By Yunus Soner I travelled several times to the Arab Republic of Syria during the war. To check out Western propaganda that Syria was a sectarian dictatorship, I used to ask people, both in political meetings as well as on the streets, to which religious group they belonged. The answer was always astonishing: ‘I refuse to answer this question. I ...

President Kais Saied, who suspended the parliament and the immunity of deputies and dismissed Prime Minister Hisham Mechici, has said his moves are legitimate under the country’s constitution, arguing that article 80, after the extraordinary meeting held at the Carthage Palace. On the other hand, Tunisia’s Parliament Speaker Rashid Ghannouchi, who leads the Ennahda Movement, accused President Said of launching ...