Tunisian military forces have launched an intensified campaign, backed up by air power, against Islamist militants in the Mount Chaambi region; the army spokesman said the operation is the largest in the army’s history, and will not cease until the army has taken control of the mountain range. Police arrested two wanted “religious extremists” during a raid in Bizerte. Ennahda denounced the death sentences handed down in Egypt to 638 Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
