Tunisia

'Defiance': A memoir of survival in a torn-apart Syria - review

A powerful account of survival, trauma, and political awakening amid Syria’s brutal war and a deeply fractured family life.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
Anisa Makhlouf, Hafez Al-Assad, and (behind, L to R) their children Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra, 1993.
Russia’s Jewish community marks 81 years since Nazi Germany’s surrender in World War II, May 2026.

Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day amid rising antisemitism

Jewish communities worldwide mark Liberation and Rescue Day under the theme “From generation to generation in the face of antisemitism,” with Holocaust survivors, leaders, and diplomats attending.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A TUNISIAN expatriate shouts slogans while holding a placard reading ‘Free Tunisia,’ as he demonstrates on January 15, 2011, in Paris.

Protests and power vacuums: What the Arab Spring can teach us about Iran's protests

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a lesson Jerusalem cannot ignore as Iran convulses.

|ByHERB KEINON
ONE YEAR after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria, under Ahmed al-Sharaa, is perhaps a nicer place to live, but the suspicion that Sharaa’s formula is but a variation of Assad’s has raised questions about Syria’s long-term direction. Here, the president speaks, marking one year since Assad’s fall, o

Middle Israel: Can Ahmed al-Sharaa move Syria forward? - opinion

After Assad's fall, Sharaa faces the challenge of rebuilding Syria with his first year raising doubts on if he will repeat Assad's mistakes or bring real change.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

With low turnout, Tunisians approve constitution bolstering president’s control

Some call it dictatorship; others see it as needed to end political paralysis and economic decline

JULY 27, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Flag of Tunisia.

Why is Tunisia's referendum so important? - analysis

If President Kais Saied triumphs in his quest for the new constitution, this will likely be praised in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, but critiqued by Ankara and Doha.

JULY 25, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People take part in a protest against President Kais Saied's referendum on a new constitution, in Tunis, Tunisia, July 23, 2022.

Tunisians to vote on constitution that gives President authority over gov’t, judiciary

‘Many think the people are not ready for democracy since parties can easily buy votes. They think we were much better off under Ben Ali’s dictatorship’

JULY 6, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
TUNISIA WAS once considered the Arab Spring’s sole success story, but President Kais Saied has dissolved parliament, dismissed the government and assumed autocratic powers.

As the US steps back on abortion, here’s the situation in the MENA region

88% of women in the Middle East and North Africa live in countries with restrictive abortion laws.

JUNE 27, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Demonstrators shout slogans as they march with placards during a protest against the government's plans on a new abortion law, in Istanbul June 17, 2012.

Tunisian interior ministry confirms threats to president's life

The ministry said both internal and external elements were involved in plans targeting the president.

JUNE 24, 2022ByREUTERS
TUNISIA WAS once considered the Arab Spring’s sole success story, but President Kais Saied has dissolved parliament, dismissed the government and assumed autocratic powers.

Remains of two bodies found in Yemenite Children Affair grave

Uriel Khoury, whose family immigrated from Tunisia in 1948, disappeared about 69 years ago.

MAY 23, 2022ByMEIRAV COHEN/WALLA, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis protest as they mark a memorial and awareness day of the Yemenite Children Affair in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019.

In Paris, Jewish childhood friends open restaurant serving Tunisian couscous

Alexandre David and Alexis Memmi channel their grandparents' Tunisian foods in Mabrouk, a kosher-style restaurant they opened in 2019.

MAY 16, 2022ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Mabrouk is located near Le Marais, the historically Jewish district of Paris.

Yemenite Children Affair: Grave of child to be opened for first time

A DNA test will be conducted as part of attempts to uncover details on the Yemenite Children Affair.

MAY 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JEWISH AGENCY representatives meet Yemenite immigrants arriving at Lod Airport in 1949. (Wikimedia Commons)

Countries offer help to Tunisia tackle impact of fuel ship's sinking

The ship heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta sank on Friday and the Tunisian navy rescued all seven crew members.

APRIL 17, 2022ByREUTERS
A tug boat is pictured at the port of Gabes, after a merchant fuel ship sank off its coast the previous day, Tunisia April 16, 2022.

Tunisia to compensate wounded and families of dead from 2011 revolution

Dozens of youths were killed and hundreds injured during an uprising against the rule of then-president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

APRIL 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied reacts after exit poll results were announced in a second round runoff of the presidential election in Tunis, Tunisia October 13, 2019.