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A customer stands in front of empty shelves for some coffee products inside a supermarket in Tunis, Tunisia September 3, 2022.

Experts advocate for Tunisian food sovereignty as a path to independence

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

As African migration to Europe spikes, Tunisia takes center stage in Italy’s foreign policy agenda

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

Florentine Cookies

Pascale's Kitchen: Tu Bishvat & the Tunisian Festival of Sons

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN

Supporters of Tunisia's Salvation Front opposition coalition carry banners and flags during a protest against Tunisia's President Kais Saied, marking two years since Saied began amassing power, amidst a heatwave in Tunis, Tunisia July 25, 2023

Prominent critic of Tunisia's Saied gets suspended jail term

By REUTERS

Police officers stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing attack in downtown Tunis, Tunisia June 27, 2019.

Tunisia says escaped Islamist convicts believed to be behind bank robbery

By REUTERS

Police officers stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing attack in downtown Tunis, Tunisia June 27, 2019.

Five Islamist convicts escape from Tunisian jail

By REUTERS

People gather during a protest after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, in front of the French embassy in Tunis, Tunisia October 17, 2023

Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in anti-Israel riots

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Pro-Palestinian supporters set fire on banners depicting U.S. and Israeli flags, during a rally calling for an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 11, 2023.

US Embassy in Tunisia to close two days due to expected pro-Palestinians protests

By REUTERS

President of Tunisia's Free Destourian Party Abir Moussi speaks to the media during a protest demanding the dissolution of parliament and asking for early legislative elections, in Tunis, Tunisia November 20, 2021.

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president

By REUTERS

A destroyed car sits on top of a pile of rubble, following fatal floods in Derna, Libya, September 17, 2023REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

Tunisia hints Israel behind devastating Storm Daniel due to 'Zionist name'

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Tunisian President Kais Saied

Since Tunisia’s Saied seized control, the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

A group of migrants huddle, wrapped in emergency blankets, after being rescued

Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean

By REUTERS

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Transit camp for migrants near the Tunisian border with Libya

Tunisia’s Saied uses desperate Europe to stop migration, gain aid and legitimacy

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

A Tunisian flag flutters outside the building of Ennahda party headquarters, after police raided the headquarters early on Tuesday and evacuated all present to start a search that will take days, after showing a judicial warrant, party officials said, in Tunis, Tunisia April 18, 2023.

Tunisia's fledgling democracy is a ticking time bomb - opinion

By NEVILLE TELLER

THE GHRIBA synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, where this month’s attack took place: There was a sense of loss, but also an undercurrent of grim determination that this community would carry on, says the writer.

No fear, more effort to build after the Djerba attack - opinion

By MENDY CHITRIK

Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, July 15, 2022.

Tunisia may be on verge of dissolving the Ennahda movement - report

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen holding a security assessment amid the IDF's Operation Shield and Arrow against Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

14 Days: Gaza operation