Qaeda threat: Ghannouchi 'reassures' Tunisians

In early 2011, Tunisia's President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown and the popular uprising in Tunisia was followed shortly by a wave of revolutions in several Arab countries proving to us all that another world is within our reach. The ...

TUNIS: Lebanon has returned to Tunisia 28.8 million dollars stashed away there by the family of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown in January 2011, President Moncef Marzouki's office said on Thursday. The funds were returned by Qatari chief ...

On Printer-friendly versionSend to friend Prev Next Pause Play Tweet Tunisia's deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was given a five-year jail term in absentia and fined 3.5 million euros for corruption, adding to the two life sentences he has ...

Lebanon has returned to Tunisia around USD 29 million of looted assets held by the family of ousted Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a Lebanese bank. The cheque for USD 28.8 million, which had been in a Lebanese bank account belonging to ...

TUNIS (Reuters) - Radical Muslims burst into a Tunisian school Since secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali Moderate Ennahda Islamists who won a free election now head the Tunis government. But hardline Salafists are pushing for Islam to be made ...

The Repatriation of $28.8 Billion of Ben Ali's Stolen Assets is a Victory for the People of Tunisia. Now, Let's Try to Keep It There Amid the ongoing turmoil in Syria and the turbulent transition to democracy in Egypt, the optimism we all felt about ...

The son-in-law of Tunisia's former president has been granted asylum in the Seychelles, officials say. Businessman Sakher El Materi was arrested as he tried to enter in the island state in December 2012 and reportedly applied to stay in February. ...

A whitewashed synagogue gleams in the sunlight as Saidia Ben Khayat, a basket of raw eggs in hand, labors up a winding path on Tunisia's Djerba island. "Ive come to congratulate the Jews, and wrote on some of these eggs my wish that my sons will get ...

TUNIS TUNISIAN Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has promised a zero tolerance approach to security in order to restore confidence in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, which has been rocked by an assassination and attacks by radical Islamists. In an ...