How could they? Why Tunisia is sending fighters to join IS

Tunisia’s revolution, still hailed as a rare success story of the Arab Spring, also happens to be  a major source of extremists joining IS, the self-proclaimed Islamic State. At least 3000 Tunisians, men and women, have travelled to Syria and Iraq, more than from any other country.

Last night, at a conference here in SF, I met a participant in Tunisia’s so called Jasmine

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