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Tunisian President Appoints New Ambassador to Syria

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement. Tunisia cut off diplomatic relations with Syria nearly a decade ago to protest Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 that developed into civil war in which hundreds of thousands…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian president appoints new ambassador to Syria - presidency

Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday appointed a new ambassador to Syria, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement, the latest Arab move to end Syria's regional isolation.

Reuters

Tunisian city of Sfax becomes hub for migrant crossings to Italy

In Tunisia, the number of migrants leaving for Italy has increased since the start of the year. Coastguard officials in the southeastern Sfax region say there's been a 300 percent increase compared to 2022. The region has over 150 kilometres of coastline and Sfax is also the country's economic capital,…

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Political detainees’ families to EU: Sanction Tunisian officials

The request comes on the heels of the April 17 arrest of opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi.

Al Jazeera

Italy touts money for reforms as EU discusses upheaval in Tunisia

Italy offered Tunisia a prospect of money in exchange for economic and political reforms as European Union foreign ministers discussed on Monday how to respond to growing instability in a country that is a gateway for African migration to Europe.

Reuters

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia

Opposition worried what President Kais Saied’s next step will be with a number of opposition figures in prison.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on Tunisia’s new autocrat: Saied’s enablers should stop

Editorial: Supporters hoped the president might help the country to move forward. Instead, he has put it into reverse

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Middle East round-up: Sudan descends into chaos

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi remanded in custody

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his Ennahdha party said on Thursday, denouncing his "unjust imprisonment".

Radio France Internationale

Who is Ghannouchi, the Ennahdha party leader arrested in Tunisia?

Rached Ghannouchi is the highest-profile figure to be arrested in Tunisia as President Saied tightens his grip on power.

Al Jazeera

Judge orders Tunisian Islamist leader to stay in custody

The party of influential Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi says a Tunisian investigative judge has ordered him held in custody following his arrest on Monday

The Independent UK

Arrests of Tunisia opposition leaders draw global condemnation

The US says the arrests ‘represent a troubling escalation by the Tunisian government against perceived opponents’.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian Judge Orders Jail for Opposition Leader Ghannouchi

A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of main opposition party Ennahda and a prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician's lawyer told Reuters. Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Monday, is accused of plotting against internal state security and the decision to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian judge orders jail for Ennahda party leader Ghannouchi

A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of the leader of Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi, the prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician's lawyer told Reuters.

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Tunisian Authorities Close Ennahda Movement Offices, Mobilize to Ban its Political Activities

The headquarters of Ennahda Movement in all 24 governorates of Tunisia were shut down on Tuesday following “high-level orders” to security forces, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Decisions to ban all political activities of the movement are reportedly in the works, potentially paving the way for a complete ban of…

The Independent UK

Detained Tunisian Islamist leader hospitalized, lawyer says

An opposition leader says influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi has been transferred to a hospital, a day after he was detained and his home and party headquarters were searched, Nejib Chebbi, a lawyer who heads an opposition coalition told The Associated Press Tuesday that neither he nor other lawyers…

Al Jazeera

Tunisian authorities close opposition Ennahdha party HQ

Move comes a day after party leader Ghannouchi was arrested in a continuing crackdown on Tunisia’s opposition.

Reuters

Tunisian authorities ban meetings at opposition Ennahda party offices

Tunisian authorities on Tuesday banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front main opposition coalition, party and official sources said.

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Tunisia: Police Arrest Three Prominent Officials of Ennahda Party

Tunisian police arrested three prominent officials of the main opposition Ennahda party on Tuesday, hours after they detained party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of President Kais Saied, a lawyer and officials said. Lawyer Monia Bouali told Reuters that the officials arrested are Mohamed Goumani, Belkacem Hassan and…

Reuters

Tunisia police arrest three prominent officials of Ennahda party

Al Jazeera

Tunisian police detain opposition leader, raid Ennahda party HQ

Rached Ghannouchi has emerged as one of the biggest critics of the president since the leader shut down parliament.

The Independent UK

Tunisian Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions

A lawyer for the Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi says he has been detained after a police search

Reuters

Tunisian police detain Ennahda leader Ghannouchi, evacuate party headquarters

Tunisian police on Monday detained Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of president Kais Saied, his party said, a move marking an escalation of a campaign of arrests that has targeted many high-profile opponents of Saied.

ABC News

Why Tunisia's president is cracking down on political opponents, singling out black Africans and undocumented migrants

Tunisia's revolution was the spark that ignited the Arab Spring. But 10 years on, its economy is failing and observers say an increasingly authoritarian government is using black Africans as scapegoats, inciting a wave of racially motivated violence and rhetoric.

Al Jazeera

HRW calls on Tunisia to release ex-PM Laarayedh

Laarayedh has been held in detention since December without being taken before a judge, according to HRW.

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