Saudi Ambassador to Tunisia, Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Saqer, participated today in the opening of the 55th session of the Association of Arab Universities (AARU) in Sousse, Tunisia.
The Kingdom is represented at the session by the presidents of King (...)
The Tunisian National Guard announced Saturday that its forces have thwarted a stabbing attack on Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine and dismantled the concerned terrorist cell.
The terrorists had prepared to attack the minister during his visit (...)
The only piece of domino that's left after the collapse of other pieces in the Arab world is the Tunisian Ennahda Movement, which is affiliated to the international Muslim Brotherhood outfit.
The constitutional measures taken recently by Tunisian (...)
Bahrain has condemned the stabbing incident that took place in Sousse, Tunisia, which led to the death of one Tunisian National Guard officer and the injury of another, Bahrain News Agency reported.
Foreign Affairs Ministry expressed its deep (...)
Egypt expressed its condemnation to the terrorist attack, that took place in the city of Sousse, Tunisia, targeting two national guard security personnel.
In a statement today, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry offered its condolences to Tunisia's (...)
Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a patrol of the Tunisian National Guard in Sousse El Kantaoui region, killing one member of the National Guard and wounding another.
In a statement (...)
Saudi Arabia on Sunday denounced the knife attack that killed a Tunisian National Guard officer and wounded another in the coastal town of Sousse, Saudi Press Agency reported.
President of the Arab Parliament Dr. Mishaal Bin Fahm Al-Selami also (...)
President of the Arab Parliament Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Selami condemned the terrorist attack that targeted Tunisian security personnel in the coastal city of Sousse, resulting in the death of a security man and injury of another one.
In a (...)
The Jordanian government on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack that targeted two security men in the Tunisian city of Sousse.Official spokesperson of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Daifallah Al-Fayez expressed Jordan's (...)
Tunisia declared on Thursday aborting a "terrorist plot" intended to target the nation's vital tourism sector and state sites.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement the personnel of the unit probing terrorist crimes carried out a pre-emptive (...)
The second day of Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG) is continuing in Sousse, Tunisia with participation of 450 speakers from 70 countries, including the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, and a number of geologists.
Today's program includes (...)
THE first round of Tunisia's presidential election has passed off peacefully. Tunisians had the opportunity choose a replacement for the late Beji Caid Essebsi, their country's first freely-elected leader since it triggered the so-called Arab Spring (...)
IT is a cruel reality of terrorists that when they cannot reach a well-guarded soft target, they attack instead those who are protecting it. This is what Tunisia is now experiencing. The country's important tourist industry was shattered by the 2015 (...)
TUNIS - A wanted militant wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in the Tunisian capital after being surrounded by police, the government said on Wednesday, but there were no other casualties.
The third such incident within a week comes months (...)
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said.
It was not immediately known who was behind the attacks, (...)
Tunisian security forces killed a senior commander in a militant group who detonated his suicide belt as he was shot during a raid against militants planning attacks during the holy month of Ramadan, officials said on Sunday.
Tunisia's armed forces (...)
I WAS invited to a photography exhibition opened by the Tunisian Minister of Tourism Salma Al-Loumi Rafiq and attended by Tunisian Ambassador Lotfi Ben Gaied, Consul General Sami Al-Saidi, Tourism Officer in the Gulf region Choukri Charrad, chairman (...)
The motives of a young Afghan man who attacked passengers on a German train with an ax and a knife are being keenly sought. He himself was shot dead by police. The default position, of course, is that he was a terrorist.
Daesh (the self-proclaimed (...)
The number of foreign tourists visiting Tunisia fell sharply again in the first half of this year, official data showed on Monday, a day after the North African nation marked the first anniversary of an attack by a gunman who killed 38.
The gunman (...)
Tunisia's defense minister said Thursday his country must examine the possibility of allowing women to serve in its armed forces to face down "new challenges" including militants attacks.
"Tunisia's constitution says that national service is a right (...)
IT is inevitable that the disappearance of EgyptAir's flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo was immediately being blamed on terrorism. Both France and Egypt have found themselves in the frontline of the struggle against Daesh (the self-proclaimed IS) and (...)
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Four days after militants shot dead 21 tourists in Tunisia's Bardo museum last year, police rounded up dozens of people suspected of links with the gunmen.
One of the men, a laborer, was arrested in his Tunis home. The man, who has (...)
Substitute striker Alvaro Negredo scored in second-half injury time to give Valencia a dramatic 2-1 win over Sevilla in the Spanish league Sunday, helping his team move farther away from the relegation zone.
Negredo's winner came five minutes after (...)
The World Bank plans to lend Tunisia $5 billion over five years to support democratic transition in the North Africa country and revive its economy, Tunisia country manager for the World Bank said on Friday.
The North African country is struggling (...)
The signal to attack came from the mosque, sending dozens of Islamist fighters storming through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan to hit army and police posts in street battles that lit the dawn sky with tracer bullets.
Militants used a megaphone to (...)
