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Tunisia PM admits police took too long to react to attack

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid told the BBC on Friday that police took too long to react to last week's jihadi attack that killed 38 people, mostly Britons. "The time of the reaction - this is the problem," Essid told the British broadcaster. Police had been "blocked everywhere," he added....

Tunisia says resort gunman was trained in Libya

 The gunman who killed 38 tourists in Tunisia received weapons training from jihadis in Libya, a top official said Tuesday, as the president admitted security services were unprepared for the attack. On Friday, a student identified as 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui pulled a Kalashnikov...

Turkey's Erdogan says will 'never allow' Kurdish state: media

President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Saturday as saying Turkey would never allow the formation of a Kurdish state embracing its south-east and parts of northern Syria, comments likely to anger Kurds as a peace process with Ankara stalls. Turkey has looked askance as Syrian Kurds have made...