600 arrested as police, protesters clash in Tunisia

The anti-government protests come 10 years after Tunisia's revolution triggered pro-democracy uprisings across the region.
A Tunisian protester lifts a flag-clad birdcage during an anti-government demonstration on the Habib Bourguiba avenue in the capital Tunis, on January 19, 2021. - Tunisia braced for further protests after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot police and disaffected youths in cities across the North African country. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)
A Tunisian protester lifts a flag-clad birdcage during an anti-government demonstration on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital Tunis, on Jan. 19, 2021. - FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images
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Clashes between police and protesters in Tunisia continued on Monday, days after the North African country marked the 10th anniversary of the demonstrations that ousted longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and set off the region’s Arab Spring uprisings. 

Police arrested more than 600 people connected to the unrest in the capital, Tunis, and the cities of Kasserine, Gafsa, Sousse and Monastir, the Interior Ministry announced.

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