Tunisia

20 Apr 2023; MEMO: Tunisian security forces yesterday closed the headquarters of the Ennahda Movement a day after they arrested party leader, Rached Ghannouchi.

Riadh Chaibi, a leader of the party, said: "A security force entered the party's main headquarters, asked those present to leave, and closed it."

TUNIS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia and Syria on Tuesday issued a joint statement underlining bilateral solidarity and cooperation in face of the growing regional and international challenges.

The statement, made on the occasion of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad's visit to Tunisia, highlighted the necessity of preserving Syria's sovereignty, stability and territorial integrity, and pushing forward regional and international efforts for a political settlement of the Syrian crisis and the full restoration of its sovereignty.

18 Apr 2023; MEMO: Tunisia's Ennahda movement announced that its leader, Rached Ghannouchi, is being questioned at the National Guard barracks in El-Aouina, in the capital, without the participation of his defence team as they have not been allowed to attend.

17 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Tunisian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that the visit of the Syrian foreign minister to Tunisia comes within the framework of restoring bilateral relations to their ordinary course.

17 Apr 2023; MEMO: Tunisian security forces late Monday arrested Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi and took him in for interrogation at a National Guard building in the capital Tunis.

In a statement on Facebook, senior Ennahda Party official and former Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalem said that security forces raided Ghannouchi's home and took him to the El-Aouina National Guard base, in northern Tunis.

Tunisian authorities have yet to comment on the arrest.

15 Apr 2023; MEMO: Dozens of Tunisians demonstrated in Kairouan province (central Tunisia) to express their outrage following the death of former footballer Nizar Issaoui, who set himself on fire in response to humiliation by police officers.

13 Apr 2023; MEMO: Italy and Tunisia agreed to counter the flow of irregular migration in the Mediterranean, which led Italy to declare state of emergency earlier this week, local media reported on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

TUNIS, April 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tunisia and Syria decided to reopen their respective embassies to resume diplomatic ties between the two countries, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

“Following the initiative undertaken by President Kais Saied to appoint a Tunisian ambassador to Syria, the Syrian side gave their approval to this appointment,” reads a ministry statement.

“The Syrian side also decided to reopen its embassy in Tunis, and to designate an ambassador immediately,” it added.

11 Apr 2023; MEMO: Stranded migrants from sub-Saharan Africa rioted on Tuesday in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, assaulting passers-by and smashing car windows, in response to the Tunisian police dispersal of their sit-in.

TUNIS, Apr 8 (NNN-TAP) – The Tunisian coast guards have thwarted 501 illegal immigration attempts, in the first quarter of this year, the Tunisian National Guard said, yesterday.

A total of 14,406 people, including 13,138 from sub-Saharan African countries, were rescued between Jan and Mar, while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards the Italian coast, Spokesman for the Tunisian National Guard, Houcemeddine Jbabli, said in a statement.