Tunisians

May 18, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Tunisia’s ‘war against an invisible enemy’

Tunisia appears to have contained its COVID-19 outbreak despite a weak healthcare system and has begun to ease its anti-virus restrictions. Nine years after the ouster of the Ben Ali regime, successive...

February 23, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Political Instability in Africa Could Lead to ISIS Resurgence

The Islamic State has faced significant defeats in Africa over the past year but political instability across the northern and western regions could offer a ripe breeding ground for the terrorist...

January 13, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Islamic State vs. Al-Qaeda: The War Within the Jihadist Movement

Co-authored with Nathaniel Barr and Bridget Moreng The post-Arab Spring period has seen extraordinary growth in the global jihadist movement. In addition to the ...

October 21, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Tunisia’s War with Ansar Al-Sharia

Co-authored by Bridget Moreng Ever since August 27th, when Tunisia designated the Salafi jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST) a terrorist organization and issued...

March 27, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

War of Words Escalates in Tunisia

In an interview published by Le Monde on March 26, Tuni...

March 26, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Foreign Policy

Springtime for Salafists

Rampaging Islamist vigilantes are cracking down on free expression -- and ruining Tunisia's Arab Spring.

January 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Debacle in Ben­ghazi

It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.

November 21, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

From al Qaeda in Italy to Ansar al Sharia Tunisia

Two convicted members of an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Italy are now senior members of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia. The pair, Sami Ben Khemais Essid and Mehdi Kammoun, were arrested in 20...

November 19, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Jihadology |

Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement

Co-authored by Tara Vassefi “The popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain have not only shaken the foundation of the authoritarian order in the...

November 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Egypt Arrests Pro-al Qaeda Jihadist Tied to Benghazi Suspect

Sheikh 'Adel Shehato, a senior Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) official who has openly proclaimed his allegiance to al Qaeda's ideology, has...

October 16, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

‘Moderate’ Islamist Leader in Tunisia Strategizes with al Qaeda-Linked Salafists

The leader of the supposedly moderate Ennahda political party in Tunisia has been caught on tape strategizing with Salafists to gain control of the country. In the video, he also acknowledged con...

October 2, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Ally Orchestrated Assault on US Embassy in Tunisia

On Sept. 14, the US embassy in Tunis came under assault. The American staff evacuated the embassy unscathed, but the attackers hoisted an al Qaeda-style black flag high above the emptied compound...

July 19, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Arming Ourselves Against Barbarians

We can’t do it with appeasement, accommodation and sophistry.

February 6, 2012 |

The Military, Not Mubarak, was Egyptians’ Real Enemy

Aside from Egypt, perhaps no place in the world was more galvanized by the events in Cairo’s Tahrir Square last year than Washington. American policymakers and foreign policy experts on bot...

December 2, 2011 |

A Tunisian Islamist Looks to the Future

Earlier in the week Israel Hayom reported that the new Tunisian constitution may include &ldqu...

November 22, 2011 |

Egypt’s Next Big Moment

With only days left before Egyptians are expected to vote in their first elections since the fall of president...

September 8, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Mahmoud Abbas and the Arab Spring

In keeping with the Arab Spring, the Palestinians may yet determine that their own government is the source of their frustration

February 21, 2011 |

The Egyptian Army and Obama

An unrelentingly severe critic of the fallen Tunisian dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, my longtime Tunisian taxi driver Moussa, who has lived in Brussels for 20 years, sounded an optimistic note...

January 19, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Weekly Standard

Tunisia at a Tipping Point?

As the situation surrounding the flight of Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali last Friday continues to develop, the battle for the future of Tunisia is just beginning. Thousands of protest...