Tunisia: Tunisian army clashes with militants
The Tunisian army fought militants in the west of the country on Saturday in clashes that left a soldier wounded, the defence ministry said.
“A soldier was wounded during an exchange of fire [on] Saturday morning between army units and a terrorist group at Jabal Samama” in the Kasserine region, Lieutenant Colonel Belhassen Oueslati told AFP.
In a separate incident, the interior ministry said three gunmen had opened fire overnight on a police outpost along the border with Algeria.