New Batch of Resignations Hits Tunisia's Ruling Party

At least 10 senior leaders quit Tunisia's ruling party on Wednesday as a wave of resignations in a dispute over the role of the president's son continued to sap the secular movement's strength. Defections among lawmakers over the past week have cost Nidaa Tounes its parliamentary leadership, causing it to fall in number of deputies behind its Islamist rival Ennahda. They do not pose an immediate threat to the government, which includes Ennahda, but may complicate efforts to...

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