Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki said Wednesday [Sept. 25] that al-Qaeda is attempting a comeback in the Middle East, feeding off anger over the rising death toll in Syria and the Egyptian coup against the Muslim Brotherhood.
About 500 Tunisian young people have gone to Syria to fight against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, Marzouki said, and he fears they will return as experienced jihadists to target Tunisia’s own transitional government.