APARIŢIA ŞI ACTIVITATEA CELUI MAI DE TEMUT GRUP TERORIST DIN TUNISIA
THE EMERGENCE AND ACTIVITY OF TUNISIA’S MOST FEARFUL TERRORIST GROUP

Summary/Abstract: Ansar al-Sharia is the most prominent Salafist jihadist organization in Tunisia which was established in April 2011. In the beginning, the movement, which sympathizes with the ideology of al-Qaeda, focused its attention on humanitarian and missionary works. Later it did not balk using violence to enforce the religious norms. The conflict between the Ennahda Government and the organization culminated between May and July, 2013. In the end, the Government designated Ansar al-Sharia as terrorist-organization at the end of August 2013. According to the official reports, the organization is responsible for planning several unsuccessful attempts during the intervening months. Therewith Okba bin Nafaa, the military wing of Ansar al-Sharia, has been fighting an open war with Tunisian Army near the Algerian border region since December 2012.

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