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The United States and Tunisia are cooperating more tightly than ever to combat terrorism in North Africa, the fledgling democracy’s envoy to Washington told Al-Monitor in a pair of recent interviews.
Faycal Gouia said relations between the two countries are closer than he has ever seen them in 25 years on the job. Days after a US strike in Libya near the border killed several dozen suspected terrorists — including an alleged mastermind of last year’s attacks in Tunisia — he suggested such operations are becoming the new normal as nations throughout the Middle East and beyond join forces to defeat a common enemy.
