Gunmen Kill 14 Tunisian Soldiers

At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when gunmen attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, the deadliest militant strike on the North African country's armed forces. Since April, thousands of Tunisian soldiers have been deployed to the Chaambi range bordering Algeria in an operation to flush out al-Qaida-linked militants seeking refuge there, some since fleeing French intervention in Mali last year.  During the attack on Wednesday night, militants with...

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