soldier were killed in a firefight in the Oued Rbyaa area. The confrontation came after jihadists on the run raided a building site in search of provisions and stole food from workers there.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Mar 12
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Tunisia's PM Habib Essid called for civil servants and the general public to donate part of their wages to an anti-terrorism fund, following a deadly assault on a town near the Libyan border. The statement came after President Beji Caid Essebsi donated a month's salary to the fund at a post office in central Tunis.
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2016 Mar
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Abu Hayjaa Al-Tunsi, a "Tunisian jihadi" and a senior commander with the Daesh group was targeted by a drone missile when driving through northern Syria in order to lead terrorists in the fighting there. His death led to Daesh executing dozens of its own terrorist in search of informants.
Links: USA, Syria, Tunisia
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2016 May 11
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In Tunisia two suspected jihadists were killed during a security operation near the capital against a cell planning "simultaneous" attacks. Sixteen others were arrested during the operation in Ariana province.
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2016 May 11
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The southern Tunisia of Ben Guerdane went on strike in protest at a decision by Libyan authorities late last month to halt cross-border trade on which its economy depends.
Links: Libya, Tunisia
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2016 May 23
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Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda party voted to separate its political and religious work, part of the group's effort to cast itself as a modern political party in line with the North African country's secular heritage.
Links: Tunisia, Islam, Religion
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2016 May 30
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In Tunisia 2 civilians were killed and one other injured by a landmine planted by jihadist groups in a mountainous region near the Algerian border.
Links: Tunisia, Land Mines
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2016 Jul 12
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Human Rights Watch urged an end to "forced anal examinations" with a report documenting them in eight countries, mostly in Africa, saying the practice is based on flawed ideas about supposedly proving homosexual conduct. The report drew on interviews with 32 men and transgender women subjected to the exams in eight countries that ban same-sex conduct: Cameroon, Egypt, Kenya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda and Zambia.
Links: Cameroon, Kenya, Egypt, Gays, Uganda, Lebanon, Zambia, Turkmenistan, Tunisia
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2016 Jul 25
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Hundreds of Tunisian demonstrated in the capital to protest against a bill being discussed in parliament to grant amnesty to people accused of corruption.
Links: Tunisia, Mad Crowd
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2016 Aug 2
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German authorities arrested a Tunisian man (36) suspected of killing two other Tunisian nationals whose remains were found in a Leipzig lake.
Links: Germany, Tunisia
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2016 Aug 3
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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi named local affairs minister Youssef Chahed (40) as prime minister-designate tasked with forming a unity cabinet to tackle major economic and security challenges.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Aug 26
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Tunisia's Parliament approved Youssef Chahed (41) as prime minister along with a new government focused on boosting the economy and fighting terrorism.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Oct 21
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Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their profession, extending a series of demonstrations against austerity measures in the 2017 budget.
Links: Tunisia, Mad Crowd
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2016 Nov 4
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Tunisia's PM Youssef Chahed sacked Salem Abd El Jalil, the minister of religious affairs. A day earlier local media quoted Jalil as saying in parliament: "I told the Saudi ambassador in Tunisia that terrorism and extremism historically came from you ... You should reform your (religious) school."
Links: Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Islam
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2016 Nov 5
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Tunisian TV reported that a soldier has been killed in his home near central Mount Mghilla, an area where jihadist fighters operate.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Nov 16
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Tunisia said authorities have dismantled a jihadist cell that was planning attacks against a security station and a commercial center in the capital.
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2016 Nov 29
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Tunisia won pledges of more than a billion dollars in financial support at an investment conference aimed at reviving the country's struggling economy. More than 2,000 business, finance and political leaders from 40 countries attended the two-day "Tunisia 2020" conference.
Links: Tunisia
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2016 Dec 5
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