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Tunisian police close the Supreme Judicial Council building in Tunis and prevent its members and their staff from entering. The legal body was dissolved yesterday by President Kais Saied in a move widely decried within the nation as illegal.
2022-02-7

Police storm and raid the headquarters of news outlet Al Jazeera in Tunis, as clashes continue outside the building.
2021-07-26

A train and a bus collide in Tunis, Tunisia, killing 5 and injuring around 52.
2016-12-28

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility for yesterday's attack on Tunisia's presidential guard in Tunis that killed 14 people.
2015-11-25

A police officer and seven Islamist militants are killed in a gunfight in Tunis, Tunisia.
2014-02-4

Tunisian police shoot dead an Islamist Militant on the outskirt of the capital Tunis in a raid.
2013-08-6

Chokri Belaid, the general secretary of the Patriotic Democratic Party, is shot dead outside his house in Tunis, leading to reported clashes between the police and hundreds of protesters. The Prime Minister of Tunisia Hamadi Jebali claims that a new government will be formed within one day.
2013-02-6

Demonstrations occur worldwide, with people expressing solidarity with the people of Egypt in international cities such as Istanbul, Tunis, Doha and London.
2011-01-28

Gunfire is heard in the capital Tunis as political leaders attempt to form a new government.
2011-01-16

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali gives a televised address during which he attempts to appease protesters by vowing not to seek re-election in 2014. He also promises an end to live firing of "real bullets": three more people are killed in the Tunis suburb of Aouina less than an hour later.
2011-01-13