Tunisia assassination spells trouble for Islamist-led government, say analysts
(AP)TUNIS, Tunisia — The assassination of a second opposition politician in six months has piled the pressure on Tunisia’s troubled Islamist-led coalition government, which came to power in the wake of...
View ArticleArab Spring End: Tunisia’s Ruling Islamists Fall
FPM, By Daniel Greenfield: Despite being the wellspring of the Arab Spring, Tunisia hasn’t gotten much attention. But the counterrevolution that took down the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt really began...
View ArticleUnprecedented: Islamists Agree to Cede Power in Tunisia
The decisive factor in defeating the Islamists in Tunisia was that all their opponents worked together. BY RYAN MAURO: The Islamists thought that their ascent to power in Tunisia and Egypt as a result...
View ArticleJuan Cole’s ‘New Arab’ Fantasies
by Andrew Harrod: The “advent of a new generation” of Arabs was the overly optimistic theme for University of Michigan history professor Juan Cole’s recent lecture at the George Washington University...
View ArticleTunisia: Islamists Lose Elections Heralding Geopolitical Shift
BY RYAN MAURO: The Arab Spring first started becoming the “Islamist Winter” when elections in Tunisia were won by Ennahda, essentially the country’s Muslim Brotherhood branch. The Islamists have since...
View ArticleThe Global Jihad
By Olivier Guitta: “Islamic extremism is a Middle East problem but it is quickly becoming the world’s problem too. It is a transnational challenge, the most destabilizing and dangerous global force...
View ArticleEpic Call by Egypt, Tunisia Leaders for Islamic Reformation
An ideological battle in the Muslim world between secular-democratic reformers and Islamists is happening. The question now is which side will win. By Ryan Mauro: The newly elected President of Tunisia...
View ArticleTunisia Museum Attack Meets Islamic State M.O
CSP, by Kyle Shideler, March 18, 2015: The attack on Tunisia’s famed Bardo Museum possesses all the hallmarks of a Islamic State attack. A small number of attackers, possibly in military dress, opened...
View ArticleTunisian Museum Shooter May Have Had Muslim Brotherhood Ties
CSP, by Kyle Shideler, March 19, 2015: While the Islamic State has formally declared responsibility, a Tunisian political blog, Tunisia Secrets, is alleging that one of the shooters responsible for...
View ArticleIslamic State claims responsibility for Tunis massacre
LWJ, by Thomas Joscelyn, March 19, 2015: The Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack at the Bardo museum in Tunis. The SITE Intelligence Group has obtained a...
View ArticleBenghazi suspect designated by UN, State Department
LWJ, BY THOMAS JOSCELYN | April 15, 2015: The State Department added Ali Ouni Harzi to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorists yesterday. Harzi, who is based in Syria,...
View ArticleSeven Dead In Tunisian Tourist Hotel Gun Attack
Update: Death toll now at 27 Sky News, June 26, 2015: Gunmen have attacked tourist hotels in the Tunisian town of Sousse – which is popular with British holidaymakers – killing seven. The country’s...
View ArticleISIS Jihadist Credits Moderate Muslim Brotherhood as Inspiration
Front Page Magazine, by Daniel Greenfield, July 20, 2017: While most of the attention was on Egypt and its Muslim Brotherhood takeover, a similar takeover was being championed by the defenders of...
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