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Tunisia Detains Six IS Suspects

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Tunisia has detained six people in the central region of Kasserine suspected of belonging to a group linked to the Islamic State group, authorities said Tuesday. The announcement comes after a jihadist leader was killed in a National Guard operation on Sunday night in Kasserine’s Mount Salloum area near the border with Algeria. Judiciary spokesman … Read more

Tunisia Security Forces Kill IS Fugitive

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Tunisian security forces have killed a leader of the Islamic State group who was plotting attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, authorities said on Monday. The interior ministry did not identify the suspect, but said he was a leading member of IS and “dangerous” and was killed in an operation Sunday night by … Read more