Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has warned its nationals against visiting Tunisia. The National Security Council has warned of a threat of an attack on Israelis or Jews in the North African state. The council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau said the attack could take place during a Jewish holiday in May. “The NSCCTB notes that there [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The United States has significantly increased military aid to Tunisia. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama has provided Tunisia with $32 million in military aid since January 2011 when President Zine El Abedin Bin Ali was overthrown. The officials said the assistance included training and equipment for the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has been facing the increasing threat of an Islamic insurgency. Officials said the Interior Ministry has become alarmed by the growth of Islamic militias over the last six months. They said the militias were comprised of young men, including university students, intent on turning Tunisia into an Islamic state. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia has reiterated its request for increased military assistance from the United States. Tunisian Defense Minister Abdul Karim Zbidi said the North African state needed U.S. defense and military aid to help in border security. Zbidi said Tunis also wanted Washington to help organize and equip Tunisia’s military in wake [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Arab League states have been ignoring the Palestine Liberation Organization for the Islamist opposition. Arab diplomats said Hamas has threatened to overshadow the PLO in numerous Middle East capitals. They said Hamas delegations were given the red-carpet treatment in such countries as Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia and Turkey. “Hamas is being [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The new Islamist-dominated government in Tunisia faces a major challenge in gaining control over the security forces, according to a U.S. report. The report said ousted president Zein Abidine Bin Ali, deemed a major human rights violator, was believed to have employed 200,000 security officers, far larger than the military. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Islamic operatives have formed a police force in Tunisia. The so-called Salafists have established what was termed a religious police force. The force, called “Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice,” was meant to be modeled after the religious police force in Saudi Arabia. “This is [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Arab world, shaken by major revolts in several countries, has experienced a sharp economic decline. Leading Middle East bankers have warned that Arab League states were plunged into what they termed a “state of emergency.” They said the pro-democracy revolts in such countries as Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria and [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to work with the new Islamist regimes in the Middle East. Officials said the administration of President Barack Obama would embrace the Islamic revolutions of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia and seek their cooperation for American policy in the Middle East. “Revolutions are not ours,” Secretary [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tunisia’s long-banned Islamist opposition has won what is regarded as the first free elections in the North African state. Officials said Ennahda party was the winner in parliamentary elections held on Oct. 23 in Tunisia. They said Ennahda, banned for decades by the former regime of President Zein Bin Abidine [...]
