Charter signed three years after revolution overthrew dictator
Tunisia
Tunisia’s Islamist Prime Minister Steps Down and Keeps the Arab Spring Alive
Now an interim government will have to keep the ship afloat ahead of elections planned for 2014.
Migrant Boat Carrying Hundreds Capsizes Off Lampedusa, Again
Second migrant shipwreck this month
Captain of Deadly Shipwreck Arrested After Hundreds of Asylum Seekers Perished
At least 250 people died in the accident
Tunisian Women Go on ‘Sex Jihad’ to Syria, Minister Says
Tunisia, the largely moderate North African country, has struggled to stymie the flow of hundreds of young men leaving to fight alongside rebels in Syria’s more than two-year-long, bloody civil war.
Now, the interior minister says, the country must also slow a stream of young Tunisian women leaving for Syria on “sexual …
Mubarak and the Arab Spring’s Other Villains: Where Are They Now?
The popular uprisings across the Arab world that began more than two and a half years ago transformed the politics of the region and ousted four entrenched leaders. But news that an Egyptian court has ordered the release from prison of former President Hosni Mubarak underscores the extent to which the glow of 2011’s upheavals has faded. …
After Another High-Profile Assassination, Tunisia Lurches Toward Crisis
Is Tunisia headed for Egypt-type turmoil? The prospect that the small North African country which ignited the entire Arab Spring movement could spiral into violence seemed more plausible on Thursday, after gunmen killed an …
After Morsi’s Ouster in Egypt, Tunisia’s Islamists Fear a Similar Fate
There’s one place that has watched the past two weeks of violence in Egypt with particular nervousness: Tunisia, the country that ignited the entire Arab Spring back in January 2011. With Egypt’s elected President now ousted …
The Qatar Conundrum: The Emirate That Arms Syria’s Rebels Also Embraces Hamas
Mindful of its declining appetite for projecting power in the Middle East, the U.S. is relying on more activist partners in the region such Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to arm the Syrian rebellion. But Tuesday’s visit to Gaza …
The President and the Islamist: Two Politicos Spar Over Tunisia’s Future
After both returned from exile when Tunisia’s dictatorship fell, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and Rached Ghannouchi, head of the dominant Islamists, are locked in battle over the fate of the Arab Spring
Extradition of Gaddafi Deputy Plunges Tunisia into Political Crisis
The extradition from Tunisia to Libya of Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, former deputy to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, may be cheered in Tripoli. But it has exposed the growing power struggle between Islamists and …
Must-Reads from Around the World, June 14, 2012
Among today’s stories: The Obama Administration ramps up its spying efforts in Africa, Hugo Chavez’s campaign for another presidential term and how the lives of Greece’s riches haven’t been dented by the crisis.
Controversial Tunisian Court Ruling Reflects Dilemmas of the Arab Spring
In a sign that conservative Islam could yet take hold in this modern, largely secular country—home to the Arab Spring’s first revolution—a feisty, blunt-talking TV executive was convicted on Thursday of airing an animated …