Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia’s Shift to Jihad

Since the fall of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, the country has been challenged by the growth of a domestic salafi jihadist movement. The most significant salafi jihadist organisation is Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST), which by 2013 established a strategy based around...

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Main Authors: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bridget Moreng, Kathleen Soucy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ICCT | International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague 2014-02-01
Series:ICCT Research Papers
Online Access:http://www.icct.nl/download/file/ICCT-Gartenstein-Ross-Moreng-Soucy-Raising-the-Stakes-ASTs-Shift-to-Jihad-Feb-2014.pdf