Tunisia began a joint security operation with Algeria against “a terrorist group consisting of 11 terrorists based in a mountainous area in El Kef.” Authorities released Salafist imam Imed Ben Saleh, a.k.a. Abou Abdullah Ettounsi, following his deportation from Egypt for forging jihadist documents. In March Ettounsi told Tunisian TV he had fought with the Free Syrian Army, and that about 3,500 Tunisians had gone to Syria to fight, including 13 girls who went there for “coital jihad.” The UN’s Stolen Asset Recovery team gave the government $29 million from the assets of former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.
