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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia’s Anti-terrorism Police Detain Former PM Larayedh

Ali Larayedh (C) Secretary General of the Tunisian party Ennahda and former Tunisian prime minister speaks while surrounded by his supporters, upon his arrival for questioning by anti-terrorism police, in Tunis,Tunisia, 19 September 2022. (EPA)

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Larayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending extremists to Syria, lawyers said on Tuesday.

In the same case, the police postponed the hearing of Ennahda leader and speaker of the dissolved parliament Rached Ghannouchi to midday on Tuesday, after waiting for about 14 hours.

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