Tunisia's costly battle against its militants - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Tom Stevenson

Tom Stevenson

Oct 27, 2014

Tunisian police run as they patrol a mountain in Kasserine October 23, 2014. The Chaambi, Saloum and Sammama mountains bordering with Algeria have become a refuge for militant groups over the past two years, turning Kasserine into a military barracks encircled by roadblocks to curb attacks. Picture taken October 23. To match story TUNISIA-ELECTION/ REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4BK91 — Tunisian police patrol a mountain in Kasserine, Oct. 23, 2014. — REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisian soldiers and police patrol the area of Mount Salloum near Algeria's border in Kasserine, Tunisia July 4, 2015. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday, saying the Islamist militant attack on a beach hotel that killed 38 foreigners had left the country "in a state of war". Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1J484

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Christine Petré

Christine Petré

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Tunisian army vehicles are deployed in Kasserine, the regional capital of the western region of Mount Chaambi, on May 7, 2013, as soldiers continue their hunt for a jihadist group hiding out in the the border region with Algeria. Tunisian authorities recognised that two jihadist groups which the army has been hunting on the Algerian border have links to Al-Qaeda, stressing their determination to take them out. AFP PHOTO / ABDERRAZEK KHLIFI (Photo credit should read ABDERRAZEK KHLIFI

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Tunisian soldiers gather near the border with Algeria around Mount Chaambi, western Tunisia August 2, 2013. Tunisian troops exchanged fire with militants near the Algerian border on Thursday, security sources said, three days after gunmen killed eight soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in decades on the country's security forces. Soldiers had been doing security sweeps since Monday in Mount Chaambi, a remote area where the army has been trying to track down Islamist militants since last December. REUT

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