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The Arab League, the United nation and world leaders, on Thursday mourned the death of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi who died earlier in the morning at the age of 92. AL chief Ahmed Aboul-Gheit mourned Essebsi’s death offering condolences Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Syria’s president Bashar Assad “a terrorist” stressing that it is impossible to reach a peace deal with him. “Al-Assad is definitely a terrorist who has carried out state terrorism,” Erdogan said at a televised news Read more
The situation in Tunisia has become fragile after a protester was ‘accidentally’ killed when a vehicle driven by members of the National Guard overran him according to the Interior and Health ministries. The incident is being described as an accident Read more
The ruling Nidaa Tounes party has decided to dismiss the son of the Tunisian President from the party. According to a statement released by the party’s Executive Committee, his removal was motivated by the “decisive” decision to restore the party Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said terrorism has grown into “a global problem” and “no longer has a nationality.” In an interview with Der Spiegel online, the Prime Minister called for intensive global efforts to combat the scourge and prevent Read more
Tunisia will be getting billions of dollars worth of investments in the next five years after the European Investment Bank (EIB) said it make an overall investment of $2,66 billion from now till 2020 while Saudi Arabia is willing to Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed Friday revoked his Minister of Religious affairs, Abdeljalil Ben Salem, after the official chided Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabism for being source of terrorism expansion in the world. Nobody messes up with Tunisia’s diplomatic ties with Saudi Read more
Tunisia’s ruling party is still dealing with internal crises with other resignations and membership suspensions in the air. Four of the party’s MPs have reportedly tendered their resignation while sixteen others have requested the suspension of their membership. The angry Read more
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has rejected claims by western countries and media that the democratic wind which swept away in 2011 several Arab leaders, including his predecessor Ben Ali, was an Arab Spring. For Essebsi there has never been Read more
The official appointment of Youssef Chahed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia has already began to divide politicians including political parties that are part of the national unity government process. Critics claim that the President’s choice was dictated by Read more