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Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia’s President Saied is poised to win a second term after cracking down on the opposition

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Annie Risemberg - Associated Press

A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

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Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, Dec. 17, 2022. As elections approach in Tunisia, potential presidential candidates are facing arrests as authorities clamp down on those planning to participate. Since President Kais Saied took power in 2019, critics and opponents have been arrested, detained and convicted of political charges stemming from criticism of the government.(AP Photo/Slim Abid, File)

As election nears, arrests, summonses of potential presidential candidates in Tunisia continue

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FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 31, 2024. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. Its increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied has yet to announce if he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years of leading Tunisia, once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Former Tunisian President and head of el-Harak party Moncef Marzouki speaks to The Associated Press in Tunis, on Aug.28, 2019. A court in Tunisia this week handed down former President Moncef Marzouki an eight-year prison sentence in abstentia in the latest reflection of the country's ongoing crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Tunisia’s ex-president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in absentia

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FILE - Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Nabil Karoui — a populist media mogul who has been plagued by charges since being imprisoned in the lead-up to that year's election — was sentenced to three years behind bars on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

A Tunisian court extends the prison term for a one-time presidential candidate

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza - Associated Press

FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied gives a speech at the new government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, on Feb. 27, 2020. Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning before freeing him hours later, but jailed two top officials of the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party who’s leader Rached Ghannouchi has been in prison since mid-April, the official TAP news agency said Wednesday. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via AP, File)

Tunisian president’s remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar

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Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks with the media at the Council of Europe summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Tunisia is hosting the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission on Sunday, June 11, 2023 for talks aimed at smoothing the way for an international bailout, and restoring stability to a country that has become a major source of migration to Europe. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

European leaders offer more aid to Tunisia amid efforts to curb migration

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Tunisian Presidency, Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, shakes hand with Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during the Arab summit, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Slim Abid/Tunisian Presidency via AP)

Tunisian leader calls meeting with Syria’s Assad ‘historic,’ buries memories of Arab Spring

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Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. President Kais Saied claimed on Sunday that some desperate youth are being paid to try to leave Tunisia illegally for Europe, saying the goal is to damage the country from within. (Slim Abid/Tunisian Presidency via AP)

Tunisia power grab creates unease for Biden administration

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image made from UNTV video, Kais Saied, President of Tunisia, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the U.N. General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)

Tunisian president receives poison letter, aide falls ill

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, inspect a military honour guard at the airport, in Tunis, Tunisia, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Erdogan with top Turkish officials is on an unannounced visit to Tunisia to meet Saied. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Erdogan in Tunisia for surprise visit to discuss Libya

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Tunisian law professor Kais Saied speaks to the reporters and supporters Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 in Tunis. Kais Saied looked set to assume Tunisia's presidency after polling agencies suggested he overwhelmingly won Sunday's runoff election in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Tunisia’s new president vows to fight for women’s rights

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - Associated Press

The Independent High Electoral Commission announces the results of the presidential election in Tunisia, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Tunisia’s electoral body said official preliminary results show that conservative, Islamist-backed law professor Kais Saied has largely won the presidential election. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Kais Saied officially wins Tunisia’s presidential election

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Tunisian law professor Kais Saied speaks to the reporters and supporters Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 in Tunis. Kais Saied looked set to assume Tunisia's presidency after polling agencies suggested he overwhelmingly won Sunday's runoff election in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Tunisia: Conservative law professor wins presidential race

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - Associated Press

Tunisian independent law professor and presidential candidate Kais Saied speaks to journalists after casting his ballot in a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Tunisians are voting for president, choosing between a law professor and populist tycoon. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The Latest: Tunisia projections say professor wins election

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In this Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 photo, supporters of jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui chant for his freedom and carry posters which were provided to them by his campaign officials, in Nabeul, west of Tunis, Tunisia. The two final contenders for Tunisia's upcoming presidential runoff vote, pitches a professor who refuses to campaign, against a media mogul who can only campaign from his jail cell. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Tunisia’s presidential vote pits professor vs. prisoner

By LORI HINNANT and MEHDI EL AREM - Associated Press

Tunisian former conservative constitutional law professor Kais Saied stands in his office in Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. With more than half the votes in Tunisia's presidential race counted, Kais Saied, the former conservative constitutional law professor was in the lead. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Jailed tycoon and professor in Tunisia’s presidential runoff

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and MOSA'AB ELSHAMY - Associated Press