Screenshots from the official Syrian Presidency 2023 video
What a year it has been for the Assads - two Arab Summits in Saudi Arabia, trips to Russia, Oman, the UAE and China, official Iraqi and Iranian visits, talks with Turkey, Hafez Jr graduating from Moscow University...
Not forgetting the earthquake and the terror attack on the military academy 😔
But this year, I'm also thinking about things that went on behind the scenes
Specifically regarding a Mr Hannibal Gaddafi
Remember, Assad met Michel Aoun too, and the Syrian government invited the Libyan Justice Minister to visit, but Dbeibah refused permission
And let's not forget Saif sending his lawyer to Syria...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi while Kais Saied loiters in the background at the Arab Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, today, 19 May 2023
Tunisie : un parlementaire écope de huit mois de prison pour moquerie envers le président Saied
Une condamnation qui ébranle la scène politique tunisienne
Un tribunal tunisien a prononcé une sentence de huit mois d’emprisonnement à l’encontre d’Ahmed Saidani, député élu en 2022, pour des publications sur les réseaux sociaux considérées comme moqueuses envers le président Kais Saied. Cette décision judiciaire survient dans un contexte de tensions politiques accrues, marqué par des…
Abir Moussi is a prominent opponent of President Kais Saied, who is seeking reelection on October 6. Moussi has been detained before and has
A Tunisian court late on Monday sentenced a prominent critic of President Kais Saied to two years in prison on a charge of insulting the election commission.
Abir Moussi reportedly filed to run for president in a vote set for October 6 over the weekend, according to local Mosaique radio.
The radio station reported the news about her sentencing on the same day a Tunisian court sentenced four presidential election candidates to eight months in prison, according to Reuters.
The four candidates — prominent politician Abdel Latif Mekki, activist Nizar Chaari, Judge Mourad Massoudi and Adel Dou — were banned from running for office on a charge of vote buying, Reuters reported citing politicians and a lawyer.
The sentences reinforce the fears of opposition politicians who accuse authorities of using arbitrary restrictions to ensure the reelection of Saied.
Kais Saied's increasingly authoritarian rule
Tunisia's President Kais Saied rose to power in 2019 after the death of Tunisia's first democratically elected president.
Saied positioned himself as a political newcomer standing up to a corrupt elite and won a landslide victory that year.
But since 2021, he embarked on a major power grab — he sacked the prime minister, suspended parliament and began ruling by decree.
