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Unidentified attackers open fire on a Tunisian military patrol near the border with Libya, killing a soldier, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Defence.
2024-06-26

A ceasefire is signed between Fatah and Islamist groups after three days of clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon, which killed five people and injured 52 others.
2023-09-10

Tunisian President Kais Saied, in a televised speech, announces the dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and the suspension of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, and also assumes executive authority. The opposition calls the actions a coup d'état.
2021-07-25

Four Malian troops are killed and 12 others wounded when their anti-poaching convoy is ambushed in Mopti. Islamist insurgents are suspected to be behind the attack and reinforcements are sent to the area from Konna.
2020-08-27

A French tourist is stabbed to death while a Tunisian soldier is wounded by an Islamist in Bizerte, Tunisia.
2019-10-14

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

Tunisian government and opposition leaders are deadlocked during talks over the determination of a new PM tasked with steering the country out of a months-long political crisis.
2013-11-2

Eight police officers and two Islamist militants are killed in clashes near Sidi Bouzid in the southern part of Tunisia.
2013-10-23

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that the country's Islamist dominated Parliament and Constituent Assembly of Egypt were illegally elected.
2013-06-2

In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis.
2012-06-12